This head belonged to the prestigious
Publication:
collection of Captain Edward G. SpencerChurchill (1876 – 1964). In 1912, this cousin
- Christie’s London, Northwick Park
of Sir Winston Churchill inherited from
Collection: Antiquities, 21 June 1965, lot 372.
his maternal grandmother the estate of Northwick Park, as well as the collection of prints and drawings formed by the previous barons of Northwick during the 19th
century.
Spencer-Churchill
also
formed collections himself, mostly of Oriental ceramics and Persian art but also of Classical antiquities. He sold a large number of artworks to the British Museum during his lifetime. His collection was sold by Christie’s in 19 65. Our head was lot 372 of the Antiquities sale, on Monday June 21st .
Captain Edward G. Spencer-Churchill (1876 – 1964).