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Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965), British war-time prime minister, and de Gaulle (Charles Andre Joseph Marie, 1890-1970) French general of World War II, later President of France, a black and white photograph of Churchill and de Gaulle at a war memorial, signed in black ink by Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, and by de Gaulle, C. de Gaulle, to the lower margin, 20cm x 15cm, unmounted This signed photograph of Winston Churchill can be seen in Diana Cooper Autobiography, Trumpets of the Steep, 1960, dated ‘Paris, 11 November 1944’ Page 706, Diana Wrote ‘Our D-day was November 11, when Winston was to make his first appearance in Paris since the liberation. We had prepared to house the party, but at the last minute the Churchills and the Edens were invited to the Quai d’Orsay. It was warmer than the Embassy..For the victory review I sat with Mesdames Churchill, Eden, de Gaulle, Catroux and Massiglin in the Ladies’ Tribune. We trembled with anxiety as we watched our heroes drive to the Arc de Triomphe in an open car..we held our breath as together, and in great danger, they walked half a mile down the Champs-Elyséé, to join us at the Tribune. Paris went mad’. ‘On the last evening of the visit, our Embassy opened its doors for it’s first dinner-party’. Attended by ‘le Général et Madame de Gaulle, Mr and Mrs Churchill, Monsieur et Madame Bogomolov, Mr Caffrey (from Washington), the Canadian General and Madame Vanier and Monsieur et Madame Georges Bidault (Foreign Secretary.’ The Imperial War Museum hold a photograph of Winston Churchill and General Charles de Gaulle walking down the Avenue des Champs-Elysee during the French Armistice Day parade in Paris, dated 11 November 1944. Provenance: Property of The Viscount Norwich and Lady Diana Cooper Refer to the online PFD of the catalogue for further information (Lots 1 - 169) Condition report disclaimer