Charting Churchill: The Defining Years, 1892-1908

Part 2, The Defining Years, 1892 – 1908

On November 30th, 2014, Sir Winston Churchill’s 140th birthday, Haute Vitrine started publishing images from the series THE CHURCHILL PHOTOGRAPHS by Leslie Hossack.

Yesterday’s post marked the end of Part 2, The Defining Years, 1892–1908. During these years, Sir Winston Churchill defined himself as an adventurer, lecturer, journalist, author, Member of Parliament, cabinet minister, and married man. Photographs featured in Part 2, The Defining Years can be reviewed below.

To view the photographs from Part 1, The Early Years, 1874-1892, please visit the Haute Vitrine posts of November 30th through December 9th, 2014.

Leslie Hossack’s CHARTING CHURCHILL will continue into January 2015, the month that marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill.

 

Grand Entrance, Old College, Royal Military College, Sandhurst 2014 by Leslie HossackPortico, Old College, Royal Military College, Sandhurst 2014

Churchill Family Plot, Saint Martin's Churchyard, Bladon 2014 by Leslie HossackChurchill Family Plot, Saint Martin’s Churchyard, Bladon 2014

Stable Court, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock 2014 by Leslie HossackStable Court, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock 2014

Hatchard's Bookseller, 187 Piccadilly, London 2014 by Leslie HossackHatchard’s Bookseller, 187 Piccadilly, London 2014

James J. Fox Cigar Merchant, 19 St. James's Street, London 2014 by Leslie HossackJames J. Fox Cigar Merchant, 19 St. James’s Street, London 2014

105 Mount Street, London 2014 by Leslie Hossack105 Mount Street, London 2014

Big Ben and House of Commons, Houses of Parliament, London 2014 by Leslie HossackBig Ben and House of Commons, Houses of Parliament, London 2014

Temple of Diana, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock 2014 by Leslie HossackTemple of Diana, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock 2014

Saint Margaret's Church, Parliament Square, London 2014 by Leslie HossackSaint Margaret’s Church, Parliament Square, London 2014

12 Bolton Street, London 2014 by Leslie Hossack12 Bolton Street, London 2014

© Leslie Hossack

The images featured above are part of the limited edition collector’s portfolio created by Leslie Hossack to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill. She presents locations that chart Churchill’s personal and political life, from his birth at Blenheim Palace in 1874 until his death in London in 1965. To find out how these images are linked to Churchill, please see the previous posts here on Haute Vitrine.

THE CHURCHILL PHOTOGRAPHS are part of Hossack’s larger body of work that explores Nazi architecture in Berlin, Stalinist structures in Moscow, contested sites in Jerusalem, a Cold War bunker in Ottawa, NATO’s Headquarter Camp in Kosovo, and buildings linked to the Japanese Canadian internment during World War II.

 

To view more photographs, please visit Leslie’s website.  lesliehossack.com

 

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