The iconic photo was taken after Churchill delivered a speech to the Canadian Parliament.
In Ottawa, Canada, one of the most famous portraits of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was stolen. The picture has a title roaring lion was taken by Canadian photographer Yusuf Karsh in December 1941. It was reported by CTV.
In the photo, Churchill appears without his traditional cigar. It hangs in the reading room of the Chateau Laurier hotel, but over the weekend, hotel staff noticed that the original of the famous photograph had been replaced by a copy.
“We are deeply saddened by this senseless act. As a precautionary measure, the remaining pictures in the reading room have been removed until they can be safely protected,” said the hotel’s General Manager Genevieve Dumas.
It is known that this photo was taken after Churchill delivered a speech to the Canadian Parliament. The picture got its name because of a shooting incident.
Karsh couldn’t seem to get the right look on the Prime Minister’s face, so he just grabbed Churchill’s cigar and photographed him irritably trying to collect his thoughts.
“You might as well make a roaring lion stand up to take a picture,” Churchill told Karsha at the time.
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Winston Churchill
Recall that the Winston Churchill National Museum in the United States found in its vaults an 11-page draft of an article by the late British Prime Minister, in which he admitted the possibility of life on other planets.
The Churchill painting was sold at auction for $1.8 million
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