Winston Churchill coastal scene painting sells for £290k at auction
A never-before-seen painting by Winston Churchill of the location where was very nearly killed in a freak accident has sold for £290,000.The future prime minister was left fighting for his life after he fell 30ft off a footbridge at Branksome Dene Chine, Poole, Dorset, in 1892.The then 18-year-old spent three days in a coma and three months bedbound before making a recovery.Twenty-four years later he returned to the coastal beauty spot to paint.Winston Churchill completed his painting of Poole, Dorset, near where he almost fell to his death in 1892 while recovering from a mental health emergency in 1916Churchill, who…
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