Julian Barrow

Presented to Lady Soames to celebrate her presidency of The Harrow Association, November, 1999

Original canvas. There is some very minor surface dirt across the paint surface, including an area at the lower centre of the composition. There is also a tiny fleck of paint loss in the lower left quadrant and some minor frame abrasion at the extreme edges of the canvas, only partially visible in the present frame. Subject to the above the work appears to be in good condition. Ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of florescence or retouching. The work is presented in a gilt frame Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Winston started at Harrow School near London in April 1888. He found his years at the school slightly challenging and was not thought of as a good student. However, Winston’s ability to memorize lines was clearly apparent while at Harrow. He entered a competition and won a school prize for reciting from memory 1,200 lines from Macaulay’s long poem Lays of Ancient Rome. Churchill would return to Harrow many times during his life. He was proud of Harrow’s past heroes – Sheridan and Peel, Ashley and Byron, and in the modern ‘greats’, Pandit Nehru and King Hussein. Mary continued to support the school throughout her life and was both a Governor of the School and the President of the Harrow Association. She attended the Harrow School songs every year until she died.