File:Sir Winston Churchill - 19086236948.jpg

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Summary

Yousuf Karsh: The Roaring Lion  wikidata:Q92731208 reasonator:Q92731208
Photographer
Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002)  wikidata:Q312859 q:en:Yousuf Karsh
 
Yousuf Karsh
Alternative names
Karsh of Ottawa
Description Canadian photographer and artist
Date of birth/death 23 December 1908 Edit this at Wikidata 13 July 2002 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mardin Edit this at Wikidata Boston Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Ottawa; Boston Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q312859
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Roaring Lion Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Roaring Lion Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Roaring Lion Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"The Roaring Lion"
label QS:Lbn,"উইনস্টন চার্চিল"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Lion rugissant"
label QS:Lru,"Рычащий лев"
label QS:Lhy,"Մռնչացող առյուծը"
label QS:Lzh,"愤怒的丘吉尔"
label QS:Lsl,"Rjoveči lev"
label QS:Lja,"唸るライオン"
label QS:Lmn,"Уинстон Черчиллийн алдартай гэрэл зураг"
label QS:Lpl,"The Roaring Lion"
label QS:Lhe,"האריה השואג"
label QS:Lnl,"Winston Churchill"
label QS:Lko,"포효하는 사자"
label QS:Lzh-hk,"咆哮的獅子"
label QS:Lfi,"The Roaring Lion"
label QS:Lsv,"Det rytande lejonet"
label QS:Lfa,"شیر غران"
Object type photograph Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Karsh called this picture "The Roaring Lion" at the Wayback Machine
Depicted people Winston Churchill Edit this at Wikidata
Date 30 December 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium gelatin silver print Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 10 in (25.4 cm) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 8 in (20.3 cm) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+10U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,+8U218593
institution QS:P195,Q913250
Accession number
MIKAN 3915740 (Library and Archives Canada) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Centre Block Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
  • 19 August 2022: stolen Edit this at Wikidata
  • September 2024: restituted Edit this at Wikidata
  • 15 November 2024: unknown event: art repatriation Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Yousuf Karsh. Library and Archives Canada, e010751643
References
Authority file
Source Flickr: Sir Winston Churchill
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Restored version: File:Sir Winston Churchill - 19086236948 (restored).jpg

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Captions

Winston Churchill in Canada, December 1941

inception

30 December 1941

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