The Beaverbrook Art Gallery acquired the more important detail studies for the painting, along with the Garter robe study. The Artist Winston Churchill Loved to Hate. His early work, influenced by Samuel Palmer, was in etching and engraving, before he moved into ceramics and painting.During the Second World War, as an official war artist, he produced powerful studies of air-raid devastation in London and Swansea. When and where was the portrait revealed? The painting was supposed to hang in Westminster Abbey after Churchill’s death. Of course they would be cynics. By the time the portrait had been commissioned, Churchill was an elder statesman nearing the end of his second period as Prime Minister. The Committee’s Chairman was Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Frank (later Graham Sutherland's Winston Churchill (1954) by Jonathan Jones Guardian, Saturday November 3, 200 . The painting was intended to hang in the Houses of Parliament after Churchill's death, but it was instead given as a personal gift to Churchill himself, who took it back to Chartwell and refused to display it. Shortly afterwards, Sutherland and his family moved to Nice, France. Churchill and Sutherland friend Somerset Maugham was present at the viewing. He could not bear the thought of himself as “an exhausted volcano of the front bench”—a taunt with which Disraeli had so cruelly mocked Gladstone and his ministers the year Churchill was born. This study found print on the British dust jacket of John Charmley’s Churchill: The End of Glory. Neither Sir Winston nor Lady Churchill ever liked it…. After the end of the War, Sutherland begun painting in the French Riviera, and, starting in 1949, painted a number of portraits. Graham Sutherland and the Infamous Portrait of Winston Churchill. These are qualities which no active Member of either House can do without or should fear to meet.”1, Sir Winston had seen a photograph of the portrait privately a week before—and hated it. Churchill was an elder statesman in 1954, then towards the end of his second period as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Mr. Turrell has recently retired from a lifetime career in Information Technology. Born in London. The Sutherland Portrait A present for Churchill's 80th birthday. Those gifts he certainly appreciated. Beaverbrook called his own Sutherland portrait both an “outrage” and a “masterpiece.” One senses “outrage” pronounced with impish glee. It certainly combines force and candour. From 1947 into the 1960s, his work was inspired by the landscape of the French Riviera, and he spent several months there each year. Artist back to top. Sutherland also worked from photographs by Elsbeth Juda. Oct 9, 2012 - A tribute to the British artist and painter GRAHAM SUTHERLAND and his painting of Winston Spencer Churchill. In June 1954 the cumbersomely named “Churchill Joint Houses of Parliament Gift Committee” decided on the presentation of a portrait and who should receive the commission. Their first choice of Sir Herbert Gunn was rejected because he was too expensive. “The suggestion about Graham Sutherland was not smiled on at all. Anthony Gross, a talented and prolific English printmaker, published an impressive body of excellent landscape etchings and engravings. Artist Graham Sutherland works on the portrait of Winston Churchill, watched by his wife Kathleen, on 22nd November 1954. It … Sutherland who had already painted Churchill’s long-time friend and sometime goad, Lord Beaverbrook. Sutherland concentrated hard on getting the hands right, and by most accounts he succeeded. The ceremony took place before a crowded Westminster Hall, and no one present, one observer said, “will forget the idiosyncratic nonsound with which a thousand people stopped breathing when the c… He suggested posing in his Garter robes, but the Gift Committee instructions precluded that. In 1961 he would tell Lord Beaverbrook: “For better or worse, I am the kind of painter who is governed entirely by what he sees. Perhaps the most infamous of these was his painting of Churchill (1954), which was subsequently destroyed on the orders of Lady Churchill. Lady Soames revealed its fate publicly in her 1979 biography of her mother. 9 Martin Gilbert & Larry Arnn, eds., The Churchill Documents, vol. Description: Graham Sutherland O.M. Churchill's wife had the painting burnt a year or two later. 4 Jonathan Black, Winston Churchill in Modern Art: 1900 to the Present Day (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), 166. But he did fear old age and irrelevance. [11], Some preparatory sketches for Sutherland's painting are held by the National Portrait Gallery, London. The same year he also taught painting at Goldsmiths' School of Art. 1 Robert Rhodes James, ed., Winston S. Churchill, His Complete Speeches, 1897-1963, 8 vols. Subscribe now and receive weekly newsletters with educational materials, new courses, interesting posts, popular books, and much more! In his acceptance speech, Churchill remarked on the unprecedented honour shown to him and described the painting (in a remark often considered a backhanded compliment) as "a remarkable example of modern art", combining "force and candour". painting destroyed by Mrs. Winston Churchill . She gave every indication of liking it. The episode won John Lithgow, who played Churchill, a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. As Mary Soames wrote, “He felt he had been betrayed by the artist, whom he had liked, and with whom he had felt at ease, and he found in the portrait causes for mortal affront.”5, Over the years Graham Sutherland’s portrait has entered the canon of Churchillian legend. Sir Winston Churchill famously hated Sutherland’s depiction of him and publicly humiliated him when the painting was unveiled. Churchill hated the portrait. 23, Never Flinch, Never Weary November 1951-February 1965 (Hillsdale, Mich.: Hillsdale College Press, 2020), 2283. ... while Churchill burns the Sutherland painting he hates so much. (Photo by Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Graham Sutherland is a ‘Wow’… [One] can hardly believe that the savage cruel designs which he exhibits come from his brush. At the birthday celebrations at Westminster Hall in November 1954, Churchill was presented with a portrait by Graham Sutherland, commissioned by past and present members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Sutherland was reluctant to discuss the work in progress with Churchill and showed the subject few of his working materials. 7 Graham Sutherland to Lord Beaverbrook, 21 March 1961. K Clark pronounced it a masterpiece, so all was set and was fine. He designed the Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph for Coventry Cathedral. 6 Rhodes James, Complete Speeches, VIII, 8608. The series culminated in this work, whose simplified forms and detailed technique recall Palmer. A longtime Churchill bibliophile and collector, he was formerly associate editor of Finest Hour. As an amateur painter, Churchill produced many light-filled depictions of landscapes all over the world. Winston Churchill hated Sutherland's depiction of him. And at the best of times as other artists, including WSC’s sculptor cousin Clare Sheridan, had noted he was a notoriously restless sitter. painting destroyed by Mrs. Winston Churchill . The Sutherland Portrait A present for Churchill's 80th birthday. The pose, with Churchill grasping the arms of his chair, recalls the statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. In London, both Houses of Parliament have assembled in Westminster Hall to celebrate the occasion. While Aneurin Bevan (a Labour MP and one of Churchill's critics) called it "a beautiful work", Lord Hailsham (one of Churchill's Conservative colleagues and a friend) called it "disgusting".[8]. Increasingly throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, portrait painters have had to turn to stylistic and interpretive tricks to … Today, we need never flinch from the image. See available works on paper, prints and multiples, and paintings for sale and learn about the artist. Sutherland received 1,000 guineas[a] in compensation for the painting, a sum funded by donations from members of the House of Commons and House of Lords. In both reality and the series, Clementine, Churchill's wife, has the painting burned, sparing her husband further embarrassment. What Sutherland saw in front of him was a magnificent ruin but there’s nothing to apologise for. For Sutherland the hardest part of the portrait was capturing the correct expression. The whole business with Churchill’s obsession with painting the goldfish pond and his grief for his daughter is done well, too. He described it to Lord Moran as "filthy" and "malignant",[4] and complained that it made him “look like a down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gutter in the Strand.”[5][6] With ten days remaining, he sent a note to Sutherland stating that "the painting, however masterly in execution, is not suitable"[5] and declaring that the ceremony would go ahead without it. It was, as Mary Soames later wrote, “a great and emotional upset behind the scenes in the days prior to the presentation.”. x 12 1/4 in. He was drawn to depicting subjects as they truly were without embellishment; some sitters considered his disinclination to flattery as a form of cruelty or disparagement to his subjects.[2]. Sutherland received 1,000 guineas in compensation for the painting, a sum funded by donations from members of the House of … In 1920 he was an apprenticed at the Midlands Railway Works as an engineer. However, the strange shadows and bizarrely gnarled and twisted tree trunks strike a more personal note. “The care and thought which has been devoted to this beautiful volume,” he said, “and the fact that it bears the signatures of nearly all my fellow Members deeply touches my heart.”6, Sutherland had an explanation. “[T]heir great desire is a central portrait of Winston. By the time the portrait had been commissioned, Churchill was an elder statesman nearing the end of his second period as Prime Minister. Gunn’s portrait of King George VI suggests a work by him would have been more conventional, and flattering. Portrait of the week No 82 . Graham Sutherland was a British painter best known for his Surrealist abstractions of landscapes and figures. The series culminated in this work, whose simplified forms and detailed technique recall Palmer. Sutherland called the destruction of his painting an “act of vandalism.” Churchill, who painted himself, felt betrayed by Sutherland, with whom he had formed a bond whilst sitting for the artist. Britain was now a junior player, and a former ally was a looming threat. What he feels, or shows at the time, I try to record.”7 And 1954 was a bad time to have Churchill as a sitter. ", Winston Churchill, Graham Sutherland (1954), Portrait of the week, No 82, The Secret Churchill Caper That Netflix’s The Crown Didn’t Show, Oil sketch of Winston Churchill, by Graham Sutherland, Pencil sketch of Winston Churchill, by Graham Sutherland, BBC Radio 4: Churchill Portrait Destroyed, Never was so much owed by so many to so few, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sutherland%27s_Portrait_of_Winston_Churchill&oldid=998415949, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 January 2021, at 08:06. Sutherland saw a man behind the legend, reached deep, and in the end, gave us the man. 11 Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill, vol. Sutherland was commissioned by both Houses of Parliament to paint a full-length portrait of Churchill in 1954, for which this is a study. The painting of Winston Churchill by Graham Sutherland was commissioned by both Houses of Parliament to commemorate Churchill’s 80 th birthday. ... Churchill famously hated Sutherland’s portrait and his wife destroyed it after his death on January 24, 1965 in London, United Kingdom. Sitter back to top. It looks like the sort of painting you’d do of someone you didn’t like very well. But it should also be kept in mind that the occasion itself was an unprecedented mark of respect from Parliament and from the nation. His partisans call it the “infamous portrait,” the “daub,” the “outrage.” Better, they said, to present him with something he really liked. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. A painter, not a photographer, he worked within his brief and certainly within his style. Sutherland captured him at a time he hated, when he knew almost all was behind him. In 1955 Sutherland and his wife bought a house in Nice and living abroad led to a slight decline in his status in Britain. There came a prompt and chilly response from Anthony Montague Browne, Churchill’s private secretary. He delivered his commission. Everyone knew Sutherland’s work at the time. They present him with the gift of a portrait, paid for by parliamentary subscription. Thank you for bringing the real story behind this portrait. The occasion was a signal one, and Churchill’s words were apposite. And so they took Clemmie Churchill, Mrs Churchill, Churchill was not invited, and K Clark. In 1954 the English artist Graham Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom. Churchill’s portrait was painted by Graham Sutherland, who at the time was ‘the’ artist in the UK. There were six studies of the head. Papa has given him 3 sittings & no one has seen the beginnings of the portrait except Papa & he is much struck by the power of his drawing.”2. Four years later David McFall, working on Sir Winston’s bust, may have summarized what Sutherland felt: “[I was] struck by something in him I had not expected to see. On 20 November Lady Churchill previewed the portrait. It is impossible to be entirely sure which ones Churchill saw, but none were particularly egregious. It was not hers to destroy. Jennie Lee, wife of Churchill’s long-time adversary Aneurin Bevan, then suggested Graham Sutherland, who was establishing a reputation as a portraitist. Walter Hussey (1909–1985) ... English painter Graham Sutherland with his unfinished portrait of Winston Churchill, 1954. (Wikimedia). The true fate of Sir Winston Churchill's Sutherland portrait has come to light, finally unravelling the mystery of its controversial disappearance. Sutherland had a reputation as a modernist painter with some recent successful portraits, such as Somerset Maugham in 1949. “I wanted,” he said, “to paint him with a kind of four-square look, to picture Churchill as a rock.” At the ceremony he displayed the attributes of a consummate politician and gentleman, covering his distaste with humour rather than invective. It should have been clear, especially given his 1951 portrayal of Lord Beaverbrook, that he was no purveyor of legends. The painting was presented to Churchill by both Houses of Parliament at a public ceremony in Westminster Hall on his 80th birthday on 30 November 1954. Undoubtedly, Sir Winston was deeply depressed by the current political situation, raging mightily against the dying of the light. Sutherland, Graham (1903–80). Graham Sutherland was thinking of the Churchill who had stopped the enemy and saved England, and the manner in which, without a word of guidance, Mr. Churchill took up a pose on the dais convinced the painter that he was on the right tack. Artist: Graham Sutherland (1903-1980), one of the neo-romantic painters who dominated British art during the second world war and its aftermath. It was his first view of the work and he was deeply upset. Clementine was profoundly aware of all this. For years we had seen, and were familiar with, the photograph of Churchill by Karsh, which captured his … In 1925 he was elected an associate … 3 Roger Berthoud, Graham Sutherland: A Biography (London: Faber & Faber, 1982), 189. Other reactions were mixed; some critics praised the strength of its likeness, but others condemned it as a disgrace. This was Sutherland's first major religious painting and his first large figure study. Sutherland contributed to the International Surrealist Exhibition in London and was an Official War Artist. The painting was presented to Churchill by both Houses of Parliament at a public ceremony in Westminster Hall on his 80th birthday on 30 November 1954. Lady Spencer-Churchill thought it was a good resemblance – "really quite alarmingly like him" – but also said it made him look too cross, while recognising that it was a familiar expression. In October 1957 Clementine had written to Lord Beaverbrook: “[It] will never see the light of day.”11 By then the ashes were long cold. As well as the portrait, Winston had been presented with a book signed by almost every member of both houses, and a cheque for £140,000. He had rallied his country at a time of mortal peril. Archives, Beaverbrook Art Gallery. The painting was meant to hang in Westminster Abbey, but Churchill was so offended by its unflattering likeness that it was kept hidden away in the cellar of Churchill’s estate and eventually destroyed. Nonetheless, he was given many prestigious commissions, and in 1960 was awarded the Order of Merit (one of many awards). [9] Many commentators were aghast at the destruction of the work of art, and Sutherland condemned it as an act of vandalism; others upheld the Churchills' right to dispose of their property as they saw fit. Of his own portrait, Churchill wrote to Lord Moran ,“I think it is malignant.” Times change. It was commissioned by both Houses of Parliament, and the whole episode became very public. However, the strange shadows and bizarrely gnarled and twisted tree trunks strike a more personal note. Churchill enjoyed Sutherland’s company, suggesting they paint each other and take a sketching trip together in the south of France. Only one featured the legendary cigar, which Churchill immediately rejected, saying it made him look like a “toffee-apple.” Sutherland sketches of Churchill’s fine, delicate hands seemed fully to do them justice. It is unrealistic to hold Sutherland culpable for Churchill’s disappointment. The legend needed no portrait. Nov 18, 2016 - Winston Churchill faced an awkward moment in 1954, when Parliament unveiled a portrait on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Sutherland called the Churchills’ actions “without question … Though the painting doesn't survive, the artist, Graham Sutherland, created 19 studies of charcoal sketches and smaller oil works before producing the main piece, and those pieces are … The public never saw the portrait again. After initially refusing to be presented with it at all, he accepted it disparagingly as “a remarkable example of modern art". Try to see h. im when he has got the greasepaint off his face.”3 Sutherland felt he had solved the problem after he was able to observe and sketch Churchill playing a combative game of bezique, his guard temporarily dropped. Winston Churchill was British statesman that served as the British Prime Minister during World War II. (British, 1903-1980) Graham Sutherland: A Bestiary (Exhibition Poster) Screenprint in colours, 1968, on wove, printed by Kelpra Studio, London, on the occasion of the artist's exhibition at Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, the full sheet printed to the edges, 693 x 535mm (27 1/4 x 21in)(SH) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website Artwork page for ‘Pastoral’, Graham Sutherland OM, 1930 During the 1920s Sutherland produced a series of prints and drawings directly inspired by the example of Samuel Palmer. Anyway, the painting was done, and, Graham took the, the risk-limiting step, and asked K Clark, who was a great admirer of Sutherland, to come down to Trottiscliffe and look at the painting. Portrait of the week No 82 . After the war, in 1954, William Churchill famously commissioned Sutherland to paint a full-length portrait of him. Sitter in 222 portraits. Artworks for Sale & Auction Results. Within the events of the 2016 Netflix series The Crown, the ninth episode of the first season, entitled Assassins, dramatises the creation, unveiling, and destruction of the portrait. It was intended to be unveiled during Churchill’s 80th birthday ceremony at Westminster Hall. See available paintings, works on paper, and photographs for sale and learn about the artist. Between the years 1921-26 Sutherland studied etching at Goldsmiths School of Art where he was taught by etcher and engraver Frederick Marriott and later Malcolm Osborne, his contemporaries included Paul Drury. Winston Churchill was no Adonis but most of his portraitists did what they could to flatter him. Churchill’s doctor Lord Moran worried that Sutherland would give up and “paint the legend.” Sir Winston, Moran said, “is always acting. Painter. … On 4 May 1960 the bursar of Churchill College wrote asking for various items they might display, including the Sutherland. He had, in June, made a somewhat clumsy attempt to convene Eisenhower, Malenkov and himself in a three-power nuclear containment summit and had been quite soundly rebuffed. Things started off hopefully enough. That is not to say that there was no demand for it. [10] She had hidden the Sutherland portrait in the cellars at Chartwell and employed her private secretary Grace Hamblin and Hamblin's brother to remove it in the middle of the night and burn it in a remote location. He took his preliminary materials back to his studio to create the final work on a large square canvas, the shape chosen to symbolize Churchill's solidity and endurance, embodied in a remark that Churchill made, "I am a rock". [12] The Beaverbrook Art Gallery also has a number of studies Sutherland did in preparation for the portrait in its collection.[13]. "I am fascinated by and grateful for the endless visual inspiration I receive everyday on my doorstep. She had vehemently fought her husband’s corner for almost half a century, and was not going to ease up as the shades began to close in. Finding the depiction deeply unflattering, Churchill disliked the portrait intensely. Chichester Cathedral, Graham Sutherland painting 'Noli Me Tangere' Sussex England UK English painter painters paintings Feb. 26, 2012 - The Portrait painted by Mr. Graham Sutherland presented to Sir Winston Churchill on his 80th Birthday by past and present members of the houses of … On 20 November Lady Churchill previewed the portrait. He had noted Churchill’s expression was mercurial as each passing emotion registered quickly and deeply. View Graham Sutherland’s 2,791 artworks on artnet. Description: Graham Sutherland O.M. Katherine Sutherland is a visual artist living in the Scottish Highlands, creating oil and watercolour landscape and nature paintings. Sutherland made charcoal sketches of Churchill at a handful of sittings at Chartwell from August 1954, concentrating on Churchill's hands and face. Sutherland called the destruction of his painting an “act of vandalism.” Churchill, who painted himself, felt betrayed by Sutherland, with whom he had formed a bond whilst sitting for the artist. It is thought that a copy of the portrait is held at the Carlton Club, also in London, although it is not on display. Requests to borrow the painting for exhibitions of Sutherland's work were denied. The finished painting was presented to Churchill. [7], The presentation ceremony at Westminster Hall was recorded by the BBC. Artist: Graham Sutherland (1903-1980), one of the neo-romantic painters who dominated … 8 Black, Winston Churchill in Modern Art, 189. 2 Mary Soames, Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a Marriage (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970, 587. In regular outgoings equivalent to £29,000 in 2019 but similar to the cost of many modest British houses outside of the most prime locations at the time. Had Churchill ever seen the caricature Gerald Scarfe did of him during his last appearance in the House of Commons, he might have reconsidered his definition of “malignant.”. Sir Winston saw his political and personal powers fading. It had been a gift for Sir Winston’s lifetime, and was to revert to the nation upon his death. The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College, In Defense of Graham Sutherland and his “Infamous” Churchill Portrait, 1100 Titles: An Annotated Bibliography of Works about Churchill, Great Contemporaries: Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, The Todman Duology: Plus ça Change, The Churchill Narrative Survives, A Vital Medical Contribution by Doctors Vale and Scadding, The Bumptious Politician’s Guide to Churchill Myths and their Making, Great Contemporaries: Alan Brooke, the Thoroughbred Professional, Cancel-Culture: We Expected Better from the National Trust and the BBC, Stephen Wynn on the Sweet and Sour of Churchill’s Decision-making, Paul Courtenay 1934-2020: No Better Definition of a Pro, Churchill’s Alternative History: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph at Gettysburg. In the mid-1950s Grace Hamblin, longtime Churchill and Chartwell stalwart, aided by her brother, took the portrait several miles from Chartwell and committed it to the flames of a huge bonfire. The painting was meant to hang in Westminster Abbey, but Churchill was so offended by its unflattering likeness that it was kept hidden away in the cellar of Churchill’s estate and eventually destroyed. Churchill's son Randolph thought the portrait made him look "disenchanted". After completing these sketches, he made some oil studies of his subject. The Sutherland-Churchill imbroglio was hardly the only place where the question of what the hell the point of painted portraiture was in the age of photography. In response, Sutherland maintained that he painted the Prime Minister as he truly saw him and that the depiction was an honest and realistic representation. After the death of Lady Spencer-Churchill in 1977, it came to light that she had the painting destroyed some months after it was delivered to relieve her husband's frustration. by Graham Sutherland oil on canvas, 1954 13 5/8 in. We learn about Philip and Elizabeth’s big argument inside their car after the fact, as a silent montage, while Churchill burns the Sutherland painting he hates so much. Oct 9, 2012 - A tribute to the British artist and painter GRAHAM SUTHERLAND and his painting of Winston Spencer Churchill. (345 mm x 311 mm) Given by the artist's widow, Mrs Graham Sutherland, 1980 Primary Collection NPG 5332 . Graham Sutherland was a painter and etcher. English painter Graham Sutherland (1903 - 1980) with his unfinished portrait of Winston Churchill, 1954. Graham Sutherland OM (1903–1980) was an English artist known for his works largely focused on landscape and religion. Churchill looks at the portrait and remarks, with a combination of presence, timing and a successful masking of emotion: “The portrait is a remarkable example of modern art. Sutherland, with some trepidation, accepted the commission, and a fee of 1,000 guineas (£33,000 in today’s money). Sutherland was commissioned by both Houses of Parliament to paint a full-length portrait of Churchill in 1954, for which this is a study. By Hannah Furness 10 July 2015 • 10:47 am Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Graham Sutherland's Winston Churchill (1954) by Jonathan Jones Guardian, Saturday November 3, 200 . Sutherland and Churchill had different hopes for the painting. View Winston Churchill’s 148 artworks on artnet. Sutherland had earned a reputation as a modernist painter through some recent successful portraits, such as Somerset Maugham in 1949. In 1954 the English artist Graham Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. The Gift Committee laid down the strict requirement that Churchill appear in normal parliamentary dress. The painting of Winston Churchill by Graham Sutherland was commissioned by both Houses of Parliament to commemorate Churchill’s 80 th birthday. 8, Never Despair 1945-1965 (Hillsdale College Press, 2013), 1253. Sutherland is portrayed by Stephen Dillane. Winston Churchill detested the 80th birthday portrait commissioned as a gift by the Houses of Parliament in 1954 and painted by Graham Sutherland, which depicted him as an ageing man. On 1 September Clementine Churchill wrote her daughter Mary: “Mr. At the birthday celebrations at Westminster Hall in November 1954, Churchill was presented with a portrait by Graham Sutherland, commissioned by past and present members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Churchill … He designed the Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph for Coventry Cathedral. He is perhaps most famous for his ‘Christ in Glory’, the world’s largest tapestry in Coventry Cathedral. 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