The theft of an iconic Churchill portrait by Yousuf Karsh went unnoticed for months. But two years later, the police have tracked down the photograph. By Ian Austen Like many people in Ottawa ...
After almost three years in Europe, Yousuf Karsh’s stolen, wartime portrait of Winston Churchill is finally heading home, to Canada. At an official ceremony on Thursday morning at the Canadian ...
Yousuf Karsh, the late Armenian-Canadian photographer, took the photo in 1941 after Churchill addressed the Canadian parliament on Dec 30. The photograph shows the British war-time prime minister ...
It was a legacy of Yousuf Karsh, the portrait photographer of royalty, politicians, artists, actors and authors who long lived in the hotel and operated his studio there. Just over two years ago ...
The 1941 portrait of the British leader taken by Ottawa photographer Yousuf Karsh is now ready for the last step of its journey home to the Fairmont Château Laurier, the hotel in Ottawa where it ...
Jeffrey Wood, 43, is accused of stealing the original portrait and replacing it with a fake, complete with Karsh's forged signature. According to court records obtained by CBC, Wood is facing six ...
‘The Roaring Lion’ portrait of a 67-year-old Winston Churchill taken in 1941 by Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh is one of the most enduring photographs of Britain’s Prime ...
The signed copy of Yousuf Karsh’s Roaring Lion portrait fetched a fraction of the price that other copies of the portrait have gained at Sotheby’s, and well below its insurance value.
The 1941 image by Armenian photographer Yousuf Karsh appeared on the cover of Life magazine and is now featured on Britain’s five-pound note. Karsh took the photograph after Churchill delivered ...
The ‘Roaring Lion’ portrait of the late British prime minister had been gifted to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa by the late Armenian-born Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh.
Yousuf Karsh’s photo of Britain’s wartime prime minister – which appears on the British five-pound note – was stolen from the Fairmont Château Laurier hotel during a COVID-19 lockdown.
The "Roaring Lion" portrait of the late British prime minister had been presented to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa by the late Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh.