Churchill (Clementine) Typed Letter signed to Thérèse Sickert, née Lessore, 1942.

Churchill (Clementine, Baroness Spencer-Churchill, wife of Sir Winston Churchill, 1885-1977) Typed Letter signed to Thérèse Sickert, née Lessore, 2pp., 4to, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 24th January, 1942, 2 days after the death of Walter Sickert, reminiscing about the painter during her childhood while in Dieppe: "We saw Mr. Sickert almost every day. He used to come and see us in the evenings and, although I was only a child, I was rivetted and thrilled by his conversation... Two years after... Mr. Sickert took me out for a whole day; showed me the Luxembourg Gallery, took me to tea with Pissaro and to supper with M. Jacques Blanche.", with an autograph note to foot inviting her to stay at Chartwell, folds.

⁂ Clementine Churchill reminiscing about about Walter Sickert. Sickert's friendship with Lady Churchill would later cause him to seek her out upon reading in the paper that she had been hit by a car. It was during this meeting that he was introduced to Winston Churchill, striking up a friendship as well as instructing him in artistic methods (see previous lot).