Artist Paul Franco, left, has drawn in pencil a portrait of Winston Churchill. He is pictured with Jillyan Hing at Hawke's Bay Club, who has been looking after the portrait, Napier.
PHOTO: WARREN BUCKLAND
by Brenda Vowden
brenda.vowden@nzme.co.nz
A treasured pencil sketch of Winston Churchill drawn in 1963 has now come full circle and been returned to its Napier artist, Paul Franco.
Paul drew the 800mm x 700mm portrait of the prime minister from a photograph taken of the late leader during his visit to Canada in 1944. Maude Passey bought the picture as a gift for her husband George in 1964.