The statue of Winston Churchill is a standing

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of statesman and writer

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, situated in the Members' Lobby of the

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, part of the

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complex in Westminster, Central London. Churchill is depicted mid-stride, with his hands on his hips. Churchill and

Oscar Nemon Oscar Nemon (born Oscar Neumann; 13 March 1906 – 13 April 1985) was a Croatian sculptor who was born in Osijek, Croatia, but eventually settled in England. He is best known for his series of more than a dozen public statues of Winston Churchill ...

first met in

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in 1951, where Nemon sculpted a terracotta bust that Churchill's wife, Clementine, Lady Churchill said "represents to me my husband as I see him and as I think of him". In 1952, on Churchill's recommendation, Nemon made a bust of him at the request of Queen

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for

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. Nemon also made a seated bronze sculpture of Churchill for the

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, which Churchill described as a 'very good likeness' upon its unveiling in 1955.

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