Fury as Winston Churchill portrait to be 'contextualised' with racism and slavery note
A portrait of Winston Churchill is going to be hung alongside context of his links to 'racism, slavery and colonialism'.
A portrait of Winston Churchill is going to be 'contextualised' with racism and slavery note after an artwork review by Tory-led Hertfordshire County Council
The wartime prime minister’s picture is going to be hung alongside context of his links to 'racism, slavery and colonialism'
The depiction of the wartime prime minister - painted in 1967 as a replica of a 1943 print - will remain in view at County Hall, in Hertford, as it awaits a suitable explanation of the ties.
Other artwork due to appear alongside caveats following the review include portraits of 19th Century PMs Viscount Melbourne and Lord Palmerston, according to The Telegraph.
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It is not the first case of Churchill has been controversially linked to colonialism, racism and slavery.
In 2021 the National Trust was accused of "defaming" the memory of Winston Churchill to suit the "woke agenda".
The fierce backlash came after the Trust published a 115-page report into links between colonialism and slavery, amid Black Lives Matter protests across the world.
Members of the charity threatened to cancel their memberships amid accusations the organisation became “too political”.
At the time Nigel Farage, said he was “increasingly appalled” by the “woke route” taken by the Trust.
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William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne, is a historical figure whose image will remain in storage in Hertfordshire.
His government presided over the First Opium War, which saw British forces protect British trafficking of opium into China against its government's wishes. The conflict saw Hong Kong become a British colony.
Other figures whose portraits will remain in storage until suitable explanation of similar context can be provided are Robert Arthur Talbot, another PM during the empire era, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, a 19th-century colonial secretary, and Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of the former Cape Colony.
Hertfordshire County Council said work to contextualise its art was not a priority, though, and nothing was moved into storage as a direct result of the review.
The council - Conservative led since 1999 - is apparently prioritising the conservation of its collection first and foremost.
