Lord Beaverbrook (Heroes of our Time – 6)

Ronald Searle British

Sitter William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook Canadian

December 5, 1956

Not on view

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Title: Lord Beaverbrook (Heroes of our Time – 6)
Artist: Ronald Searle (British, Cambridge 1920–2011 Draguignan, France)
Sitter: William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (Canadian, 1879–1964)
Date: December 5, 1956
Medium: Color lithograph
Dimensions: sheet: 17 5/16 x 11 3/16 in. (43.9 x 28.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Josephine Allen, 1957
Object Number: 57.675.6
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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