TRUE CRIME / DECEMBER 2024 The Strange Theft of a Priceless Churchill Portrait The inside story of one of Canada’s most brazen, baffling, and mysterious art heists and how the police cracked it ...

For many years, the portrait had hung at the Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa, Canada. In 2022, staffers realized that it had been replaced with a copy—complete with a forged signature.

Now, Churchill’s portrait may end up back in its rightful place. The Ottawa Police Service said on Wednesday that an international investigation had tracked down the stolen photo in Italy and ...

Famed Winston Churchill photograph stolen from Canadian hotel 01:59. A portrait of Sir Winston Churchill hung on the walls of the famed Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Canada, for years ...

Thieves stole a famous Winston Churchill portrait from an Ottawa hotel in late 2021. The 1941 portrait was replaced with a forgery and went unnoticed for over 6 months. Police recovered the ...

Yousuf Karsh’s 1941 portrait of Winston Churchill, “The Roaring Lion.” AP Cassinelli bid over $5,300 (£4,200), believing it was the perfect piece for his apartment.

The Churchill portrait was pivotal to the career of Mr. Karsh, who died in 2002. It appeared on the cover of Life magazine and has been widely reproduced since it was taken in 1941.

Yousuf Karsh's 1941 portrait of Winston Churchill, which he gifted to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, is seen after being unveiled at the hotel following its theft and return, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 ...

Reuters. Yousuf Karsh's 'Roaring Lion' portrait of Churchill, stolen in 2022 from Ottawa’s Fairmont Chateau Laurier and recovered in Italy, is unveiled during a ceremony at the Canadian Embassy ...

Fairmont Chateau Laurier General Manager Genevieve Dumas looks on as Ottawa Police Services Detective Akiva Gellar speaks about the stolen Yousuf Karsh portrait of Winston Churchill, during a news ...

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A celebrated portrait of Winston Churchill, stolen from an Ottawa hotel nearly two years ago, has been located in Italy. The photograph, a 1941 portrait by renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh, had ...