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- ↑ "Sir Winston Churchill painting to fetch £750,000". The Telegraph. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ "The Artist Winston Churchill". National Churchill Museum. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ Coombs, David (1 January 1967). Churchill: His Paintings. Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 978-1299694712.
- ↑ "Sir Winston Churchill's life through his paintings / David Coombs with Minnie Churchill; foreword by Mary Soames". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ Churchill, Minnie; Coombs, David (1 October 2013). Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings. Unicorn Press. ISBN 978-0956771513.
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