The famous Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa, Canada witnessed the theft of the famous photograph of Winston Churchill, known as “The Roaring Lion”.
On the subject, Genevieve Dumas, general manager of the hotel, which is considered the most expensive and most famous hotel in the Canadian capital, said: “We are very disappointed by this terrible event. The picture hangs in the hotel’s reading room. Since 1998, the intruder or intruders were not in the original He replaced the picture and hung a fake copy on the wall, we recently learned, and now law enforcement is replacing it.”
The famous photograph was taken by the Canadian photographer Joseph Karsha in 1941, after Churchill’s speech to the Canadian Parliament, located very close from the “Chateau Laurier” hotel, and is considered one of the most famous. Portraits of the late British leader.
In the photo in question, Churchill was a bit angry because the photographer then asked to take a picture of him without the cigar he always carried, which is why he named the photo “The Roaring Lion”.
It should be noted that the photographer Youssef Karsha had a photography studio in the “Chateau Laurier” hotel between 1972-1992 and the photographer also lived in this hotel.
Source: TASS
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