Le Chanteclair Archives - Richard M. Langworth http://localhost:8080/tag/le-chanteclair Senior Fellow, Hillsdale College Churchill Project, Writer and Historian Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:58:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 http://localhost:8080/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/RML-favicon-150x150.png Le Chanteclair Archives - Richard M. Langworth http://localhost:8080/tag/le-chanteclair 32 32 Dreyfus and Churchill: Don’t display autographed photos http://localhost:8080/dreyfus-and-churchill-dont-display-autographed-photos Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:58:05 +0000 http://richardlangworth.com/?p=1531 The signature on a  fantastic autographed photo of Winston Churchill at Chartwell, which a friend framed and kept on his wall and hid from the light, has faded to nothingness. Even ambient room light will fade ancient inks, and there is nothing to be done.

Back when I was senior editor at Automobile Quarterly, I rescued a wonderful big 3×2-foot photo of the great Grand Prix champion René Dreyfus (the world’s last great Frenchman), and his Type 35 Bugatti, from the dustbin and brought it over to Le Chanteclair, his wonderful French restaurant on 49th Street, Manhattan, for him to inscribe to me.…

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Back when I was senior editor at Automobile Quarterly, I rescued a wonderful big 3×2-foot photo of the great Grand Prix champion René Dreyfus (the world’s last great Frenchman), and his Type 35 Bugatti, from the dustbin and brought it over to Le Chanteclair, his wonderful French restaurant on 49th Street, Manhattan, for him to inscribe to me. Then I framed and hung it. Over the years the signature faded to nothingness, and recently I “restored” it by retracing the inscription with a fine-point felt tip. However, that was Dreyfus, not Churchill, anybody can tell I’ve doctored it, and  I don’t recommend this for Churchill autographs….

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