Painting of BC Lake by Winston Churchill Sells for Over $87,000

Sir Winston Churchill at his desk in the cabinet room of No. 10 Downing St. at age 79. Churchill’s painting of Emerald Lake in the Rocky Mountains sold for $87,000 despite being damaged. The Canadian Press

CALGARY—A painting of Emerald Lake in the Rocky Mountains by Winston Churchill has sold at auction for much more than expected.

Churchill painted the work in 1929 during a visit to the area near Field, British Columbia, in the years before he became prime minister.