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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Study for Quebec Conference Painting
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Study for Quebec Conference Painting

Object numberMO 1990.7.50.1
Name Drawing
Artist (Canadian artist, 1898 - 1982)
Dateca. 1943-1945
Mediumpaper, pencil, charcoal, chalk
Dimensionsoverall (sheet) H 16 5/8 in x W 26 in (42.2 cm x 66 cm )
DescriptionAn original study for a painting capturing a scene at the 1943 Quebec Conference in Canada. Drawn on a grid, the pencil study has charcoal and white chalk highlights. The scene depicts a crowd of mostly standing figures on the terrace of the Citadel (La Citadelle) in Quebec City. At the center of the scene are the seated figures of Franklin D. Roosevelt (left), William L. Mackenzie King (center), and Winston Churchill (right), flanked by their chiefs of staff, and with the flags of their respective countries flying on poles behind them. The tallest tower of the Château Frontenac is visible in the left background.

The drawing is unsigned and undated.
Label TextThe Quebec Conference, code named Quadrant, was held August 17-24, 1943 in Quebec City, Canada, and was attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. It was decided at the conference that D-Day would take place in 1944. Also during the conference, FDR and Churchill signed a secret agreement governing collaboration between the two countries on the development of the atomic bomb.

Canadian artist (Reginald) Hubert Rogers, who was employed by the Canadian Wartime Information Board at the time of the Quebec Conference, created a large painting capturing a moment from the conference. This drawing, and painting MO 1990.7.50.2, are studies for the completed painting which is in the collection of the Canadian War Museum.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Curtis Roosevelt in 1989.
Credit LineGift of Curtis Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPrints and Paintings (National Archives Identifier 778817)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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