William Astor chooses a painting from an artist with whom he was lucky enough to have a personal connection: Sir Stanley Spencer.
Viscount Astor on Cliveden Woods by Stanley Spencer
‘On a summer day, Stanley Spencer came to Cliveden to sketch on the terrace for his portrait of my father. He was kind enough to give me, an eight-year-old schoolboy, a drawing lesson. At the end of the day, we swapped drawings; I still have his, but I don’t think he kept…
