Table in Long Gallery at Chequers, PM's weekend residence
Aug. 08, 1959 - BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO - CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. THE LONG GALLERY AT CHEQUERS WHERE PRESIDENT EISENHOWER AND MR. MACMILLAN WILL CONFER. When President Eisenhower goes to Chequers for his talks with the Prime Minister they will confer in the famous Long Gallery. This is one of the earliest rooms in the house. On the walls are portraits of former owners of Chequers and there are also many relics of Oliver Cromwell in the room. The stained glass in the bay window at the end of the Gallery was inserted in 1910 by Lord and Lady Lee, who presented Chequers to the nation in 1917 as a country residence for the Prime Ministers of the day. The Glass forms an Heraldic record of the principal owners of Chequers from the middle of the 12th up to the 20th century. PHOTO SHOWS: This is the Regency table used by Napoleon at St. Helena on which can be seen his portrait bust, his briefcase, army records and letters from Josephine. This table is in the Long Gallery at Chequers
