• Title
  Plaster cast of Henry Lawson's right hand, ca. 1929-1930 / [attributed to George W. Lambert]
• Creator
  George W. (George Washington) Lambert, 1873-1930
• Call number
  R 61
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 21
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1929-1930
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  431349
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 plaster cast - 1 plaster cast, white, of right hand, on oblong shaped base. - L 25.3 x W 12.5 cm.
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  It is believed that George Lambert took this cast or impression from a mould of Henry Lawson's hand in the possession of Mrs. Dorothy Ellesmere Paul in 1929-1930. Lambert undertook this "squeeze" during his work for the Lawson Memorial, Eurunderee, N.S.W. that was completed prior to his death in 1930 (see notes compiled by I.F. McLaren in 1979, Locn. no. PXn 578 Mitchell Library).
  A newspaper cutting from the Sunday Guardian, dated 16 Aug. 1931, states that six copies of Henry Lawson's hand were made, one of which was broken (see Locn no. QA 821/L425.1 vol. 31 Mitchell Library).
  Although this item is said to have entered the Mitchell Library prior to 1945, a PXn 578 note states that the donor, Walter Stone, obtained the cast from a niece of Mrs Lucy Cassidy after the latter's death (which occurred after 1950 as Mrs Cassidy donated Henry Lawson material to the Library in that year).
• Name
  Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922
  
• Topic
  death customs
  hands (people)
  sculptures
  souvenirs
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20525929

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