• Title
  [Statuette of William Shakespeare, 188-? / attributed to John Baird]
• Call number
  R 1058
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 16
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  [188-?]
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  915859
• Physical Description
  1 figure - kerosene shale - approx. 35.5 x 18.0 x 12.0 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Baird (1834-1894) was an amateur sculptor who carved objects in kerosene shale, which was primarily mined around Hartley, N.S.W.. Little is known of his life except that he worked as a postman in Sydney. Baird does not appear to have exhibited his work.
  
  Reference:
  National Gallery of Australia. http://www.nga.gov.au/ (accessed 6 January 2011)
• Scope and Content
  A carved statuette, possibly a bookend, of William Shakespeare. A full-length robed Shakespeare has been carved leaning against a lectern or desk. His right arm rests on the lecturn, and his left hand with pointed index finger rests on his bearded chin. The statuette, carved from one piece, stands on a base approx. 7.0 cm high.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Dated and attributed to John Baird by Jane Lennon, November 2010
• Conservation note
  
  Index finger and thumb of right hand damaged
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Baird, John, 1834-1894
  
• Subject
  Figurines.
  Sculpture--Australia
  Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Learning Services Program display 2012-2013 - State Library of New South Wales (1 February, 2012 - 1 August, 2013)
  For All Time: Shakespeare in Print
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20786819

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