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Title
File 03: Story 3. The Black Snake Club Bertha Lawson painting and letter by Hadyn Wilson
Call number
ML 1629
Level of description
file
Date

2020
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Paintings, Textual Records
Reference code
9676451
Physical Description
1 painting - oil on board
Scope and Content
A painting of a reflection of Bertha Lawson and women at desk with the Australian Society of Black Snakes snakeskin scroll. Includes accompanying letter written by Hadyn Wilson
Language
English
Access Conditions

Access via appointment
Copying Conditions
In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Haydn Wilson
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Haydn Wilson
Related Material
Bertha Lawson, ca.1913 / portrait by F. Rodway (421676)
General note

This painting and letter were created by artist in residence Hadyn Wilson as a response to a drawing of Bertha Lawson by Florence Rodway, c 1913, Mitchell Library call no. ML 956 and was displayed with Python snakeskin & scroll bearing the membership list of the Australian Society of Black Snakes, April 1910, Mitchell Library call no. DR 63 and Gum leaf posted to Henry Lawson Esq, Bulletin Office, Sydney, c 1890s, Mitchell Library call no. R 236 in Fake Truths: An Historical Novel exhibition at the State Library of New South Wales 2021.
Subject
Lawson, Bertha, 1900-1985--Portraits.
Associations, institutions etc.--Australia.

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