• Title
  Cast of Henry Lawson's right hand, ca. 1922 / [attributed to Nelson Illingworth]
• Creator
  Nelson Illingworth, 1862-1926
• Call number
  R 298
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1922 (dated by year of Lawson's death)
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  431305
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 plaster cast, gilded (bronze coloured), of right hand on rectangular shaped base that is hollow on the underside and has a metal semi-circular hook below wrist. - 25 x 12.5 cm.
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  It is believed that the cast was made by Nelson Illingworth from a mould taken from Lawson after his death (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, provides a different account of the creation and history of the casts and 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).
  
  The donor, Mrs Holburn (nee Pizer), was a friend of Ruby Illingwoth, the sculptor's daughter.
  The underside of the cast bears remnants of paper with text in blue ink that is difficult to decipher.
  
  This item has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 825710
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Henry Lawson incised into base of cast.
• Name
  Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922
  
• Topic
  death customs
  hands (people)
  plaster casts (medical)
  sculptures
  souvenirs
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales (June-December 2004)
  Stranger than fiction - State Library of New South Wales (November 2009 - November 2010)
  Learning Services Program display 2012-2013 - State Library of New South Wales (February, 2012 - August, 2013)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE16757549

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