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This piece was a gift to Shaw from Rodin in 1906; thence among Shaw's possessions at Shaw’s Corner, photographed there by Shaw throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The house and contents of Shaw's Corner were bequeathed to the National Trust by George Bernard Shaw in 1950, together with Shaw's photographic archive.
Title
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
Date
1906
Medium
plaster
Measurements
H 52 x W 45.7 x D (?) cm
Accession number
1275324
Acquisition method
beqeathed as part of the Shaw Collection, 1950
Work type
Bust
National Trust, Shaw's Corner
Ayot St Lawrence, near Welwyn, Hertfordshire AL6 9BX England
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