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- Alan L. Durst 1883–1970
- Title
- First design for memorial to Joyce Marion Keil, Broadway, Worcestershire
- Date
- 11 April 1949
- Medium
- Ink and graphite on psper
- Dimensions
- 345 × 480 mm
- Format
- Artwork - on paper, unique
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by David Durst, 1972
- Reference
- TGA 729/3/86
Description
Inscribed in ink: 'Sketch Design for Keil Memorial. Portland Stone. Scale 1/6 Alan Durst Sc[ul]ptor 11 April 1949'
And in pencil: 'The quotation from Shakespeare on the oopposite aide might be, Either:-
"The summer's flower is to the summer sweet
Though to itself it only live and die." Sonnet 94
Or:- "O! how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away." Two Gentlemen of Verona I.3.'
Archive context
- Personal papers and artwork of Alan Durst TGA 729 (181)
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- Designs and sketches TGA 729/3 (181)