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Sir William Glasgow Statue

Mayo undertook the commission for a memorial to Sir William Glasgow. The sculpture has Glasgow in the uniform of an officer of the Light Horse holding a pair of field glasses. The finished bronze statue is about 2.5 metres high. Sir William Glasgow Memorial was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 May 2004. This file includes: pamphlet for the Major-General Sir William Glasgow Memorial Appeal (1960); Draft agreement between Douglas Martin Fraser of Mundoolun and Daphne Mayo for a cast bronze statue of the figure of the late Sir William Glasgow, with emendations, unsigned, 1961; typescript regarding the agreement with Mr D. M Fraser, including recommendations for amendments regarding personal insurance, undated, unsigned; newspaper cuttings; receipts from Edward Lumley & Sons; handwritten draft letters and notes by Mayo on envelopes and scraps of paper; invoice for bronze casting; and correspondence. Correspondents include: D.M. Fraser (including letters from dating from 1957, prior to the Statue being commissioned); and a letter from Queensland Railways dated 16 Jun 1978 regarding the re-siting of the Statue of Sir William Glasgow.

Statue of Sir William Glasgow

Images relating to the sculpture of Sir William Glasgow: 25 photographs, various sizes; 2 negatives. Some duplicates. One attached to hand-written note. Various sculptures of Sir Glasgow showing progress of works.

Godfrey Rivers Trust Financial Records

Financial records, mostly statement of accounts from the Queensland Trustees, 9 Aug 1932 to 25 Jun 1963. Some statements have accompanying letters from the Trustees.

Exhibition catalogues of Australian galleries

Exhibition catalogues from Australian art galleries including: Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Gallery; Australian National Gallery; Australian War Memorial; Bonython Art Gallery; Clune Galleries; Design Arts Centre; David Jones' Art Gallery; Finney's Gallery; Farmer's Blaxland Gallery; Gainsborough Gallery; Grosvenor Galleries; Johnstone Gallery; Lefevre Galleries; Macquarie Galleries; Moreton Galleries; Art Gallery of New South Wales (National Art Gallery of New South Wales); Philip Bacon Galleries; Qantas Gallery; Queensland Art Fund; Queensland Art Gallery. Other catalogues include: Australian Academy of Art; Blake Prize; Contemporary art society; Royal tour exhibition; Mitchell Library Sydney Ure Smith Memorial Exhibition; Society of Artists Annual Exhibition.

Notes and draft letters by Daphne Mayo while a Trustee

Notes and draft letters by Daphne Mayo while a Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery. Includes a notebook with a draft letter to Joh Bjelke Petersen on the first page (and then notes related to other aspects of her life like her rental properties).

Queensland Art Gallery

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