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Plaster copy of Winged victory of Samothrace

Plaster copy of Daphne Mayo's copy of the Winged victory of Samothrace that she created while studying at Brisbane's Central Technical College. The college had a plaster cast that she used as a model. It won her the inaugural (1914) Queensland Wattle Day Leagues travelling art scholarship training in Europe. One wing has fallen off. It does not have a plinth.

Hand study

Pencil on paper. Hand study (63 x 48 cm), window mounted (86 x 63 cm), which formed part of the Queensland Art Gallery Exhibition Daphne Mayo : let there be sculpture, Nov 2011 to Jan 2012.

Lesson evaluations

Foolscap notebook printed with lesson evalution checklists. Lesson information has been handwritten in pencil for most of the volume. Dates a few pages are: 15 Aug 1923 and 21 May 1924.

Draft letters in pen carbon manifold book

Croxley pen and pencil carbon book. Includes: handwritten lists on back of front cover and first page; and 4 draft letters to: The Secretary, British Medical Association, Queensland Branch (20 Jun 1928); Letter to Amor Ltd (?) (23 Jun 1928); Letter to Chiurazzi (foundry in Naples) (23 Jun 1928); Letter to the Secretary, National Art Collections Fund (21 Jun 1928).

Photograph album of construction of Brisbane City Hall

Each photograph has a handwritten caption giving the date. First photograph shows initial stages of construction (February 1925). Final photograph shows completed building (April 1930). Inside cover page contains handwritten inscription : B. Mobsby, 8.11.30, Station Rd., Indooroopilly, Queensland.

Mobsby, Berta (Nelly Alberta Timewell), 1885-1967

Brisbane City Hall tympanum

Photograph of the sandstone tympanum, entitled 'The Progress of Civilization in the State of Queensland', before being installed above the main entrance to Brisbane City Hall.

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