| Collection Name | Durst, Alan |
| RefNo | TGA 729/3/86 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | First design for memorial to Joyce Marion Keil, Broadway, Worcestershire |
| Date | 11 Apr 1949 |
| Extent | 1 piece |
| Access Status | OPEN |
| Transcription | No |
| Location | Plan chest |
| 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.' |
| Format | Artwork - on paper, unique |
| Physical Description | Ink and graphite on psper, 345 x 480 mm |