George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

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A plaster portrait bust of George Bernard Shaw, showing the playwright with his characteristic full beard and hair parted at the centre.

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.

National Trust, Shaw's Corner

near Welwyn

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

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National Trust, Shaw's Corner

Ayot St Lawrence, near Welwyn, Hertfordshire AL6 9BX England

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