The Lithgow Flash, Marjorie Jackson [picture] W.J. Godfrey
- Bib ID:
- 571531
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Godfrey, W.J. (Walter John)
- Related Online Resources:
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136513737
- Description:
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- [1952]
- 1 painting : oil on canvas ; 72.3 x 46.5 cm.
- Summary:
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Portrait of Marjorie Jackson with her gold medal from Helsinki Olympic Games, 1952, painted by Jack Godfrey, a hometown fan of the runner.
- Notes:
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- Inscriptions: "The Lithgow flash, Marjorie Jackson" - painted on frame. Signed "W.J. Godfrey" - lower right.
- Condition: some cracking in paint, upper middle left of picture; framed & unglazed
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by Mrs Rhoda P. Godfrey to the Australian Institute of Sport on 10 December 1985 in memory of her late husband Walter John 'Jack' Godfrey who painted 'The Lithgow Flash' in 1952, after the Helsinki Games. The portrait was donated by the Australian Sports Commission to the National Library on 6 September 2000.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Sportsmen and sportswomen
- Terms of Use:
- Copyright conditions apply.
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1952
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