Pencil drawing by Fred of "Mother's Tomb" - YGA00920

YGA00920.jpg

Title

Pencil drawing by Fred of "Mother's Tomb" - YGA00920

Subject

Drawing, Stone Seat, Mother's Tomb

Description

The design, by Fred Spencer, for the stone seat known as "Mother's Tomb", accompanied by a handwritten note 'This is the first garden ornament I designed - I think in the mid 50s. It was the year of the Leeds Music Festival Centenary [1958] as the piece of [?] stone for the seat was ordered at the same time as a step for the Town Hall for the Queen's Visit'.

Creator

Fred Spencer

Source

YGA/1/1/0293

Publisher

York Gate Archive

Date

1958

Rights

CC BY-NC-ND v4.0 2019 York Gate Archive

Format

Drawing

Type

Image

Identifier

YGA00920.tif

Collection

Citation

Fred Spencer, “Pencil drawing by Fred of "Mother's Tomb" - YGA00920,” York Gate Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.heritageyorkgate.org.uk/items/show/893.