Courtesy of Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire (Accredited Museum)

Lamb

Year:

1916

Dimensions (cm):

54 x 37.5 x 24

Dimensions (inches):

21.26 x 14.76 x 9.45

Medium:

Sculptures

Material:

bronze

Signature:

signed: © 1916 / Paul Troubetzkoy

Current location:

Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire (Accredited Museum), NT 1275315

Description Provenance Bibliography

Numerous photographs of Bernard Shaw posing with the Troubetzkoy lamb sculpture survive dating to the 1930s and 40s, indicating his affection for the piece. These were self-portraits, as well as press photographs. Troubetzkoy created the original sculpture in 1912, and this cast dates to 1916. The lamb was probably a gift from the sculptor to Shaw, and is inscribed “A mon ami GBS.” Troubetzkoy gave the piece the title “How could you eat me?” (John Grioni, “A Lifetime Friendship (George Bernard Shaw and Paul Troubetzkoy) (The Independent Shavian, vol.44, nos.1-2, 2006, p.12).

The Shaw Collection. The house and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by George Bernard Shaw in 1950, together with Shaw's photographic archive.

Bernard Shaw through the camera, 1948, p.39