A 16 page booklet, printed on paper in dark blue ink, showing patterns for canvas embroidery, with instructions.Written in red ink at top right of front page: "Myrtle Nankervis [Maedon?] - 8/8/13"needlework, canvas embroidery, embroidery, florentine embroidery, myrtle nankervis

Professor Joseph (Joe) Frederick Correy (1925-2002) was the President of the Royal Australian College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from 1981-1983. In 1972, under a Brown Craig Travelling Fellowship, he studied ultrasound in the United Kingdom and returned to set up and run the first ultrasound service for pregnant women in Tasmania. In 1981, he organised the IVF Clinic in Hobart, which he ran successfully for many years. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1986 for services to medicine. He became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1975 and received an Advance Australia Award in 1994. George Davis (1930-2024) was an Australian artist from Tasmania, known for his portraits, landscapes, and other works. His works include a 19-metre mosaic mural for the ABC building in Hobart, using Florentine glass tiles, completed in 1962. (Wikipedia) Oil on canvas painting, attached to a board. Colour portrait of a man seated in a chair. The subject is wearing a white shirt, and a blue tie with a yellow crest. The subject is wearing a dark blue robe with light blue front panels and yellow trim, with decorative buttons and embroidery visible at both cuffs. The subject is wearing a medal in the shape of a nine-pointed star from a blue ribbon around his neck. The subject has black and grey combed back hair, and is oriented facing the artist, with his hands folded in his lap. The portrait background is mottled blue and white. Artist signature is painted at painted bottom left corner of portrait. Brass plaque attached to back of board is engraved with the text 'PROFESSOR J.F. CORREY/PRESIDENT/OCT 1981 - NOV 1983'.