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Unknown - Object, William Hector MacLennan memorial tablet, 1931
... William Hector MacLennan memorial tablet...william hector maclennan...: "To perpetuate the memory of the late/ William Hector MacLennan/ Who died... of the late/ William Hector MacLennan/ Who died on Sept. 18th 1929/ He ...
To commemorate the contribution of Mr MacLennan, this tablet was commissioned and on display in the foyer of the Braille Library in Commercial Road. It consists of a wooden frame, with a copper inset of Scottish thistles (to the left and right) and gum leaves and nuts (above and below) surrounding a sepia photograph of Mr MacLennan. A blue glass plate below the photograph reads "The social, friendly, honest man/ What e'ver he be/ 'Tis he fulfils great / Nature's plan / And none but he. Burns". To the left and right of this are accompanying blue glass plates with interwoven lines. At the base of the tablet is another blue glass plate: "To perpetuate the memory of the late/ William Hector MacLennan/ Who died on Sept. 18th 1929/ He was one of the founders of this Association/ and President of the Social Committee from its inception/ 1894-1929".
Brown wooden memorial tablet with inset of copper and photograph victorian association of braille writers, william hector maclennan