G.H. was an artist although he made his living as a librarian. This is the only graphic example of his artistry that I possess. He also worked in metals, copper boxes and jewelry out of precious metals. He made a gold pendant with an opal set into an intricate design. The piece was unfortunately stolen from our house in Palos Verdes in 1981.
He died in 1933, the year of my birth. He knew of my arrival and sent a drawing of a young man with a scythe over his shoulder, sketched by the famous Liverpool artist George Harris, a friend of my grandfather's. He wrote " To Valerie, on the occasion of her birth." It hangs today in my bedroom in La Costa Glen.
My grandfather was sufficiently prominent in Liverpool society that he was honored with a memorial service at the Liverpool Cathedral and a commendatory address delivered by the Very Reverend Dean of Liverpool on September 20, 1933. If you wish to read it it is on a separate blog entitled Commendatory Address.
I wore that pendant when I was married in 1977. I loved it.
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