Last Will and Testament: Andrew Faulkner 1891

Object/Artifact

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Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Last Will and Testament: Andrew Faulkner 1891

Entry/Object ID

001.2.35.1a-c

Description

This object is the last will and testament of Andrew Faulkner. It is dated to 1891. It is a three page document held together with a yellow brass pin located at the top proper right corner; the pin enters through the back page and spreads on the front. The support is a cream colored paper, the same paper is used for all pages. The medium is blue printed ink. Signatures are rendered in a black handwritten ink. There is a blue rubber stamp imprint, rendered in blue ink, located at the proper top right corner of the back; this consists of seven lines of script and the fields have been filled in by hand with a black handwritten ink. 001.2.35.1a is the first page, the entirety of the front of this page is filled with text. The reverse is blank. 001.2.35.1b is the second page. There is a red circular seal located midway down the front of of the page on the proper left side near the edge. There are three handwritten signatures on this page; two on the proper right side and one on the proper left approximately near the vertical center. The reverse is blank. 001.2.35.1c is the third page. It is blank on its front. The reverse of this page is the back of the document. The title page is located on the back, perpendicular to the primary text as this object was intended to be folded into a brochure form for transport and storage.

Collection

Artefact Collection: Primary

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1891

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Will

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Legal Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

34 cm

Width

21 cm

Dimension Notes

2022-01-20 Measured while unfolded; all pages are of equal size

Material

paper - papier