Sir Hudson Fysh - photograph of an original caricature (1959), presented to Fysh as a Christmas present (1965) / Tony Rafty

SV/125

item

1959 (original drawing) ; 1965 (photograph)

Graphic Materials, Photographs

446663

Photographs - 1 silver gelatin photoprint, with pencil sketch on mount - photoprint 23.2 x 25.8 cm. , mount 35 x 34 cm.

Photograph of Tony Rafty's drawing of Sir Hudson Fysh, dated 1959. It is a head and shoulders caricature of Fysh surrounded by, left to right: Qantas around trip flag with boomerang; the Australian Flag; a Boeing 707, Lockheed Constellation and Electra flying over a map of the world marked with Qantas routes; and the Qantas flying kangaroo trademark. The mount has a drawing of a kangaroo in Santa hat and beard next to the inscription.

To Sir Hudson Fysh / Merry Christmas / 1965 / Tony Rafty -- in pencil on the mount