Collection of cartoons and other pictorial material, 1912-1926

PXE 1172

fonds

1912-1926

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Drawings, Photographs, Prints, Clippings

909918

59 drawings (cartoons) - 47 x 28 cm. or smaller
8 photographic prints - 23.5 x 18 cm. or smaller
1 print - 18 x 28 cm.
1 clipping - 35 x 28 cm.

59 cartoons, 1912-1917
Includes cartoons by 'Essup and Cleary', William Farrow, F. R. Stelling, Rick Elmes, 'Essup' (including cartoon featuring Billy Hughes regarding World War I), 'Pearce', 'Bosey' and cartoons featuring 'Sky Pirate', cartoons by Harry J. Weston from the Bulletin, 1 April 1912, 'The Motor Maid', (including cartoons) by Frank Jessup and 'The Germanization of Sydney - something for the anti-conscriptionist to paste in the bottom of his beer mug'

8 photographic prints being 'mug shots' (all but 1 are drawn over) of Hubert Cox, William Hickman (x 2), Clara Phillips, Bill Connor as well as a portrait of actor Anew McMaster (in Australia to perform in 'Ghosts' by Henrik Ibsen at the Palace Theatre in Sydney, 1923) and 2 portraits of actor Leon Gordon (1 signed 'To Mrs Wilson')

1 print
No. 1978 of 'Lest We Forget - This Souvenir of the Disastrous Bush Fires, Sunday, February 14, 1926, when 31 men, women and children were burnt to death', shows Dr Maloney, M.P., presenting a certificate to Florrie Hodges, aged 15

1 clipping being the title page from a printing of 'Le Cynge' by Camille Saint-Saens, no date (in French)

English, French

Out of copyright: Created and or published before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.3245 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012

Most cartoons are titled in pencil. Some are inscribed on the back with dates