Cartoon - Over At Last" artist Sam Wells - Jack Ryder, 5th Test Australia v England, March 1929
Object Type
Artwork/Drawing/Cartoon
Date Used
Mar 1929
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Ink drawing in black on white, thick paper, over pencil sketches. The main picture is a cricketer in batting whites riding a kangaroo and jumping a fence, with the text "OVER!! - AT LAST AND THREE CHEERS FOR THE GOOD RYDER". There is a smaller picture of a lion holding the ashes looking quizzically at a knot in its tail ("WE PUT ONE KNOT IN IT!"), and a picture of the artist crying next to a huge shoe ("HOW WE'LL MISS THEM ALL--BUT THE GREATEST BLOW TO ME IS THE DEPARTURE OF MAURICE TATE--").
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 249 W: 350 D: 1mm (H: 9 13/16 W: 13 3/4 D: 1/16")
Associated Event
Date Used
Mar 1929
Location
In storage
Registration No
M6422
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