Cartoon, "Today's Test Match" by Tom Webster
Object Type
Artwork/Drawing/Cartoon
Date Used
1926
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Cartoon printed on cream card. Fourteen cells with a caption accompanying each drawing. Caricatures depict Australian and English cricketers. There is printed black text above the cartoon and in the lower right corner. Text reads, in part, "TO-DAY'S TEST MATCH. By TOM WEBSTER. / CALLING UP ALL / OUR RESERVES / WE WILL NOW / HURL THE LAST / PIECE OF / PROPAGANDA / ON BEHALF OF / THE ENGLISH / CRICKET ELEVEN...". Tom Webster has signed and numbered the drawing in the lower corner of the last cell. Reverse is blank.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 307 W: 231 D: 1mm (H: 12 1/16 W: 9 1/8 D: 1/16")
Associated Event
Associated Person
Date Used
1926
Location
In storage
Registration No
M9823
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