Untitled pen and ink drawing, ca 1906-ca. 1920 / by David Low
Untitled pen and ink drawing, ca 1906-ca. 1920 / by David Low
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1906-ca. 1920
Call Numbers
SV/282
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 26.5 x 33.5 (card) - pen & ink, touched with white
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Drawing shows a man in a hansom cab addressing a large, bald man standing in the street, while the driver looks on.
Unfinished pencil sketch of man on reverse side
May have formed part of Bertram Stevens papers at A2437-A2472-2
Alternative Titles
Full title
Untitled pen and ink drawing, ca 1906-ca. 1920 / by David Low
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Update Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6640 as part of the eRecords Project, 2012-2013
Signature / Inscriptions
Untitled
Signed 'LOW', lower right
Inscribed in pencil on reverse side 'From Bertram Stevens Papers'
Date note
No date. Date range of Bertram Stevens papers at A2937 -A2472-2 is 1906-1920
Conservation note
Fair condition
Contextual Information
Source
Pic.Acc.6640
Administrative / Biographical history
David Low, political cartoonist, was born in New Zealand in 1891. He moved to Australia in 1911 and worked for the 'Bulletin' and 'Lone Hand'. In 1919 he moved to London. He worked for the 'Star' until 1927 before moving to the 'Evening Standard' where he chronicled the rise of fascism in the 1930s and created his world-famous reactionary character...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/282
Record Identifier
16AJJPon
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJJPon
Other Identifiers
Reference code
902328
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