Sir Hudson Fysh - caricature "Stopping the Sea of Hay", 1935; and, accompanying letter from Dizzy, I...
Sir Hudson Fysh - caricature "Stopping the Sea of Hay", 1935; and, accompanying letter from Dizzy, Imperial Airways executive, to Hudson Fysh, 1936
About this item
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Date
1935-1936
Call Numbers
PXA 1063/1525-1526
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 24.7 x 31.2 cm. - 1 pen & ink drawing
Textual Records - 1 p.
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Full title
Sir Hudson Fysh - caricature "Stopping the Sea of Hay", 1935; and, accompanying letter from Dizzy, Imperial Airways executive, to Hudson Fysh, 1936
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
For information on the investigation of the safety of the De Havilland DH 86 by Capt. E.C. Johnston, Controller of Civil Aviation, see: Flypast : a record of aviation in Australia / Neville Parnell & Trevor Boughton. Canberra, ACT : AGPS, 1988 (2 Oct 1935, p.146)
The caricature shows Johnston, crowned and seated in an office chair, holding back...
Signature / Inscriptions
"Captain Johnston stopping the D.H.86 certificate of airworthiness" -- in Fysh's hand on the reverse
"E.C. Kingston" -- artist's signature
'"Storming the Sea of Hay" (with apologies to 1066 and all that!)' -- in ink on the lower edge of the caricature
"Personal. / My dear Fysh, One of my staff perpetrated the enclosed cartoon at my sugges...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1063/1525-1526
Record Identifier
nmQd3Eyn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQd3Eyn
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Reference code
447364
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