Mice

Date: 1950 - 1972

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001; Daily mail (London, England)

Reference: A-369-199/209

Description: Mainly caricatures and drawings of sporting figures who flourished in the 1940-1950s. Includes soccer players Jack Lee, Neil Franklin and Dennis Compton (also cricket), Welsh rugby player Ken Jones, boxer Don Cockell, jockey Lester Piggott and an unnamed sportsman, Rowe. Smaller illustrations cover material related to rowing and commuting. Quantity: 10 newsclippings.. Physical Description: Newsprint clippings stuck onto black card, sizes vary.

Date: 1963

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-133-804

Description: 3 watersiders walk along a wharf, where ships are tied up. One says, 'Yair, my wife'll be pleased to hear about the extra money, too - so I've stuck a couple of mice in m'pocket with it to keep her hands off it.' Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1890

From: [Various artists] :Japanese colour prints. [Late nineteenth or early twentieth century?]

By: Watanabe, Seitei, 1851-1918

Reference: E-274-03

Description: Collection of single and double page bird and flower illustrations in polychrome woodblock print technique; cherry blossom, geese, grasses, butterflies, carp, mice, snail, etc Cover: Outer colours light card, ivory with silver-blue design of bamboo leaves and shrubs, with title cartouche in running script album title and artist name. Front matter publication details and colophon. Each illustration with Setei's hanko seal in red. Together with E-274-1 and E-274-4 this group comprises the complete set of this publication. Other Titles - Seitei's drawing book of flowers and birds. No 2 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Coloured woodblock prints in bound volume, in printed stitched cover, 250 x 170 mm

Date: 1976 - 1979

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-337-001/026

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international social and political issues. Quantity: 26 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, approximately A4, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1922

Reference: Eph-E-DRAMA-1922-01

Description: Shows text, with a picture of a lion caught in a net, and a mouth at the lower right. Dated from the dates of programmes elsewhere in the Ephemera Collection. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph on sheet 1005 x 378 mm.

Date: 1951

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir) 1916-1987 :[Christmas and greetings cards from the Fleming family, and preparatory montages and sketches. 1951-1986].

By: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987; Fleming, Margaret Alison (Lady), 1917-2000

Reference: A-304-013

Description: Shows silhouettes of Charles and Peg Fleming and son and daughter, a goldfish, a dog, and a group of four mice or white rats, arranged around a silhouette of the house at 42 Wadestown Road. Quantity: 8 drawing(s) and 8 pieces lettering stuck on cardboard.. Physical Description: Ink drawings, black and white, mounted on card, 304 x 240 mm. Provenance: Donated by Lady Margaret (Peg) Fleming of Wadestown, in 1993.

Date: 08 Dec 1968

From: Open Country Sound Recordings

Reference: OHInt-0002/240

Description: In `Mice march on Murchison' E.H. Muncaster tells us that he can vouch for the truth of what should be called `The great plague of mice'. It took place towards the end of 1925 when he was the teacher of a sole charge school at Horse Terrace, Upper Matakitaki Valley near Murchison. It proved too much for the cats but the native moreporks had a wonderful time. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington Accompanying material - Script at MS-Papers-1239, folder 79 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0245 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). 14 Minutes Duration.

Date: 1981

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons, some for the "New Zealand times", and "Listener". ca 1981-1984]

By: Hodgson, Trace, 1958-

Reference: B-154-150

Description: Shows Robert Muldoon, Bill Rowling and Bruce Beetham portrayed as mice. Beetham is eating from a block of cheese labelled 'Votes', as Muldoon and Rowling look on with unhappy expressions on their faces Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and white corrector on card, 345 x 450 mm Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

Date: 16 February 1976

From: Skinner, Thomas Edward (Sir), 1909-1991: Cartoons collected by Sir Thomas Skinner

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: C-179-229

Description: Skinner is depicted as a cat watching around the corner as lots of mice labelled "M.P." are running up a kitchen counter to a plate of cheese labelled "Higher Salaries Commission". Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone, and blue pencil on paper, 385 x 480 mm.

Date: 7 January 2009

From: Winter, Mark, 1958-: Original cartoons by Chicane (Mark Winter), from 2007-2018

By: Winter, Mark, 1958-; Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: A-478-001

Description: A white mouse yells with delight when it hears that President Bush's cat has died. The words 'The White House' have been changed to 'The White Mouse'. Refers to the 'news' that President Bush's cat has died. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and whiteout on paper, 210 x 300mm

Date: 26 May 2008

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-027

Description: Shows a man taking the food cover off his cheese (Tax cuts) to realise that a mouse (Fuel costs) has eaten away a large portion of the cheese. Refers to the promises of tax cuts when fuel costs are rising. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - Monday cartoon 26 May A?? cartoon 186mm x 133 Pls correct & send to GNZHARTPIX [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and felt-tip pen on paper, 285-385 mm

Date: 1 June 2008

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-029

Description: Shows a large elephant (Labour Party) talking to a small green mouse (Green Party) which is on the top of the elephant's head. Refers to the relationship between the Labour and Green political parties during the 2008 election campaign. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - 02 June A24 cartoon 186mm x 133 Pls correct & send to GNZHARTPIX [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and felt-tip pen on paper, 285x395 mm

Date: 20 July 2006

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-214

Description: Shows Foreign Minister Winston Peters as a small mouse holding on to the tail of a large elephant representing the United States. Refers to the attention Peters received from the United States on his latest visit. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - 21CARTOON 186mm x 133 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper, 230 x 320 mm

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-185-q

Description: A long-tailed mouse and swimming platypuses Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 2 ink and wash drawings, sizes vary

Date: 1973

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-134-412

Description: This cartoon features Minister Freer as a large cat labelled Control waiting at a mousehole labelled Prices. Around the corner the mice labelled Wage Claim have escaped through another hole and are holding banners saying On Strike and Stop Work. Other Titles - Stop Work Other Titles - On Strike Other Titles - Wage Claim Other Titles - Prices Other Titles - Control Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 310 x 460 mm

From: Hubbard, James, 1949- :Cartoons entered in the 1993 Qantas Media Awards

Reference: J-026-006

Description: Shows a cat (E.C.N.Z.), with an electric plug attached to its tail, playing with mice (New Zealand). There are bones and blood scattered around. Refers to E.C.N.Z. wanting to increase power prices. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1946

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Smaller works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

By: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994

Reference: B-131-02-050

Description: Story set in California about birds, lizards and mammals Quantity: 1 published book. Physical Description: Photolithographs with text, 152 p, spine height 213 mm

Date: 1988

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning GST (Goods and Services Tax), taxes and tax policies. Published in the Auckland star, 1978 - 1988].

Reference: A-334-049

Description: A mouse looks out from its hole in the skirting board and wonders about the piece of cheese (tax amnesty) placed in front of it. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 184 x 272 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1815 - 1825

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Figures of mammalia. [Between 1812 and 1827]

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-264-q-029

Description: A seated field mouse Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & wash, 150 x 103 mm

Date: 1938

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Fox (A-313-2), T Ellis - ie Thomas Ellis Glover (A-313-3), J. C. Blomfield (A-313-4) and John McNamara (A-313-11). Also folders of cartoons by various artists published in New Zealand Free Lance (A-313-6), in The Guardian (A-313-7), in Xrays (A-313-8), in the New Zealand Observer (A-313-9), in The Standard (A-313-12) and in various publications (A-313-1).

Reference: A-313-1-030

Description: A woman police officer is standing on a chair above two mice while a safe-breaker threatens her with a cage of several more mice, saying - 'Now listen sergeant - if you don't behave yourself I'll let the rest of 'em out - see!' Extended Title - Women police are to be employed in N.Z. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy from newspaper.