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Date: 1933 - 1996 - 1939

By: Hocken Library; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1996-02

Description: Shows an arrangement of text, with a central cartoon by David Low: "The scum of the earth, I believe? The bloody assassin of the workers, I presume?" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 415 x 297 mm.

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-021

Description: A set of vignettes concerning current political and social matters in Christchurch and beyond. 'Music hath charms' shows the Salvation Army band 'leading a mutiny against the City Council' while they play loudly outside the Christchurch City Council buildings. A drunk man, seen in Dunedin, carries a large sandwich board 'Prohibition a blunder'. A cricket player getting bowled relates to 'South African cricketers' against the Australians in their 5th test. A London professor snoozes under a tree, after stating that 'the sun could do all world's work'. Two small boys, one with an executioner's axe, his dead parents behind him, discuss the murder of the parents after his mother refused to give him a penny to buy lollies. Relates to a newspaper account of a boy in Dunedin reacting violently to strict parents, including his trying to hang himself. A self portrait shows Low sobbing into his handkerchief, while he draws Tommy Taylor, but regrets the ending of the political life of Joseph Ward and William Massey for caricature purposes. Councillor Thacker pulling up a tree from Cathedral Square in the process of transplanting it rather that cutting it down. A confrontation between Britain and Kaiser Bill is about importing goods between the two countries. Four elderly men in a punch-up, holding a placard 'Peace perfect peace' refers to Dowieites in Zion City rioting Other Titles - soothe Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - David Low recit [sic] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 522 x 358 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-010

Description: A series of vignettes on the subject of a horse race, probably in Christchurch. The paricipants reflect betting, men's and women's fashion, a man 'in from the backblocks', local personalities identified as Harry and Pa and a self-portrait of Low in a checked cloth cap, swallowing a glass (of milk?) 'Our artist won 2/3' [two shillings and threepence] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 508 x 418 mm

Date: 1905 - 1915

From: Low, David 1891-1963 :Caricatures and cartoons [ca 1905-1916]

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: B-025-030

Description: A tall slender man with moustache and hair parted in the centre, wearing the military uniform of a senior commander. He is holding a hat with white plumes in his hand and has a sword at his side. Behind him is a motley line-up of soldiers. Probably a portrait of Lord Islington, Governor-General, inspecting Christchurch troops Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 468 x 365 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-004

Description: A series of vignettes making comic suggestions about a range of current topics, starting with the implications of an Anglo-German friendship league and an Anglo-American arbitration treaty. The figures depicted include George V shaking hands with Kaiser Bill, 'The new John Bull' dressed in top hat and the Stars and Stripes, references to William Massey, Herries 'Sir Wilfrid' and Sir Joseph Ward, references to penny postage in Australia and to the growing population of the North Island vs the South Island and their respective electoral representation Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 530 x 403 mm

Date: 1900 - 1909

From: Low, David 1891-1963 :Caricatures and cartoons [ca 1905-1916]

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: B-025-032

Description: A full-length caricature of a middl-aged man, probably a Christchurch identity, intended for publication in a newspaper. The man wears a bowler hat and has a moustache Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 573 x 351 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-003

Description: A set of vignettes, headed 'The Christchurch Press last week celebrated its jubilee'. At the top left, are two people wrapped up in newspapers (the Press and the Lyttelton Times) shaking hands above a sea marked 'politics' and titled 'hands across the sea'. Top right, two large hands, one marked England, one Germany, pushing the Prince of Wales (later George V) and a German princess towards one another to accompany a text -' it is whispered that there are prospects of a match between the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Germany'. Below that is an angry man holding a Post Office savings box, with accompanying text 'Once money has been placed in the new Post Office money boxes it cannot be removed except by the P. O. officials. The man had been hoping to retrieve money to catch a tram. Below that is a drawing titled 'The other cheek' and featuring Prime Minister William Massey, holding his lower back and facing Auckland M. P. George Fowlds. Surrounding text explains that Massey has offered to pay Fowlds' expenses if he would tour New Zealand repeating his Pukekohe speech. Centre left is an Irish musical group, one with an Irish harp, with Christchurch tossing them coins - 'The Irish envoys on tour in their specialty 'Shell out for Liberty'. To the right is 'The catch of the season' showing a man leaping to catch a ball with accompanying text explaining that Dan Reese anticipates no trouble in rasing the £2000 for Lancaster Park. Bottom left is a scene in Cathedral Square showing the statue of John Robert Godley on top of a tram shelter, with a clock for a face, 'next tram' for a hat, and one arm pointing to Railway, the other to Opawa. The accompanying text reads 'The good old tram-shelter - Godley statue question has cropped up again... Why not do away all sentiment & put the statue to some practical use?'. At the bottom right is William Massey swinging a cat labelled 'Supreme Court allocation' facing 'Mrs Conservative Press'. The accpmanying text reads 'Mrt Massey in spite of the protests of a section of the Opposition press continues to support Mr Allen's legislation for Supreme Court judges. Mrs Conservative Press" For goodness sake, William, go & bury the pore thing! Cant you see it's quite dead?' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - David Low 11 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink 520 x 430 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-027

Description: A political candidate, possibly in the run-up to an election in Christchurch Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 471 x 315 mm

Date: 1910

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: J-044-017

Description: Photocopy of an original drawing in the Library's collection (C-047-033) showing Henry Holland, Mayor of Christchurch, in top hat and formal suit, wearing his mayoral chain which is inscribed 'I stand alone'. He is tossing a pile of electoral promises into the air. Probably published in the Canterbury Times, for which Low was still working until 1911 before his departure for Australia Exhibited in 'The Line-Up' exhibition of 36 cartoons by 36 cartoonists curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library auditorium foyer from 5 April 2002 to mark the tenth anniversary of establishment of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - signature & date. On the verso is a pencil inscription '7 inches wide' Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Phootocopy of ink, Chinese white & pencil on card, 342 x 289 mm

Date: 1907

From: Booth, Leonard Hampden, 1879-1974 :[Cuttings of cartoons and caricatures from the "Exhibition sketcher" (Christchurch), the "Triad", and the "Sydney bulletin". 1906-1915].

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: A-350-009

Description: Shows two full-body standing caricatures, one of Thomas Edward Donne, who became secretary of the new Department of Tourist and Health Resorts in 1901; and on the verso, a full profile of Christchurch dentist Mr J H Fountain Extended Title - From: The exhibition sketcher, Feb 2, 1907, p 9-10 Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on pages of journal; sizes vary Provenance: Donated by Ms Honiana Love, in 2000.

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-002

Description: A series of cartoons related to Henry Thomas Joynt Thacker, a Christchurch Mayoral candidate, leading a Salvation Army band by beating a large drum, and escaping from "The no-licence volcano". The other cartoons appear not to depict Dr Thacker, but show a tram supposedly running late, references to the Hon. D. Buddo, to Prime Minister Massey, to farmers, to Lord Roberts tugging a lion (Great Britain) by the tail in an attempt to introduce compulsory military training, to forthcoming elections. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 525 x 435 mm

Date: 1933 - 1996 - 1939

By: Hocken Library; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: Eph-C-GRAPHIC-ARTS-1996-01

Description: Shows an arrangement of text, with a central cartoon by David Low: "It's queer how you remind me of someone, Josef ...", showing an orthodox Communist watching Russian leader Josef Stalin trimming his moustache to look like German leader Adolf Hitler. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 417 x 295 mm.

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-005

Description: Vignettes reflecting current affairs. 'Woes of a cartoonist' shows David Low, his head in his hands, desperately trying to avoid a Wellington problem, where an MP is prosecuting a cartoonist for depicting him from his back view. In a related sketch alongside, Christchurch Mayor, Tommy Taylor, threatens to prosecute the cartoonists, having recognised his own hair in a drawing. A Finnish village is shown chained to the mainland, after a whole village was reported to have floated away in Finland. A ghost threatens a Christchurch City Councillor with a long white beard. The councillor does not known his own mind. A farmer races away after being confronted in Canada with 80,000 prospective brides, a recent reported event. 'The Jap Polar expedition' shows a group of Japanese men greeting the Japanese consul in Christchurch, after their unexpected arrival. Neither group can understand the other, and Japanese script spelling out whisky, cow and banzai is shown. 'The great gas box, via canal' shows a box containing a gas tank too large to travel via the Lyttelton tunnel being hauled by a traction engine. There is also a reference to a proposed canal between Lyttelton and Christchurch as an alternative means of transport. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 530 x 405 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-007

Description: A series of vignettes on current political events. They include references to Dr Thacker, Mr Justice Sim, a Federation of Labour conference, the mayoral election (based on the painting The Judgement of Paris), the Conservative Party (in Christchurch), and Mormons being expelled from England Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 550 x 400 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-028

Description: Caricature of an unidentified man. He is elderly, with a large white moustache, wears a top hat and frock coat, and smokes a cigar. Probably a Christchurch identity Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 470 x 315 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-001

Description: Vignettes reflecting issues current in 1911. 'Captain Scott was surprised to find the Amundsen expedition at the Polar regions' continues with 'Our pessimistic artist things he may possibly get a greater surprise when he reaches the Pole' and shows a Japanese man seated on The South Pole with Scott and another man drawing up alongside with their dog sled. 'No less than 4 prize fighters died in the ring last month' shows a boxer fighting against Death as a skeleton. 'Bridged. The Hon R. McKenzie opened the new Waiau bridge last week' shows McKenzie standing astride the Waiau River and forming a bridge out of his body. 'Massey at large' shows William Massey as a goat, making a very-badly received speech at Kaiapoi. A man being booted out of a gaol refers to the reduction in Johnson the pugilist's gaol sentence. The shocked schoolboy shows two small boys trying not to look at a poster of a scantily-clad dancer, the 'Champagne Girl' performing at an Auckland's Theatre Royal. Lord Lansdowne kneels before George V with Lord Asquith in the background, over the matter of the Crown creating new peerages. 'Dress rehearsal' shows Sir Joseph Ward in Irish costume, dancing an Irish jig before his visit to Ireland. 'Canal pies' shows a small boy contemplating the purchase of two very expensive pies, a larger one for a proposed canal between Lyttelton and Christchurch, a smaller one for Sumner to Heathcote. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil, 533 x 385 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-020

Description: Vignettes on current issues. The record buster shows the Minister of Railways, John Millar, seated astride a train, 'prosperity' with a caption about the record profits of New Zealand Railways. A Scotsman in uniform with a very long sporran illustrates a report of an article about Scots soldiers having their kilts taken from them, but not their sporrans. Sir Joseph Ward is depicted as a dog tangled up in rope, 'dedicated to Mr D Jones' with a reference to giving a dog a long enough rope and he'll hang himself. 'Magician Poole' is shown placing an extinguisher, National Prohibition' over a barrel of alcohol. 'Messrs Allen and Herries are conducting the Opposition campaign, shows James Allen and William Herries flogging an almost dead horse, 'The Conservative Party'. Tommy Taylor scrubs a boy with tar, under the heading 'The Mayor proposes to tar 30 miles of Christchurch streets'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 525 x 380 mm

Date: 1910 - 1912

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963; Whear, Rachael (Dr), 1922?-

Reference: A-279-011

Description: Shows Massey and Ward exchanging an exhausted handshake. Intended for front page press publication? Possibly related to Ward's defeat in the 1911 election. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - LOW; Recto - bottom centre - (On suitcases): FRANKLIN / AWARUA Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and wash, 232 x 252 mm.

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-033

Description: Standing portrait of the Mayor in his robes of office with cloak, mayoral chain and a top hat. He is holding a sheet of paper in his right hand. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 481 x 300 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-026

Description: A view of the Pyramids and the Sphinx. The Sphinx has the face of a New Zealand politician, possibly Sir James Carrolll. He is wearing a complacent expression, has a huia feather in his hair and is smoking a pipe; the nearby Pyramid has the face of Sir Joseph Ward, who is smirking and winking at another man who stumbles at the foot of the pyramid, trying to hold up a pole bearing the words 'Opp[osition] arguments'. Across the bottom of the pyramid is the word 'prosperity' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 391-356 mm