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Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991:'The Auckland Tea Party'. "Libertea is near." Evening Post. 17 June, 1955
- Date
- 1955
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- Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991
- Reference
- E-549-q-08-017
- Description
Shows a ship named 'Thermonopolae' at anchor with Prime Minister, Sid Holland, as a figure-head on the prow. A group of housewives wearing Indian feathers in their hair who represent the 'Auckland Housewives Association' throw boxes of '8/- lb Tea' from the ship into the sea. A small boat full of enraged tea merchants wearing nineteenth century coats, breeches and wigs floats helplessly nearby. This is a reminder of the Boston tea party of 1773 which was an act of direct action protest by the American colonists against the British Government in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks belonging to the British East India Company on ships in Boston Harbor. Refers to a protest at the price of tea?
Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping.
Physical Description: Newspaper clipping glued to paper, 155x 215 mm
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- [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.] / [Various cartoonists] :[One folder of cartoon clippings from various New Zealand newspapers, 31 January 1955 - 18 December 1956.]
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- 1 newspaper clipping, Works of art, Clippings, Cartoons (Commentary), Newspaper clipping glued to paper, 155x 215 mm
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