IMAGE
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
- Date
- 1994 - 1997
- By
- Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Pub Charity Inc.
- Reference
- B-143-040/066
- Description
Includes cartoons about poker machines at taverns and public bars, and relates it to the gamble of voting for particular political parties. Likens the machines to the funds available for administering government departments.
Quantity: 27 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, size vary about 315 x 445 mm.
Provenance: Donated by Pub Charity Inc, in 1997.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 27 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Watercolours, Caricatures, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink and watercolour, size vary about 315 x 445 mm.
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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :"New machine - Nothin' but bloody trouble!!!" 1994-1996
Date: 1994 - 1996
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
Reference: B-143-062
Description: The bar manager says that the new pokie machine 'Sheer Magic' is 'nothin' but bloody trouble' because all it produces are rabbits, tied together handkerchiefs, playing cards, and doves (and more rabbits). Drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars 1994-1996 'July 97' written in pencil on verso Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 320 x 400mm
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :"I say, old chap! Does it do passports?' 1994-1996
Date: 1994 - 1996
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
Reference: B-143-051
Description: An elegant fellow holding a glass of wine watches a scruffy man playing the 'photo finish' 'Pub Charity' pokie machine and asks him if it does passport photos. Drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars 1994-1996 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 320 x 400mm
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :"Yes, Boss! I'm at the bank now - the noise? Oh it's the c...
Date: 1994 - 1996
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
Reference: B-143-041
Description: Shows a man from 'Screw 'em Debt Collectors Ltd' telling his boss over the phone that the loud clattering noise is the cashier counting the takings. In fact it is a huge pile of coins falling out of a Pub Charity gaming machine that is named 'New Horizons'. Drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars 1994-1996 'June' written in pencil on verso Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 320 x 400mm
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :"It's more than just a game of chance now, mate!!!" 1994-1996
Date: 1994 - 1996
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
Reference: B-143-061
Description: Two men and a woman sit at a table having a drink; they are surrounded by pokie machines, one for every possible political party - from the left they are - Alliance, National, Labour, NZ First, Shades of Green, United NZ, Christian Dems, Pull yourself together party, ACT, Mana Motuhake, and ROC. One of the men comments that it's more than a game of chance now. 'September' written in pencil on verso Drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars 1994-1996 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 320 x 400mm
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :"Thrash the bandit offisher - thrash 'im!' 1994-1996
Date: 1994 - 1996
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
Reference: B-143-052
Description: A drunken man who believes that he has been robbed looks at an identikit picture of a pokie machine and tells the policeman to 'Thrash the bandit'. Drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars 1994-1996 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 320 x 400mm
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :"No pay-outs? Here's your problem, Mate!" 1994-1996
Date: 1994 - 1996
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
Reference: B-143-065
Description: A technician opens the back of the pokie machine to find out why there have been no pay-outs. He discovers a man inside the machine collecting the coins in a bag labeled 'Scrooge'. 'Mar 97' written in pencil on verso Drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars 1994-1996 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 320 x 400mm
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :"Have you got change of a ten dollar note?" 1994-1996
Date: 1994 - 1996
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
Reference: B-143-059
Description: The scene shows an ocean and a sinking ship. In the foreground are two desert islands one of which has a 'Gold Reef' pokie machine on it. A survivor has arrived on this island and sends a $10 note in a bottle and a note asking for change to the castaway on the second island. The castaway doesn't seem to have the change and looks a little glum. 'June 96' written in pencil on verso Drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars 1994-1996 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 320 x 400mm
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :'Top Kiwis rich list - Jones, Brierley'. 1994-1996
Date: 1994 - 1996
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
Reference: B-143-066
Description: Millionaires Ron Brierley and Bob Jones are busy filling bags with coins at the 'Millionaire' Pub Charity machines. A couple of men having a drink are amazed to see them - one of them saying 'Struth! So it is!' Drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars 1994-1996 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 320 x 400mm
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :"No one'll play 'em - reckon they'll never pay out!" 1994-...
Date: 1994 - 1996
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
Reference: B-143-054
Description: A woman and two men sitting round a table with drinks look at three new pokie machines which are labeled 'National', 'Labour', and 'Alliance'. One of the men comments that no one will play them as they will never pay out. Drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars 1994-1996 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 320 x 400mm
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :"What's the attraction?" "New machine!" 1994-1996
Date: 1994 - 1996
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[27 original cartoons drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars. 1994-96].
Reference: B-143-056
Description: The old machines are neglected as a long queue forms to use the new machine which is called 'What the butler saw'. The man whose turn it is peers down a viewing funnel. Drawn for use in Pub Charity calendars 1994-1996 'November 1996' written in pencil on verso Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 320 x 400mm