Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :The explorer. NZ Herald, 19 May 1978.

Date
1978
By
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-
Reference
B-154-222
Description

Shows Bruce Beetham, leader of the Social Credit Political League in a safari suit wandering in an overgrown jungle with scattered desks and lecterns and the mace of the House of Parliament lying in the foreground. In the background is the Beehive building in the Parliament Grounds, Wellington.

Beetham had won the Rangitikei seat and gained a seat in parliament earlier in 1978, being the only MP from his party in parliament at that time. Social Credit's leader Vern Cracknell had held a seat from 1966 to 1969.

Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The explorer; Recto - top right - NZ Herald 19 May 1978

Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Physical Description: Ink drawing, 280 x 420 mm, on sheet 380 x 504 mm.

Processing information: Transferred from Manuscripts Section in 2009.

Access restrictions
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Format
1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Caricatures, Ink drawing, 280 x 420 mm, on sheet 380 x 504 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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