IMAGE
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :"I understand it does the work of eight men!" [1945-1950].
- Date
- 1945 - 1950
- Reference
- B-154-128
- Description
Two bystanders look at a large machine for roadmaking or roadmending; the machine in fact appears to require eight men to operate or use its various parts. A Wellington City Council rubbish drum (marked W. C. C.) in the right foreground establishes the location as Wellington.
Exhibited in 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington: Celebrating the life and works of cartoonist Nevile Lodge' exhibition of cartoons By Nevile Lodge on Wellington topics over the period 1943-1988, curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive for the Wellington Museum of City and Sea, and exhibited at the Museum from 25 May to August 2004.
Published in book 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington' by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive, 2004.
Date estimated as post Second World War. Estimated as pre-1950 because Lodge has not yet established his habit of incorporating the date into his signature.
Inscriptions: Recto - top right - [Signed]
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink drawing 320 x 445 mm.
Provenance: Previously owned by his brother V Leonard W Mitchell.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :[Five early cartoons. ca 1945-1950].
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink drawing 320 x 445 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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