Cartoon of commissioner James Mackay addressing gold miners at Thames

Cartoon of commissioner James Mackay addressing gold miners at Thames
Date
1868
By
Auckland punch (Periodical)
Reference
MNZ-0427-1/4-F
Description

Undated and unsigned cartoon published in an unidentified edition of 'Punch or the Auckland Charivari' dated 1868. Depicts commissioner James Mackay, also known as "The Thames Autocrat" addressing gold miners at Thames from a small stage: "Proceed good people with your buildings and improvments; continue to behave yourselves, and at the end of seven years I will raise everybody's rent."

Published in 'Making New Zealand' Vol 1, No 8, page 21

Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Physical Description: Film negative

Provenance: Item from an issue of 'Punch or the Auckland Charivari', 1868, lent to the Department of Internal Affairs for publication in 'Making New Zealand' in 1939.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
Format
1 b&w copy negative(s), Negatives, Cartoons (Commentary), Film negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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