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Mathews, Roydon C 1886?-1973 :"Speak up laddie!" 1930 [Caricature of Alexander M Burns, General Manager, Christchurch Press] / Roy. C. Mathews
- Date
- 1930
- By
- Mathews, Roydon C, 1886?-1973
- Reference
- B-036-020
- Description
Caricature of Alexander Melvin Burns, General Manager of the Christchurch Press from 1925, with part of the spire of Christchurch Cathedral visible outside his office window. Below the caricature are the signatures of senior editors on The Press. The artist was working for The Press at the time this portrait was drawn.
Signatures (as far as can be deciphered) are for G. Burns, K McC Studholme, L. T. Aschman, F. A. Marriott, W. J. Green, F. N. Grant, B. O'Neill, Walter G Stack, Hartley Smith, A. H. Carrington, L. A. Barrett, Jas Drummond, W. J. Wilson, J. C. McKinnon, J. Burns, W. Peebles, A. N. Duttrage [?], W. G. Banfield and one illegible, possibly H. W. Kinoir. Several of the signatories were fellow-journalists and senior editors under Burns.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Roy C. Mathews 1930; Mat recto - beneath image - "Speak up laddie!"; Recto - beneath image - [19 signatures]
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Ink and wash with Chinese white on 2 sheets of cardboard, mounted one above the other 248 x 243 mm (portrait) & 170 x 257 mm (signatures)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Wash drawings, Portraits, Caricatures, Ink and wash with Chinese white on 2 sheets of cardboard, mounted one above the other 248 x 243 mm (portrait) & 170 x 257 mm (signatures), Orientation: Vertical image
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