Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :Editor suggests doing a cartoon on the weather. As a farmer, the weather suits me fine! Well, it doesn't suit me! Nor me! I'm happy - tanks are full again. Gone home. Lonsdale. 6 February 1957.

Date
1957
Reference
A-309-165
Description

Shows Lonsdale sitting at his drawing desk. A man is looking in and suggests he does a cartoon on the weather. In the next scene, a farmer is standing next to his desk saying that the weather suits him. In the next scene, another man has joined them who is holding a bag with bowling balls in it and saying the weather doesn't suit him. In the fourth scene, another man has entered the room with a tennis racquet and is expressing his view on the weather. In the following scene a fourth man has arrived and gives his opinion. Lonsdale has risen out of his chair and is looking rather tired of all the interuptions. In the final scene, the men are all arguing and Lonsdale has left the room. There is a sign on his desk which reads "Gone home, Lonsdale". Refers to Lonsdale drawing a cartoon about the weather.

Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Physical Description: Ink on paper, 180 x 280mm

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Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Part of
Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.
Format
1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Caricatures, Ink on paper, 180 x 280mm
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