Mitford, Eustace Reveley, ca 1811-1869 :The prophets who found honor in their own country and none elsewhere. [1864]

Cartoon on Australian politics. A central figure in the shape of a devil, wearing a medal marked 'Guardian deity of Australia' is ladelling the word 'honora[ble]' from from a barrel marked 'Handles for colonial pots, not for exportation, N. B. cheap and nasty'. The devil is reading a letter suggesting it should 'Give those fellows a handle to their confounded names'. Three men on the left have already received 'Honourable' in front of their names. From left they are Tom Reynolds, H. Strangways and Arthur Blyth. On the right Chief Justice Hanson is handing another man a certificate, while George Marsden Waterhouse, Premier of South Australia, awaits his turn behind. The recipients are wearing utensils on their heads, including a teapot, a bucket and a cauldron, with Waterhouse wearing a watering can. The three men on the left are trampling on mats marked Truth, honor, impartiality, friends of the working man, etc, the judge stands on injustice, fraud and oppression, while Waterhouse stands on honesty.

For key to caricatures see C-032-010

Other Titles - Honour

Inscriptions: Verso - Key to the original in my possession [in the hand of Alexander Turnbull]. Inscribed underneath a photograph of the drawing (C-032-010), which has most of the subjects identified.

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour with pen and brown ink, 510 x 711 mm

Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull