IMAGE
Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :Congratulations! You're the first human being to do it! 22 August 1956.
- Date
- 1950 - 1979
- Reference
- B-133-021
- Description
The cartoon shows a bull, Ferdinand of Taranaki, a cow, Mooloo of Waikato, a sheep, Canterbury and a kiwi, the All Blacks, congratulating a New Zealand Universities rugby player. The New Zealand Universities player has a springbok slung over his shoulder and is raising his fist to show his might. Refers to the 1956 Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand. After defeating a number of provincial sides the Springboks were defeated for the first time on tour by the New Zealand universities team. The score was 22 - 15.
Exhibited in 'Guts and Glory' an exhibition of rugby cartoons, organised by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Trust in association with the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, at the National Library Gallery, 15 July - 7 November 1999, and then touring until 2001. Curated by Susan Foster.
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink on paper, 395 x 260 mm.
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- Part of
- Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988] / Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Undated cartoons, some from the 1970s, and cartoons from the 1950s]
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink on paper, 395 x 260 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :Congratulations! You're the first human being to do it! 22 August 1956.. Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]. Ref: B-133-021. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22844601More information can be found in our terms of use.