IMAGE
Gibbard, Les :`And I tell you he should have been up long ago!'. The Guardian 1996.
- Date
- 1991
- Reference
- H-458-001
- Description
The cartoon shows a diver (Economy) on the bottom of the sea. He has been trapped by an octopus (Manufacturing output), a shark (Unemployment), a crab (VAT), a clam (Retail sales), and an anchor (Interest rates). On the surface, in a recovery boat, John Major is drinking a glass of champagne while a colleague expresses concearn at the length of time the diver has been down. Refers to Major's increasing popularity despite the economy sinking into deeper recession.
Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Signed by the cartoonist.
Quantity: 1 laser copy.
Physical Description: A4 size laser copy
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Photocopy in public folders.
- Use/Reproduction
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- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Gibbard, Les :Two laser copies of original cartoons donated for the New Zealand Cartoon Archive auction, 6 November 1997. / Gibbard, Les :Two laser copies of original cartoons donated for the New Zealand Cartoon Archive auction, 6 November 1997.
- Format
- 1 laser copy, Works of art, Cartoons (Commentary), A4 size laser copy, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Gibbard, Les :`And I tell you he should have been up long ago!'. The Guardian 1996.. Gibbard, Les :Two laser copies of original cartoons donated for the New Zealand Cartoon Archive auction, 6 November 1997.. Ref: H-458-001. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22885415More information can be found in our terms of use.