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Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :Sad hearts and coronachs, by Little Eric. "Well, the Lions 'ave done the North Island, an' the North Island 'as taken wot you might call an 'idin' - Wot a trail of devastation! Tuesday 25/7/50 [1950]
- Date
- 1950
- Reference
- A-290-093
- Description
Cartoon strip showing scenes of defeated rugby players from the various provinces "conquered" by the British Lions rugby team: Wyrapper-Bush [Wairarapa-Bush], 'Awkes Bay, East Coast Poverty Bay, Wellin'ton, Wanganui, Taranaki, Manawatu-'Orowhenua, Waikato, North Auckland, Auckland. At lower right, two men talk over a beer, and one wonders just what was in the food parcels that New Zealand sent to Britain.
The title "Sad hearts and coronachs" may be a play on the title of the 1949 British film "Kind Hearts and Coronets".
A coronach is a Scot or Irish dirge or lamentation for the dead.
Although the Lions won games against provincial sides they were beaten 3-1 in the four-match test series. However they were considered by the public of the time to be "the best-ever side to have toured the Land of the Long White Cloud" (retrieved from http://www.lionsrugby.com/news/9244.php, 22 February 2011)
Other Titles - What, hiding, have, has, and; July
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 268 x 380 mm.
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- Part of
- Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink drawing, on sheet 268 x 380 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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