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[Hutchison, William] 1820-1905 :Driving them home. No. 53. Whitaker (loq) 'Don't hurry them, Harry! They are bound to pass them.'. Atkinson (loq) 'We've got em'; but they require pushing.' The Wellington advertiser supplement. 9 September 1882
- Date
- 1882
- By
- Daily advertiser and Wellington register (Newspaper); Hutchison, William, 1820-1905
- Reference
- A-095-051
- Description
Premier Whitaker and Treasurer Atkinson as riders at a hunt rounding up a group of ponies (Members of the House of Representatives) and other figures representing local government (an old woman with a broken umbrella); taxation (an old man begging with a top hat); Government proposals (a large crab); Licencing Bill (a stick figure with a barrel for a body); forgotten promises (a crying baby in a cradle); and gold mines (an ingot). The cartoon implies that other MPs are being slow about passing promised legislation
Published in 'Grant, Ian F. Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003 (Book title)' 2003.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Lithograph, 215 x 185 mm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Bromide held at H-705-033
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Caricatures, Portraits, Lithograph, 215 x 185 mm
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Daily advertiser and Wellington register (Newspaper). [Hutchison, William] 1820-1905 :Driving them home. No. 53. Whitaker (loq) 'Don't hurry them, Harry! They are bound to pass them.'. Atkinson (loq) 'We've got em'; but they require pushing.' The Wellington advertiser supplement. 9 September 1882. Ref: A-095-051. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22909858More information can be found in our terms of use.