Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932-:Hot Diggity! Celebrity centrefolds. National Business Review, 13 June 1986 (redrawn 1999).

Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932-:Hot Diggity! Celebrity centrefolds. National Business Review, 13 June 1986 (redrawn 1999).
Date
1999
Reference
C-133-076
Description

Caricature of Colin Meads. Shows Colin Meads lying naked on a rugby field. Two rugby balls are covering his private parts, he has a studded wristband on protecting his injured wrist, is drinking champagne from a glass representing South African Airways, and has a tatoo reading, bruderband on his right shoulder. In the foreground is a voodoo doll of David Lange with pins all through it. A note on the side, refering to the doll, reads, a small gift from Transvaal. Refers to Colin Meads as co-manager of the Cavaliers tour of South Africa in 1985. It was a secretly organised rebel tour of the All Blacks calling themselves the Cavaliers. A court injunctin had effectively blocked an official All Black tour. The Lange government was also against sporting relations with South Africa.

Redrawn original held at B-154-035.

Copy of a cartoon published in the National Business Review, 13 June 1996. Redrawn for the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Guts and Glory exhibition 1 January 1999.

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.

Extended Title - The loveable Colin Meads recuperating after a severe wrist-slapping from the ferocious Rugby Union. Colin's star sign is Capricorn the Springbok. Favorite TV character: The Incredible Hulk. Turn-ons: Fence posts, goal posts, Oil of Wintergreen, pissing in Pretoria's pocket. Turn-offs: Those smart-arsed lawyers who sold us down the river & Welsh referees.

Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Physical Description: Pen and ink on paper, 295 x 420 mm.

Additional description

Alternative form available: Photocopy in public folders.

Use/Reproduction
Copyright must be cleared before this is reproduced for publication. The Library may be able to help with an address.
Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Caricatures, Pen and ink on paper, 295 x 420 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
See original record

Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.

Usage

Purchasing this Item

This item is available as a high resolution download. A request to buy an image can take up to 10 working days to approve. It will depend on copyright and how the image is going to be used.

If this item has multiple pages, or is several items attached to a single record, you can use this form to order your copy.

Using this Item

You can copy this item for personal use, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It cannot be used commercially without permission, please ask us for advice. If reproducing this item, please maintain the integrity of the image (i.e. don't crop, recolour or overprint it), and ensure the following credit accompanies it:

Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932-:Hot Diggity! Celebrity centrefolds. National Business Review, 13 June 1986 (redrawn 1999).. Ref: C-133-076. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23014705

More information can be found in our terms of use.

Copyright

Unknown