Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

Date: 1950

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

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.

Date: 1950

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

Reference: A-290-092

Description: Cartoon strip showing imagined scenes from a cold wet rugby match, players chattering with cold, the referee blowing with frozen lips, players indistinguishable as to which team they belonged in, difficulties in noticing forward passes or picking out the ball in the scrum. The text concludes: "If you can take this sort of game and run it, you're a better man than we are, Gunga Din!" Other Titles - July Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 273 x 379 mm.

Date: 1950

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

Reference: A-290-095

Description: Cartoon strip speculating how much more picturesque New Zealand would be if farmers wore distinctive almost Tyrolean dress, and sheep and cattle wore wreaths and covers, if policemen wore jodhpurs and wide-brimmed hats, fishermen wore striped jerseys and pointed pom-pom hats, and Maori wore their traditional dress. Other Titles - October Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 278 x 378 mm.

Date: 1951

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

Reference: A-290-099

Description: Cartoon strip giving a rallying message full of phrases such as: shoulder to shoulder, pulling together, putting our best foot forward, stiff upper lip, eye on the ball, fingers crossed, hair on, end up, thumb in line with the seam of the trousers, play with a straight bat, beware of the dog, look for the silver lining, refuse all substitutes. The strip ends with all these resolutions being tied in a ribbon and thrown into the sea. Other Titles - Recumbent, yours Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 289 x 385 mm.

Date: 1950

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

Reference: A-290-094

Description: Cartoon strip showing Little Eric and his reactions to the changing fortunes in rugby games between the touring British Lions team and the New Zealand All Blacks. Speculates that the Lions could have won if Bob Scott had retired one game earlier, or if Bevan had had a day off, or if the All Black forwards had had boils on their necks and couldn't tolerate a scrum. 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, although, them; August Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 272 x 380 mm.

Date: 1950

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

Reference: A-290-091

Description: Cartoon strip showing how the brewers and distillers could advertise if they had free reign, in a series of eight panels where alcohol is promoted as a body builder, a pick-me-up, a giver of new life and a twinkle in the eye, a way of keeping one's pecker up, giving courage, overcoming shyness and seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 290 x 390 mm.

Date: 1950

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

Reference: A-290-098

Description: Cartoon strip showing scenes of a cartoonist struggling with the effort of finding a suitable topic for the Boxing Day newspaper cartoon, and finally looking for his bathing towel and going for a swim, only to be harangued at the beach by a fellow swimmer who threatens to tell on him for not being at work on a skit. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on heavy card, sheet 285 x 375 mm.

Date: 1950

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

Reference: A-290-096

Description: Cartoon strip showing the extreme and traumatic ways necessary to obtain white hair in the past, compared with the much easier present day method of simply going for a walk and crossing the road on a pedestrian crossing with car horns blaring around one. In the past one had to go to the extreme of fighting a tiger, being strangled by an octopus, or bitten by a shark. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 290 x 388 mm.

Date: 1950

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

Reference: A-290-097

Description: Cartoon strip showing scenes from the everyday life of a working man, ending with a wrestling match with a large figure representing "High Cost of Living". Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 290 x 385 mm.

Date: 1951

From: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :[Ten strip cartoons published in the Dominion between 12 July 1950 and 16 January 1951].

Reference: A-290-100

Description: Cartoon strip showing instances where pathetic or annoying dogs do not live up to the name Prince. Although it is a safe name in New Zealand, there are countries where it might prove embarassing to say "Come here Prince" (such as Italian countries that are full of human princes). And in fact there is another name used much more commonly by furious owners calling their dogs to "Come in behind, you ---!!" Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 290 x 389 mm.