IMAGE
Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991:Rush job - 'Come on - you've got exactly 3 minutes 58 secs to get Landy finished!" [21 June 1954]
- Date
- 1954
- By
- Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)
- Reference
- B-184-034
- Description
Features John Landy the Australian runner who on 21 June 1954, at an international meet at Turku, Finland, Landy became the second man after Roger Bannister to achieve a sub-4 minute mile, recording a world record time of 3:57.9, ratified by the IAAF as 3:58.0 owing to the rounding rules then in effect. That record held for more than three years. In the lower right corner the cartoonist (self-portrait of Colvin) furiously tries to get the cartoon finished in 3 minutes 58 seconds with a man behind him urging him on and checking his watch.
The paper on which the cartoon is drawn has a large chunk cut out of the left side but this does not touch the drawing itself.
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 455 x 375 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Cartoons (Commentary), Pencil on paper, 455 x 375 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991. Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991:Rush job - 'Come on - you've got exactly 3 minutes 58 secs to get Landy finished!" [21 June 1954]. Ref: B-184-034. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23065357More information can be found in our terms of use.