IMAGE
Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991 :Old friends and familiar phrases. [1949-1957].
- Date
- 1949 - 1957
- Reference
- C-132-891-a
- Description
Shows a scene on the steps of Parliament Buildings, Wellington, with members of parliament acting out numerous cliches and hackneyed phrases used by politicians; for example: Standing on dignity, Gentlemen of the Press, the Melting Pot, Hum Bugs, Welfare State, Hon. Member, Points of Order, Senior and Junior Whip, The Man in the Street, Making political capital, Axe to grind, the spectre of The Slump, Political kite-flying, The Backbone of the country, The Will of the People, The Old Grey Mare, The Old Bogey, Labour chasing Management, Bell Book & Candle, Lock Stock and Barrel, Hook Line and Sinker, a Vicious Circle, Fellow Travellers, and Applied Lunacy.
Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).
Physical Description: Bromide, on paper 333 x 615 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Photocopy in public folders.
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- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991 :[Twenty-eight (28) original cartoons, 1940s and 1950s].
- Format
- 1 cartoon bromide(s), Works of art, Gelatin silver prints, Cartoons (Commentary), Caricatures, Bromide, on paper 333 x 615 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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