Hutchison, William, 1820-1905 :"Sir Arthur Deadlock was never bored - when he had nothing else to do, he was never tired contemplating his own greatness." - Dickens' Bleak House. Wellington, The Wellington Advertiser Supplement, [1882]

Date
1882
By
Daily advertiser and Wellington register (Newspaper); Hutchison, William, 1820-1905
Reference
A-095-016
Description

Cartoon showing Sir Arthur Gordon, seated with his hands in contemplative position, opposite a Fijian boy, who is holding up a drawing inscribed 'That cloak', showing Sir Arthur parading in regalia, his cloak held up by a lackey. Gordon was Governor of New Zealand and therefore of Fiji at the time.

Other Titles - Fiji Isles. That Cloak. To let - Govt House - Present occupier changing his place of business.

Extended Title - Supplement to: Daily Advertiser. Wellington, 21st January, 1882

Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - date of publication and name of subject, both in pencil

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Lithograph, 10 x 9 ins

Access restrictions
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Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Caricatures, Portraits, Lithograph, 10 x 9 ins
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