IMAGE
Hutchison, William, 1820-1905 :Asleep with one eye open. No. 33. The Wellington Advertiser supplement, 21 April 1882.
- Date
- 1882
- By
- Wellington Advertiser (Newspaper); Hutchison, William, 1820-1905
- Reference
- A-095-029
- Description
Cartoon showing Sir George Grey as a dozing cat, with his back to three mice who sit beside a plate called "Office" and a candle named "Premiership". The mice represent Sir H A Atkinson, Sir F Whitaker, and W W Johnston.
Grey remained on the Opposition benches but with almost no following for 11 years after 1879, vigourously criticising successive government ministries.
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Date]
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Lithograph, 223 x 280 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Bromide held at H-705-031
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Caricatures, Cartoons (Commentary), Lithograph, 223 x 280 mm.
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