Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :"Shut the doors! The wind is nearly putting out the Olympic flame!" "What does it matter if the spirit of the Olympics is extinguished, comrade? The supremacy of our glorious Soviet comes first". 1980.

Date
1980
Reference
A-349-075
Description

A scene showing four Russian Olympic judges at the 1980 Games javelin-throwing competition, as a javelin travels swiftly over their heads. Refers to the fact that many critics believe the reason behind the Soviet's success at the event was that everytime a Russian was about to throw, the officials would open the stadium's gates, allowing the javelin to be carried an extra few metres by the wind.

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Nevile Lodge 80

Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and whiteout, 235 x 245 mm on sheet 297 x 295 mm

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Various cartoonists :Ten cartoons by Nevile Lodge and two by Eric Heath on the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.
Format
1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Black ink, letratone and whiteout, 235 x 245 mm on sheet 297 x 295 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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