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Hiscocks, Ercildoune Frederick, fl 1899-1940s :Collaring the capitalists. Check buk. A Carnegie. To Godsowncountry. Cheque book. John Rockfeller ... Roths[ch]ild [1911]
- Date
- 1911
- Reference
- E-212-q-012
- Description
Shows Sir Joseph Ward leading a trail of rich men to New Zealand. At the front, arm-in-arm with Ward, are Andrew Carnegie, dressed in kilt and Scots bonnet and John Rockefeller, a skullcap on his head. One of the three top-hatted men behind is identified as a Rothschild. The three identified men are carrying large chequebooks.
An original drawing for an illustration which appeared in Hiscocks' publication "Joe Ward abroad" (1911)
The inscription 'Check buk' on Andrew Carnegie's chequebook appears to refer to Carnegie's Scottish accent
Other Titles - Gods own Country. Rockefeller
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Ink, on card bound into album, 245 x 306 mm.
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Hiscocks, Ercildoune Frederick :Original caricatures (chiefly [of Sir Joseph] Ward) / E. F Hiscocks [1910 and] 1911 / Hiscocks, Ercildoune Frederick :Original caricatures (chiefly [of Sir Joseph] Ward) / E. F Hiscocks [1910 and] 1911
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Caricatures, Ink, on card bound into album, 245 x 306 mm.
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