Access is provided in the Katherine Mansfield Reading Room

Date

28 April 1988

By

Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference

B-145-540

Description

A group pf Maori stand at the prow of a ship, sighting land, in the style of "The Arrival of the Maoris in New Zealand" by Louis John Steele and Charles F Goldie (itself based on Géricault's "The Raft of the Medusa"). The ship turns out to be Noah's Ark, with the bearded old man steering the ark towards shore.

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath [in ink]; Verso - top left - 28 April 1988 [stamped]

Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Physical Description: Ink and white corrector on textured paper, 245 x 325 mm (image)

Access restrictions

Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original

Part of

Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s]. / Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning New Zealand Maori issues. 1972 - 1990].

Format

1 original cartoon(s), Cartoons (Commentary), Ink drawings, Ink and white corrector on textured paper, 245 x 325 mm (image), Orientation: Horizontal image