Firing squads (Execution)
The Graphic (London) :Surgeon Joseph Heath; Colonel E Bosc Sladen; Mr George Roberts; W...
Date: 1885 - 1886
By: Graphic (London, England)
Reference: A-434-048
Description: Shows at the top three head and shoulder portraits: Surgeon Joseph Heath, killed at Sagaing, Upper Burma, Nov 9 1885; Colonel E Bosc Sladen, organiser of the Provisional Government in Upper Burma after the surrender of Theebaw; and Mr George Roberts, murdered at Mingen, Upper Burma, Nov 21, 1885. The central picture shows an execution by firing squad. The lower picture shows a game of tennis on a grass court, with a circular inset picture of Mount Taranaki. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engravings on page, 406 x 294 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in 2010.
Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :The Middle East. 29 July 1982.
Date: 1982
From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One Folder of original cartoons concerning world politics. Published in the Auckland Star, 1981 - 1989].
Reference: A-331-109
Description: The cartoon shows an artillery squad firing into the Middle East. The ammunition they are firing are peace plans. Refers to attempts to create peace in the Middle East. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Extended Title - Reload... Present peace plan... Fire!... Reload... Present peace plan... Fire!... Reload... Present peace plan... Fire! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 260 x 185mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :A hung parliament. I voted for a firing squad. 1993.
Date: 1993
From: Evans, Malcolm :Cartoons entered in the 1993 Qantas Media Awards
Reference: A-299-035
Description: Shows a man and woman in their living room. The man is resting in an arm chair reading a newspaper with a headline on the hung parliament. The woman is ironing. Refers to the 1993 Election outcome of a hung parliament. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :"Phew...". 13 June 2013
Date: 2013
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0025180
Description: Minister of Education, Hekia Parata is tied to a pole along with the Secretary of Education and the Deputy Secretary of Education who have both been shot dead. The title "Phew..." is Parata's response. Refers to the resignation of both the former Secretary for Education Lesley Longstone and the Deputy Secretary for Education Anne Jackson following the Ministerial Inquiry into Novopay. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Evans, Malcolm :`I voted for a firing squad'. Rural News 1996.
Date: 1996
From: Evans, Malcolm :Three laser copies of original cartoons donated for the New Zealand Cartoon Archive auction, 6 November 1997.
Reference: H-456-003
Description: The cartoon shows a man reading the newspaper while his wife is doing the ironing. The headline on the newspaper reads, `A hung parliament'. Refers to the situation in parliament after the 1996 elections. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Signed by the cartoonist. Quantity: 1 laser copy. Physical Description: A4 size laser copy.