Artist unknown :Nevermore! [Wellington] Evening Press, 1887

Date
1887
By
Evening press (Wellington, N.Z.); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Reference
B-033-014-a
Description

Depicts Sir Julius Vogel after the fall of his government. He is shown in the Chamber in Parliament, late at night, reaching out sadly towards a bust of Pallas Athene. The bust is surmounted by a raven, marked 'Vox populi'. Accompanied by four verses, each one ending 'Quoth the raven "Nevermore" The verses are signed H B B

Published as supplement to Evening press, 1 June 1887

Another copy at B-033-014; another at B-033-014-b

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Lithograph, 350 x 445 mm

Provenance: Purchase; K A Webster collection, London, 1970

Access restrictions
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Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Portraits, Caricatures, Lithograph, 350 x 445 mm
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