IMAGE
Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning road transport, drinking and driving, rail and shipping, petrol supplies. 1989-1992].
- Date
- 1989 - 1992
- By
- Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
- Reference
- B-144-542/564
- Description
Includes cartoons about: Personalised number plates; icy conditions in the Ngauranga Gorge; ferry bookings are a game of chance; ferry and air bookings are risky; people messing about in unseaworthy boats alarm the rescue services; TV advertising encourages dangerous driving; 21% bus ticket price increase; oil producers laugh at their own deceitfulness; petrol price increases cause decline in demand; plans for gambling parlour at Auckland Railway Station; rush hour at Mt Victoria Tunnel in the year 2001; Police rescue launch prevented from crossing Cook Strait for maintenance; Ministry of Transport considers "no warrant, no petrol" plan; fuel from gases given off by sheep and cattle; multiple registration tickets on cars; user pays - both toll charges and petrol tax; ship crew eating well; 40% of back-seat passengers do not belt up; electric car on Auckland-Wellington marathon; traffic police on push-bikes; if petrol is labelled "green" people trust it unwarrantedly; old age pensioners allowed only a certain amount of overseas travel.
Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date.
Quantity: 23 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm.
Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- 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 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].
- Format
- 23 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :Rush hour, the year 2001. Mt Victoria Tunnel. New motorway...
Date: 1990
From: 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].
Reference: B-144-552
Description: A huge pile-up of cars and trucks, and traffic fumes, with a traffic policeman attempting to control their entrance from a bottleneck at the Mount Victoria traffic tunnel. A seven-lane highway narrows to two lanes at the entrance to the tunnel. A sign above the traffic explains that the scene represents the 'New motorway extension in 2001' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature. Also stamp with date of publication on verso Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 301 x 481 mm