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City of Armadale - History House > Records

CARTOON - THE WAITS CHRISTMAS 1916

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Ben Strange

1916

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Ben Strange Cartoon Collection

Overview

This black and white hand drawn cartoon features four men in tattered clothes playing the Christmas carol from sheet music on a stand titled [PEACE ON / EARTH - GOOD / WILL TOWARDS / MEN] . The left figure has a patch on one eye and is playing a squeeze box. The next figure plays a clarinet, the third figure plays a tuba and the fourth figure is conducting. In front of him is a music stand with sheet carol music, title visible. In the background is a ruined building with a sign above the doorway reading [THE ABODE / OF PEACE]. There is snow on the ground and in the background.
Ben Strange’s signature is located right of middle.
The cartoon appeared in the Western Mail 1916 Christmas edition of the paper published on 22 December and had the caption:
THE "WAITS" --- CHRISTMAS 1916

Historical information

HIGH
The Ben Strange cartoons are historically significant as they depict many key figures linked to the history and development of both Western Australia and Australia. Political figures who regularly appeared in his cartoon’s included John ‘Happy Jack’

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK1999.68

Material

Themes

War and Conflict

Keywords

West Australian - Newspaper

Western Mail Newspaper

FERDINAND I King of Bulgaria

CHARLES I / CHARLES IV Emperor

WILHELM II Kaiser

BIRTWISTLE Ivor T Mr L/Cpl

Year

1916

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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