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CARTOON - EXCUSE ME I HAVE A DEPUTATION TO MEET

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Ben Strange

1903

Subcollections

Overview

A full page published cartoon in the Western Mail Christmas number, featuring eight separate cartoonlets of a farmer, having problems feeding a pig, ending with the pig chasing the farmer. Captions read; 1.Our Minister For Lands. Mining's my forte but (2)I"ll show the cockeys that i know something (3) About pork (4)"What?" (5)"Ho" (6)"She bumps" (7&8) "Excuse me i have a deputation to meet" Ben Strange signature righthand corner. Cartoon is black and white.

Historical information

Ben Strange was a cartoonist for the Western Mail from 1898 to 1930. The cartoon features John Marquis Hopkins MLA, the member for Boulder and Minister for Lands. As minister for lands he received regular delegations from across WA regarding improvements needed for the pastoral and agricultural industry as well as requests to free up land around places like Boulder for community facilities to be built. At this time Hopkins was also dealing with the end of an outbreak of Swine Fever.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2018.72

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Popular Culture

Material

Ink

Paper

Width

317 mm

Height or length

475 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Artist's signature bottom right [Ben Strange]

Keywords

HOPKINS John Marquis MLA

Western Mail Newspaper

STRANGE Ben Mr

Place made

Western Australia
Australia

Year

1903

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
Historic: Associated with Western Mail political cartoonist Ben Strange and provides an insight into the local attitudes towards key state, national and international stories and issues.
Interpretive: These cartoons can be used to demonstrate local attitudes towards state, national and international stories and issues.
Representativeness: Of Ben's drawing style and how it evolves in comparison to other cartoons by him in the collection. This cartoon also represents how his cartoons looked when printed as compared to the original drawings done by Ben.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced