The results of inflation [picture] / Souter
- Bib ID:
- 1667642
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Souter, D. H. (David Henry), 1862-1935
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. POSTER 2022-1621 copy
- Description:
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- [Sydney] ; Taxpayers Union, [between 1886 and 1892]
- 1 poster : printed in green and brown ; 28.5 x 45.2 cm.
- Summary:
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Cartoon depicting a pond with 6 inflated frogs, each with the name of a state and the debt per adult of the state. A large man feeds the N.S.W. frog with bellows entitled "Public Waste Dept.". The frog representing Queensland has exploded with various figures and the words "Civil Servants" bursting out. In the background a large bull.
- Biography/History:
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Souter worked for William Brooks and Company ca. 1886-1892 -- Encyclopedia of Australian Art / McCulloch, Alan. 1984.
- Notes:
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- Condition: edges torn and discoloured.
- Inscriptions: "Issued by the Taxpayers' Union. Head Office 8 Spring Street, Sydney. Become a member, and help "Reform". Write to the Secretary for Literature" -- printed u.l. corner. Title and "Every schoolboy knows the fate of the frog who would emulate the bull. The world is full of people who are no wiser." -- printed below image. "Souter" -- printed l.l. corner. "William Brooks & Co Ld Lith Sydney" -- below image l.r.
- POSTER 2022-1621 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2631759726
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- William Brooks & Co
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