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Coat tailing, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Published in the Daily Telegraph the day after D-Day; British aircraft and flotilla are on the move. 'Coat-tailing' may refer to the British following the lead of the United States.ART94326
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Crucified, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Represents the damage caused to European civilisation by the allied bombings, including the shadow cast by the allied aircraft.ART94331
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Cutting off
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts leader of the German Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler, cutting the cord on the telephone representing the German/United States diplomatic li...ART95083
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Day and nightmare, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Refers to the 'night raids' on Germany by RAF bomber command, when German cities were being bombed around the clock. Goebbels, Goering and Hitler are cowering in the bunker.ART94327
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Double trouble
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Maker: Mahony, Will
This drawing, made to be published in a daily newspaper, depicts Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signing the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy, otherwise known as the Pact of...ART95081
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Ex (puff! puff!) celsior, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Hitler climbing mountain carrying Nazi war machine. Germany (represented by Hitler) has come to the end of their first year of fighting the Russian front. The Germany army was ill-equipped and the fir...ART94329
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Feather in his hat
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Portrait of an Australian soldier from the 9th division cavalry regiment. The soldier is wearing a slouch hat with a feather which is curled into the letter nine, he is smiling and giving a thumbs up...ART94475
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Gad, they've been fighting all night!
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and leader of the USSR, Josef Stalin, engaged in a brawl outside as other men watch them through the window...ART95085
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Holding him, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
The 8th Army stopping Rommel at El Alamain in 1942 (represented by Rommel in handcuffs). Three major battles occurred around El Alamein between July and November 1942, and were the turning point of th...ART94321
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Inhuman, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Represents Hitler's hateful war machine.ART94332
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Kick him where it hurts, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
As well as fighting the USSR, Hitler is also making a grab for Egypt; making the Middle East Germany's second front. The cartoon suggests that Germany is over expanding and exposing themselves.ART94322
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Matter of time bomb
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts a bomb sitting on a map of Australia, connected by a long fuse to Europe. It comments on the conscription debate that was occurring ...ART95082
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No fish story, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Represents the intimidation of Germany by the full front offensive put up by the Russian army. Characterises the armies through their leaders, Hitler and Stalin.ART94320
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Not for home use
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Depicts a can be levered open with an Australian map on it. The can is labelled 'Aust' Scrap Iron' and on the sleeve of the arm holding the can opener is the word Japan. Mahony's cartoon comments on...ART94476
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Not titled [British and Soviet alliance, shaking hands, Germany in middle], drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Represents the alliance made between Britain and the USSR against Germany, following the collapse of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact in 1941.ART94330
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Not titled [painting of a handmade ashtray]
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Maker: Fort, Sidney James Fort, Sidney James Mahony, Will Fort, Sidney James
Handmade ashtray made from the base of a shell, a halved bullet case and a model aircraft. The ashtray is an example of trench art which were handicrafts made by soldiers. Sidney Fort enlisted with ...ART94395
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Pop! Boom!, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph', Sydney, 19 June 1943
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Maker: Mahony, Will
This cartoon was published in the 'Daily Telegraph' on 19 June 1943. It depicts a Japanese midget submarine firing a shell at part of a map-like outline marked 'Sydney'. Aimed at the submarine and han...ART90965
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Strong bow, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Depicts a Japanese soldier aiming a bow and arrow at Darwin. The bow is labelled 'the northern island manace'. It makes reference to the possibility of an invasion of Australia after the wave of Japan...ART90964
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The day of glory, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Image of 'Vichy France' executing 'revolutionary France' with the guillotine. Germany used civil division in France to its own advantage.ART94323
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The new disorder
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts General Tojo of the Imperial Japanese Army looking on while Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill engage in a brawl. In ...ART95086