Meeting the challenge

Accession Number ART90041
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 22.2 x 35.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description brush and black ink heightened with white, with crayon over pencil on paper on board
Maker Cooper, Wilson
Place made Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Date made 1951
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

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Description

Caricatures of politicians Arthur Fadden, Robert Menzies, Ben Chifley and Bert Evatt gather in a wood on the edge of a city visible in the distance. Fadden carries Menzies' jacket, who stands with his hands on his hips, sleeves rolled up, wearing an exasperated expression. Ben Chifley faces them wearing a medieval suit of armour with the slogan 'Senate Obstruction Armour' across his mid-section. The challenge being posed is the 'Bank bill Election'. Lurking behind Chifley is a diminutive Bert Evatt, wearing an overcoat, collar pulled up and a vexed expression on his face. Cartoon published in the 'Brisbane Telegraph', Thursday 15 March, 1951, p.4.

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