drawing; "Guy Fawkes"

Maker
Jock Leyden
Production date
Nov 1947
Description
Original cartoon for the Durban Daily News concerning the attempt by the Labour Government to restrict the powers of the House of Lords, showing a man in a cloth cap with Labour written on his cape trying to light a fuse on a barrel of gun powder under the House of Lords, with "Winnie" [Winston Churchill] approaching him from the rear in period costume bearing a sword. Black and white ink and black crayon on paper.

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Production date
Nov 1947
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Measurement type, part and reading
Dimensions:0 - Whole:L 53cm (L 1' 8 7/8")
Dimensions:0 - Whole:W 38cm (W 1' 2 15/16")
Accession number
2007-013-003

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