Article - CARTOON, FRAMED, 1985

Historical information

Appeared in the Bendigo Advertiser on ANZAC Day 1985.

Physical description

Black coloured powder coated metal frame with glass. Black & white enlarged copy of an Ian Glanville cartoon referencing the Boer War Statue. Three male figures appear with some later additions made in black ink.

Inscriptions & markings

Top centre: “Glanville's Glimpses”

Rear on white label in black ink:
“THIS IAN GLANVILLE CARTOON APPEARED
IN THE BENDIGO ADVERTISER ANZAC DAY 1985, REFERRING TO THE BOER WAR STATUE.
IN 1998 THE BAYONET WAS REMOVED AFTER IT WAS NOTED A BAYONET WAS INCLUDED IN THE SCABBARD OF THE SOLDIERS
EQUIPMENT.
DONATED BY MR ALAN HOLMES
JULY 2001”

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