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"Watch his face when all I ask for this time is a fishing rod."

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1967.

Reference:

Box number: 20000

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2872939

Context of this record:

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Lester B. Pearson fonds

"Watch his face when all I ask for this time is a fishing rod."
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1967.

Place:

Victoria (B.C.):

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

Victoria Times,

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : brush and black ink and opaque white on commercial board
Support 30.800 x 38.100 cm
Image 22.000 x 28.900 cm

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A single image cartoon depicting Pearson, Sharp, Martin and Stanfield standing in line with others to present Santa Claus with their Christmas lists, Artist file no. 707-26.
Additional name(s):

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Artist: Bierman, Bob, 1921-

Stanfield, Robert L. (Robert Lorne), 1914-2003

Pearson, Lester B., 1897-1972

Sharp, Mitchell, 1911-2004

Martin, Paul, 1903-1992
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Note on the state of conservation:

March 1976 - the work is soiled and stained (u.c. and right edge). The cardboard is warped (upper half).

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed recto: u.c. "43 1/2 ems" in pen and ink; u.l. "BIERMAN" in pen and ink; l.l. "SANTA" in pen and ink; centre "THINGS I WOULD LIKE/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11" in pen and ink; lower edge "Watch his face when all I ask for this time is a fishing rod./DEC 21 67" in pen and ink, last line in ballpoint pen.
Subject heading:

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political

social

politique

cartoon / dessin humoristique

Christmas
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1976-024 PIC
00003
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1976-024] 20000

[Consultation 90 Open]

020000 Item no. assigned by LAC 3

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00003] C-133531

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1976-24-3 Source: transfer from Manuscript Division, L.B. Pearson Papers, MG 26 N.
Copyright: Bob Bierman

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