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Tough Competition

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Date:

1957

Reference:

Box number: 20000

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2874026

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Lester B. Pearson fonds

Tough Competition
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Date(s):

1957

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pen and brush and black ink and pencil with opaque white on wove paper
Support 34.300 x 27.900 cm

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a single image depicting Lester Pearson as an angel with "Nobel Peace Prize" wings flying over the heads of other Liberal leadership contenders, The cartoon depicts Pearson flying over the heads of his opponents on the wings of his Nobel Peace Prize. A sign points the way to the Liberal leadership. Diefenbaker is seen riding a turtle and question mark over his head., March 1976 - the work is soiled, smudged and warped. There are pinholes in the u.l. & u.r. corners., Artist file no. 707-5.
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Artist: Chambers, Robert, 1905-1996

Liberal Party of Canada

Pearson, Lester B., 1897-1972
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed recto: u.c. "TOUGH COMPETITION" in brush and ink; centre "NOBEL PEACE PRIZE // PEARSON" in brush and ink; u.l. "SWISH" in brush and ink; l.l. "LIBERAL / LEADERSHIP" in brush and ink; l.r. "Chambers - 57" in brush and ink; l.c. "SEPTEMBER 1957" in pencil.
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political

social

politique

cartoon / dessin humoristique

Pearson, Lester B. Pearson / Nobel Prize / Leadership convention / Liberal Party / External Affairs
Source:

Private

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1976-024 PIC
00015
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1976-024] 20000

[Consultation 90 Open]

020000 Item no. assigned by LAC 15

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1976-24-15 Source: transfer from Manuscript Division, L.B. Pearson Papers, MG 26 N.
Copyright: Robert Chambers

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