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The Government Farm Before and after the Laurier Administration

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Item

Date:

ca. 1896-1899.

Reference:

R4815-3-3-E, Volume number: 113

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4090395

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George Foster fonds

Political papers

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The Government Farm Before and after the Laurier Administration
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Date(s):

ca. 1896-1899.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 drawing : pen and black ink on wove paper

Language of material:

English

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An original editorial cartoon by Alonzo Ryan which depicts Sir George Foster on his knees examining a tiny withered "National Party" plant on a farmyard while Sir Charles Tupper, as "the sheriff", looks on.

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Note on the state of conservation:

Part of the original support has broken off and is with the original in a mylar sleeve.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

In pencil, across the top of the sheet outside the drawing margins: In 1894 Foster - I'm afraid we will have possession / of the farm - The crops are growing downwards / Tupper - Well - it's not our fault but the fault of the land.

Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

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Volume [R4815]

[Consultation 90 Open]

113 Item no. assigned by LAC 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: expired: Credit: Library and Archives Canada, R4815-2.

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