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"N-N-NICE DOGGIE"

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Date:

1974

Reference:

Box number: 10000

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2873923

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Tom Innes fonds

"N-N-NICE DOGGIE"
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1974

Place:

Calgary, Alberta

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

The Herald

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pen and brush and black ink over pencil on commercial board
Support 26.000 x 33.400 cm
Image 18.600 x 23.100 cm

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This cartoon depicts Richard Nixon being chased by a huge frothing dog whose collar reads "Impeachment". Nixon tries to appease the vicious dog with a tape reel labelled 'Watergate' (the famous 'Watergate tapes'). The cartoon is slightly soiled on edge; l.l. corner is turned., This cartoon was part of the "Pictured Opinions" exhibition of editorial cartoons sponsored by the P.A.C. and the American Editorial Cartoonists. The exhibition opened in may 1973 and a photostat of this cartoon was added in Nov. 1974 to up-date the display., Tom Innes is editorial cartoonist for the Calgary Herald., See artist file 707-15.
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Artist: Innes, Tom, 1923-1999

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed recto: l.l. "Innes / the Herald" signed by the artist in pen & ink; l.c. "'N-N-Nice Doggie" in pen & ink; left side, collar on dog "Impeachment" in pen & ink; right side on tape reel, "Watergate" in pen & ink.
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political

social

politique

cartoon / dessin humoristique

Nixon, Richard / Watergate / United States
Source:

Private

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1974-049 PIC
00002
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1974-049] 10000

[Consultation 90 Open]

010000 Item no. assigned by LAC 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1974-49-2 Source: gift of the artist, Tom Innes, Herald Building 206 - 7th Ave. S.W., Calgary, Albert.
Copyright: Tom Innes

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