• Title
  John Shakespeare cartoons, 1985-2022
• Creator
  John Shakespeare, 1961-
• Call number
  PXD 1632
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1985-2022
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  9677684
• Physical Description
  653 drawings (15 boxes) - 51 x 35 cm or smaller - pen, ink and watercolour
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Shakespeare (1961-) is a Sydney-based cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator for The Sydney Morning Herald. His first job was as a cadet at the Courier Mail. He moved to Sydney in 1985 and started at Fairfax’s Sydney Sun newspaper; when the Sun closed down 18 months later, he joined the Sydney Morning Herald. He won a Stanley Award for caricature in 1992, and the Walkley Award for best illustration in 1995 for a Sydney Morning Herald cartoon of John Howard.
  
  Reference:
  Kerr, Joan. 1996. DAAO. "John Shakespeare". DAAO. Last updated 2007. https://www.daao.org.au/bio/john-shakespeare/biography/
  Behind the Lines. Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Accessed 20 February 2024. https://behindthelines.moadoph.gov.au/cartoonists/john-shakespeare
• Scope and Content
  This collection contains cartoons selected by John Shakespeare. It includes his early work at the Sun, right through to recent Sydney Morning Herald cartoons including The Fitz Files and Drop the Dot. The cartoons cover key figures and events in politics, the media and arts, sports, social and cultural life in Australia and internationally in particular COVID-19, climate change, elections and American politics. Many include watercolour swatches where he has tested colours, as well as publishing details, giving an insight into his creative process.
• System of arrangement
  This collection is arranged chronologically by date
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: John Shakespeare
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy John Shakespeare
• Finding Aids
  Contents list - content-lists.sl.nsw.gov.au/tabular-list/john-shakespeare-cartoons-1985-2022
• Description source
  
  Contents list based on captions supplied by the artist
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Most cartoons are signed by artist with pencil inscriptions on reverse identifying subjects
• Subject
  Australia--Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Politicians--Australia--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Political cartoons.
  COVID-19 (Disease)--Pictorial works.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE21118925

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