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The Earliest Bird



Date:
1936
Object Number:
M.2015.706.6
Creator
S.A.K. (artist)
Material
pen & ink, paper
Size
Ht x W: 20.5 x 18.6 cm
Object name
cartoon drawing
Object category
pictures

Description

Pen and ink cartoon. Caricature of a skipping bowler holding a duck, with speech bubble ‘Quack’. Wearing large green cap and gauntlet style gloves with a circle detail on back. Description: ‘Oldfield gets Worthington for a duck first ball!’ Title on lower edge: The Earliest Bird (England v Australia 1936). Signed and dated on lower right
Association:
Australian Cricket Team
Thomas Stanley Worthington (subject)
William Albert Stanley Oldfield (subject)