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Picture of Britain

Drawing
2005
Artist/Maker

A three-framed cartoon strip than runs from left to right. The first frame shows a television presenter in a mountaineous landscape, the second frame shows the same television presenter standing in front of a river scene, and the third frame shows Rolf Harris painting a portrait of the Queen.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePicture of Britain
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink with watercolour on paper
Brief description
Cartoon, ‘Picture of Britain’ by Ken Pyne, published Private Eye (24 June 2005, issue 1135, p.8)
Physical description
A three-framed cartoon strip than runs from left to right. The first frame shows a television presenter in a mountaineous landscape, the second frame shows the same television presenter standing in front of a river scene, and the third frame shows Rolf Harris painting a portrait of the Queen.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
  • Width: 30cm
Credit line
Given by Ken Pyne
Object history
Given by the artist to the museum in 2018.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.144-2018

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Record createdJanuary 11, 2018
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