Drawn to scale

Shemus.
[graphic] /
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Forbes, Ernest, 1879-1962
Summary:Depicts James Craig in the foreground of the drawing and juxtaposes his gargantuan size with that of two slim Nationalists who are standing in the background. This cartoon criticised the gerrymandering of local government constituencies by the Northern Ireland government.
In collection: Shemus Cartoon Collection
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [2nd October 1923].
Subjects:
Notes:Shemus was a pseudonym used by Ernest Forbes.

Title and caption are handwritten on front and on reverse.

Caption reads: 1st Nationalist: "According to the new vote distribution in Ulster, it takes two Nationalists to make a Unionist!" 2nd Nationalist (His eye on the Belfast Colossus): "I admit it!"

This cartoon is not signed.

Terror and discord: the Shemus cartoons in the Freeman's Journal, 1920-1924 by Felix M. Larkin. Dublin: A&A Farmar, 2009.

Published in: The Freeman's Journal, 2nd October 1923.

Published in: Weekly Freeman, 13th October 1923.

Physical description: 1 drawing : ink and crayon ; image 26 x 25 cm., on sheet 29 x 26 cm.

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Contained in:Forms part of: The Shemus Cartoon Collection.
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