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Cartoon
Alberta Sets an Example
Artist
Arthur George Racey
(1870-1941)
SignatureL.r., A. G. Racey
InscriptionsWritten in pencil above cartoon: Hard working wheat farmer (contemplating putting his dress suit away in camphor balls): - What does a hard-up farmer want with an expensive dress suit in the wheat field?; newpapaer clipping: "The Alberta Legislature the other day carried by a comfortable majority a motion proposing to abolish the office of local Lieutenant-Governor."
Date
1926?
Medium / Technique
Ink and graphite
Dimensions42.2 x 34.5 cm
Origin
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberM2005.23.332
DivisionDocumentary Art
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Susan Racey Godber and Margaret Racey Stavert
Status
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