G. R. A.

Also known as:
  • Gra
  • George Rossi Ashton (cartoonist active at this time with same initials but used a more elaborate monogram.)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Colonial era cartoonist. G.R.A drew the cover of 'Sam Slick in Victoria' for a June 1879 edition.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
G. R. A.
Also known as:
  • Gra
  • George Rossi Ashton (cartoonist active at this time with same initials but used a more elaborate monogram.)
Gender
Unspecified
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

cartoonist, drew the cover of Sam Slick in Victoria no.1 (5 June 1879), price 3d, showing a Yank with his feet on a desk, holding a horsewhip and smoking a cigar (ill. Stuart, 133).

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
Citations:
  • Stuart, Lurline, (1979), Nineteenth century Australian periodicals : an annotated bibliography, (Place: Sydney : Hale & Iremonger, p 133)