W. T. Falconer

Also known as Wat (attributed)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Federation era Bulletin cartoonist. Falconer's cartoon 'The Pharisee' was included in Kerr, Judd and Holder's 1999 exhibition at S.H. Ervin in Sydney.
Name
W. T. Falconer
Also known as Wat (attributed)
Gender
Unknown
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Active Period
  • c.1899
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

cartoonist, contributed cartoons to the Bulletin in the late 1890s, e.g. caricatures of politicians as cricketers 10 June 1899, 20; women’s tennis team with silhouette heads, 20 May 1899, 13; W. D. Taling as a 'new woman’ with sign 'Manly’ behind him, 27 May 1899, 13. His original Bulletin cartoon, The Pharisee (overheard at the National Art Gallery) “...going to have a shy at the blooming chow when 'e spots the cop comin’ round the corner”’ [1890s] – a parody on a recent Italian sculptural acquistion at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is in Mitchell Library (Px*D463/5). The cartoon was included in Kerr, Judd and Holder’s 1999 exhibition at S.H. Ervin.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Wat
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Artists and cartoonists in black and white
1999
Exhibition ()
S. H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust of Australia (NSW), Sydney, NSW
Citations:
  • Kerr, Joan; Judd, Craig and Holder, Jo, (1999), Artists and cartoonists in Black and White, (Place: S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW)