Bertha Bennet Burleigh

Also known as B. B. B., Bertha Nind
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Early 20th century cartoonist. Burleigh is an anomaly in the world of cartooning, especially at the Bulletin, due to being a woman. Her last known cartoons were published in 'Aussie' in 1934.
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Name
Bertha Bennet Burleigh
Also known as:
  • B. B. B.
  • Bertha Nind (possible attribution)
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • cartoonist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Active Period
  • c.1919 - c.1934
Residence
  • London, England
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: Rafty, Tony with Mack, Brodie (September 1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning', Sydney, NSW: Blaxland Gallery, .>, <ExternalResource: Angeloro, David (1992), 'Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Painter-Etchers 1800-1940', Bronte, New South Wales: Australian Visual Arts Database, Discovery Media.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White', Sydney, NSW: National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: O'Sullivan, Margaret (Mahdi?) (1997), '"Australian Women Filmmakers, Cartoonists, and Photographers in the 1930s, the contexts in which they worked and the cultural themes they depicted"', Sydney, NSW: University of Sydney PhD (?) thesis, History Dept.>, <ExternalResource: Rolfe, Patricia (1979), 'The journalistic javelin: an illustrated history of the Bulletin', Sydney, NSW: Wildcat Press / Gladesville, New South Wales: distributed by Golden Press.>] [<ExternalResource: Rafty, Tony with Mack, Brodie (September 1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning', Sydney, NSW: Blaxland Gallery, .>]