W. T. Falconer

Also known as Wat
  • 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.
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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

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  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)