Australian Cartoon Museum | An Online Museum for Australian Cartoons. Australian political cartooning – a rich tradition. Australia has a strong and vibrant history of political cartooning. Since the 1830s, when political cartoons were first featured in Australian newspapers, they have provided satirical, witty or humorous comment on political and public affairs, social customs, fashions, sports events and personalities.
Stan Cross, 'For gorsake, stop laughing: this is serious! ', Smiths Weekly, 1933. What is a cartoon? In its original meaning, in the fine arts, a cartoon (from the Italian cartone, meaning 'paper') was a preliminary sketch for a large canvas or fresco painting, for an architectural drawing, for a tapestry design, or for pictures in mosaic or glass. Tohby Riddle, 'Good Living', Good Weekend, 23 August 1997. 'Cartoons are now one of the most important weapons in a newspaper's armoury of political analysis', says Guy Hansen, the curator of the Bringing the House Down exhibition.
And that's the way it's been down through history. A short history of political cartooning Cartooning competitions. Artists of the First Fleet | From Terra Australis to Australia | Stories | State Library of NSW. George Raper (1768? - 1797) Like William Bradley, Midshipman George Raper received naval training in drawing. Raper joined the Sirius as Able-Bodied Seaman and was promoted to Midshipman during the voyage to New South Wales. He made voyages to Cape Town and Norfolk Island before returning to England in 1792. During his time away he produced an impressive number of watercolour works mainly of birds, flowers, fish and Aboriginal implements, coastal profiles and topographical views. The Library’s collections include botanical drawings and drawings of fish by Raper. Stranded on Norfolk Island by the wrecking of the Sirius in March 1790, Raper recorded the Island’s settlements including two views of Arthur’s Vale.
Richard Pulteney These drawings of Australian flora and fauna, some dated 1797, were owned by English botanist, Richard Pulteney. Robert Anderson Seton This album of watercolour drawings of Australian natural history was owned by Robert Anderson Seton and dates from around 1800. Volume I. Coloured illustrations of Australian native plants - Australian Plant Information. With examples of their coloured illustrations of Australian plants (with links to biographical notes) Can also be viewed in alphabetic order of plant names (current plant names are indexed, historic names originally used in captions are mentioned) The site is confined to those artists who have had their work published, usually in botanical or horticultural books or journals.
Anon. Johnsonia pubescens Laxmannia grandiflora Lechenaultia linarioides Ashby, Alison Marjorie (1901 - 1987) Acacia ashbyae Goodenia albiflora Bauer, Ferdinand Lucas (1760 - 1826) Banksia coccinea Brunonia australis Eucalyptus conferruminata Bauer, Franz Andreas (1758 - 1840) Caleana major Becker, Ludwig (1808 - 1861) Swainsona greyana Blyth, Eliza (1820 - 1894) Blandfordia punicea Telopea truncata Campbell, Marrianne Collinson (1827 - 1903) Banksia dallanneyi (as Dryandra lindleyana) Xylomelum pyriforme Cavanilles, Antonio José (1745 - 1804) Banksia ericifolia Cayley, Neville (1886 - 1950) Boronia ledifolia Epacris longiflora ^ top. Old Book Illustrations. Illustration. Scientific Illustration. The Role of the Illustrator From top to bottom: Original preserved plant specimen, photocopy of specimen, and Alice Tangerini's illustration of a part of the specimen.
For a new plant species to be introduced to science, botanists need accurate images of the species they study. Scientists use the plant’s shape and form, not color, to distinguish between species. These illustrations must show the shape and structures of the plant in great detail. The Illustrator’s Process My name is Alice Tangerini and I have worked at the National Museum of Natural History for over twenty years. I have a four-stage process that I use whenever I create a botanical illustration. First, I make a full-size photocopy of the herbarium specimen.
Next, I draw several pencil sketches on translucent drafting film of the various parts of the plant. Pencil sketch of sections of a plant specimen. Once the final pencil sketches are approved by the scientists, I arrange them in a 12" x 15" composition. Artist's Tools. List of illustrators - Wikipedia. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is an alphabetical list of notable illustrators.
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