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Billy Hughes: A Satirical Portrait Series by Sam Wells
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Melbourne
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30-Nov-2025
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Early 1920s original artworks by Sam Wells (1885 - 1972) focusing on Billy Hughes. Wells has presented him in various guises - as a wounded bulldog clinging to "office", as a winged angel bringing "bribes" to the electorate, as a second-hand dealer trying to sell a "Little Digger Costume" to the well dressed Stanley Bruce; as a soldier hobbling away from the trenches, titled :The Deserter", as a goat fighting off a swarm of wasps (titled "The Cartoonists", and others. (7 different)
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Militaria & Weapons: Ephemera