US ends bombing pause verso: 'Therefore I have decided to invoke Executive privledge and forgive myself' Accession Number: ARTV03104

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A billboard poster advertising the headline story in the 'Sydney Morning Herald' for 27 December 1974. On verso is an attached cartoon, depicting US President Richard Nixon seated in his office, surrounded by photographs, with a portrait bust of Abraham Lincoln behind him. The cartoon's caption is 'Therefore, I have decided to invoke Execetive privledge and forgive myself'.

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Accession Number

ARTV03104

Artist

Unknown

Publisher

John Fairfax and Sons Limited

Printer

The Sydney Morning Herald

Classification

Art

Object Type

Poster

Physical Description

Medium: letterpress on paper

Measurement

Overall: 60.8 cm x 39.4 cm

Medium

letterpress on paper

Date Made

1972

Place Made

Sydney

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

Credit Line

presented by S J Woods, 1980

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US ends bombing pause verso: 'Therefore I have decided to invoke Executive privledge and forgive myself' Accession Number: ARTV03104

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