Artwork for cartoon - Yorkcats and Mallard

Made:
2003

Cartoon artwork in ink of the cats, Yorkatt and Eric, riding on the top of the A4 class steam locomotive Mallard, by Wolf (Richard Stansfield), 2003. Mallard emerges from a tunnel with the cats holding on to a rope tied around the locomotive chimney. A railwayman at trackside points at the cats. At bottom left are the words "Caption: 'Oi! You two....off!'" Signed at bottom centre "Wolf'".

Cartoon by Wolf depicting the cats Yorkatt and Eric riding on the A4 steam locomotive Mallard as it emerges from a tunnel. A railwayman at trackside points at the cats and shouts "Oi" You two.....off!". The Yorkatt cartoons regularly featured in the city's local newspaper, the York Evening Press (later York Press) commenting on events in the headlines. They were based on the cartoonist, Richard Stansfield's pet cats, Tink and Eric. Mallard is displayed in the National Railway Museum, York.

Details

Category:
Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Number:
2006-7162
type:
cartoon
credit:
Stansfield, Richard