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Ray Whiting

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Latitude
-33.8225666
Longitude
151.1923402
Start Date
1898-01-01
End Date
1898-01-01

Description

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ID
tba306

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/ray-whiting
Birth Place
St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Biography
cartoonist, drew cartoons for Smith’s Weekly in the 1920s, e.g. 'Smith’s Tutankhamania; Cleopatra has some trouble with an extra large pearl’ 10 November 1923, 17; (fat lady to artist) '“And do you really paint pictures in the nude?”/ “Rarely; usually in this gown”’ 24 November 1923, 16; '“Awfully topping nudes you did for me, old boy. I’ve got them hung in the dining-room. Only trouble is the bally gardener insists on having all his meals with us”’, Smith’s Weekly 14 June 1924, 23. Whiting published Bags! , a book of jokes about trousers (Melbourne: Ramsay Publishing, n.d. [1926?]). A cartoon of a woman, man and caddie on golf links appeared in Table Talk 1931 (ill. Lindesay 1979, 189). Several of his originals are in the Mitchell Library’s Bulletin collection. William Moore notes that caricatures by Ray Whiting were favourably received when shown at Melbourne in 1934. Whiting served in the AIF during WWII. A cheerful and lively Bulletin cartoon, published 16 December 1942, which shows a soldier querying a mate’s bent bayonet – “Jerry?”/ “Bully!” (original PxD547/7) – is signed 'Ray Whiting Western Desert A.I.F. '42’. Writers: Kerr, Joan Date written: 1996 Last updated: 2007
Born
b. 7 October 1898
Summary
Whiting was a mid 20th century newspaper and wartime cartoonist who contributed to Smith's Weekly, Table Talk and Bulletin. He served with with Australian Imperial Forces during WW2.
Gender
Male
Died
1975
Age at death
77