Samuel Garnet Wells b. 2 February 1885

Also known as Sammy, Samuel Garnet Smith Wells
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Popular political and sporting cartoonist who worked predominantly in Melbourne, Victoria. A number of his cartoons from the 1920s-50s are in the collection of the National Library of Australia.
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exhibited at
50 years of the newspaper cartoon in Australia
Date
1973
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning
Date
11 September 1964 - 19 September 1964
Place
Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
War Cartoons and Caricatures of the British Commonwealth
Date
1941
Place
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1926
Place
New Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: (3 June 1922), 'Saturday Evening Melbourne Herald'.>, <ExternalResource: (2006), 'Inkspot', Australian Cartoonist's Association, #50 Spring pg10.>, <ExternalResource: (1944), 'Who's Who in Australia 1944'.>, <ExternalResource: 'National Library of Australia Catalogue'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Certificates from Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages.', His death date 12 March 1972 taken from the death certificate.>, <ExternalResource: (18 March 1926), 'The Argus', Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: (1998), 'The Clubs: A complete History of Every Club in the VFL/AFL', Viking, Ringwood, VIC.>] [<ExternalResource: (3 June 1922), 'Saturday Evening Melbourne Herald'.>, <ExternalResource: (2006), 'Inkspot', Australian Cartoonist's Association, #50 Spring pg10.>, <ExternalResource: (1944), 'Who's Who in Australia 1944'.>, <ExternalResource: 'National Library of Australia Catalogue'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Certificates from Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages.', His death date 12 March 1972 taken from the death certificate.>]