Cartoons by politicians, 1850s

New Zealand politicians drew some of the earliest political cartoons, recording them in their sketchbooks or even printing them privately. Here, member of Parliament Alfred Domett shows one of his (unnamed) colleagues staggering home drunk alongside two Auckland policemen.
‘Scene, St Georges Bay — Time 1/2 past 2 a.m. (N.B. the house rose at Nine.) The honneblemember will resumehizzeat’. By Alfred Domett, 1856. Alexander Turnbull Library, A–090–023.