Gerald Scarfe

590 by 825mm., pen and ink drawing, captioned "Kangaroo Caught" and signed upper right, mounted, framed and glazed, some minor creases

The Bowes Museum, "Milk Snatcher: The Thatcher Drawings", 14 March - 7 June 2015

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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In 1986 Thatcher attempted to ban Peter Wright's Spy-Catcher. An Australian court, however, ruled that it could be published in Australia. The book claimed that M15 had tried to destabilise Wilson's government in 1974-75. Thatcher refused an independent inquiry into the allegation.

Published within The Sunday Times, 7 December 1986. Also reproduced in Line of Attack on p. 284 and Milk Snatcher on p. 84.