Illustration of man and woman shouting – Image
| Series name | Prose: The Conversations of Cow |
| Description | This black and white illustration was created for use in Suniti Namjoshi’s satiric fable, ‘The Conversations of Cow’ (The Women’s Press, London, 1985). Drawn by American feminist writer and visual artist Mary Meigs (1917-2002), the drawing was not used in the final publication of the book. It depicts the character Suniti standing behind a man who is wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Lesbian Cow Power” and shouting expletives at a woman in a car. |
| Date of Creation / Publication | 1985 |
| Creator | Meigs, Mary |
| Associated Person/ Organisation | Namjoshi, Suniti |
| Location | Toronto |
| Collection and Reference Number | Suniti Namjoshi Collection (GB 2661 SN) |
| Catalogue Number | SN/PR/CC/8 |
| Copyright | The Creator and/ or the associated person or organisation where applicable. |
| Access to originals | The originals are located with Suniti Namjoshi and at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, Canada. |
| Series notes | The digital material in this file relates to Suniti Namjoshi's satirical fable, The Conversations of Cow (The Women's Press Limited, 1985). The images include an extract from the book, a hand-written transcript and twelve drawings, intended as illustrations, by Mary Meigs. |
| Collection notes | The digitised material in the Suniti Namjoshi Collection features extracts of several published books, including poetry novels and fables. It also includes black and white family photographs and pencil drawings of (unused) illustrations for her novel 'The Conversations of Cow', as well as an extract of an interview transcript. |
