Illustration of Suniti and Bhadravati at the pizza parlour 1 – Image
| Series name | Prose: The Conversations of Cow |
| Description | This black and white pencil illustration depicts a scene from ‘The Conversations of Cow’ by Suniti Namjoshi (The Women’s Press, London, 1985). Here, the character Suniti and her travelling companion Bhadravati the Cow are ordering pizza to take away. In the image, the manager has appeared and is angry that a cow is sitting at the diner. The drawing was created by American feminist writer and artist Mary Meigs (1917 – 2002). |
| 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/7 |
| 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. |
