Illustration of Suniti and Bhadravati at the pizza parlour, image 2 - Image

Illustration of Suniti and Bhadravati at the pizza parlour, image 2 – Image

Series name	Prose: The Conversations of Cow
Description	This illustration is one of two (see digital item Suniti and Bhadravati at the pizza parlour – Image 1) created for the scene in Suniti Namjoshi’s 1985 fable, ‘The Conversations of Cow’. In this scene, the characters Suniti and her travelling companion Bhadravati the Brahmini cow are ordering pizza when the manager appears. He is angry that a cow is in his restaurant and confronts Suniti. The image differs from the previous digital item in shading and facial expressions of the characters. The illustration 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; Thomas Fisher Library
Location	Toronto
Collection and Reference Number	Suniti Namjoshi Collection (GB 2661 SN)
Catalogue Number	SN/PR/CC/14
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.