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Tommy's trip to Tasmania (c.1914)
E T Emmett, illustrated by Charles Nuttall (1872-c.1950) 
Hobart, Tasmanian Tourist Department, c.1914 
2nd edition
Front cover displayed
15.3 x 12.1 cm

Issued by the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau in 1913, Tommy’s trip to Tasmania by E T Emmett was illustrated by Charles Nuttall (1872-c.1950). Nuttall drew for Melbourne Punch and the Sydney Bulletin, was the staff artist on the New York Herald and contributed to Life, Century and Harper’s magazines.
The front cover is illustrated with probably the earliest example of the shape of Tasmania used as a face.