Wish you Merry Christmas, A Happy New Year, a pocket of money and a cellar full of beer

Primary Artist

Bill Pate (1911–1997)

Title

Wish you Merry Christmas, A Happy New Year, a pocket of money and a cellar full of beer

Date made

1932 – c.1934

Place made

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed below image, 'WISH YOU MERRY XMAS / A HAPPY NEW YEAR / A POCKET FULL OF MONEY / AND A CELLAR FULL / OF BEER.'.

Subject category

Australia, Printed ephemera: Greeting card: Christmas

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

179206

Creators

Pate, Bill. | (1911–1997) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 93.1155

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