France
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French anti-communist cartoon (1922)
Text: NA. Year: 1922. Publisher: Le Pèlerin. Artist: NA. Additional information: Published in Le Pèlerin, the cartoon depicts Bolsheviks plundering the imperial tomb in St Petersburg’s St Peter and Paul Cathedral, suggesting the looting of the resting place for Russia’s Tsars. The cathedral had served as a resting place for Russia’s Tsars since the eighteenth…
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Liberation Loan (French poster, 1918)
Text: Liberation Loan. Year: 1918. Publisher: NA. Artist: Jules Abel Faivre. Additional information: Design shows the defeated Kaiser, his sword broken, kneeling with the flags of the the Allied nations massed behind him. Produced to promote the fourth ‘Liberation Loan’ (National Defence Loan). Flags visible include those of Portugal, Russia, Italy, Britain, France, USA, Belgium,…
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Come, come, Nicholas! (French illustration, 1906)
Text: Come, come, Nicholas! The good Lord calls for you above! The larger caption reads: ‘When his turn comes’. Year: 1906. Publisher: NA. Artist: Gabriele Galantara. Additional information: The illustration was created for a special issue of the socialist-anarchist magazine L’Assiette au Beurre, which focused on the 1905 Russian Revolution. It portrays the overthrow and…
