1906
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From the depths (American illustration, 1906)
Text: NA. Year: 1906. Publisher: The Silent War. Artist: William Balfour-Ker. Additional information: The illustration depicts the masses breaking into a lavish, upper-class party from below. Published in The Silent War, a novel by John Ames Mitchell, it was widely reproduced in left-wing publications. William Balfour-Ker later worked for newspapers, magazines such as Life (co-founded…
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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…
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Expert opinion (British cartoon, 1905)
Text: Expert opinion Year: 1905. Publisher: Punch magazine. Artist: Bernard Partridge. Additional information: Cartoon shows the Belgian Leopold II speaking with the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Leopold complains about the “silly fuss they’re making about these so-called atrocities in my Congo property”, while Abdul Hamid replies that he needn’t worry: “Only talk, my dear…
