Bernard Partridge
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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…
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Take up the sword of justice! (British poster, 1915)
Text: Take up the sword of justice. Date: 1915 Publisher: Parliamentary Recruitment Committee. Artist: Bernard Partridge. Additional information: shows Justice offering her sword while the RMS Lusitania sinks in the background.
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The Broken Colossus (British cartoon, 1942)
Text: The Broken Colossus Year: 1942. Publisher: Punch magazine. Artist: Bernard Partridge. Additional information: Shows Mussolini as the Colossus of Rhodes, dressed as Caesar while straddling the Mediterranean, though his ‘Africa’ leg is broken.
