Political map European Revue after Amschewitz
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Beskrivning
POLITICAL MAP - FIRST WORLD WAR. AMSCHEWITZ, JOHN HENRY (after). European Revue. Kill that Eagle. / Europäische revue (Töte den Adler). Hamburg, Lucas Gräfe, 1914.
Lithograph map in colour, c. 460x640 mm without text (c. 540x715 mm whole sheet). Text in upper margin "Von grossem Sammelwert!".
Satirical / political maps.
Satirical map of Europe, with the boundary lines of each country containing portraits of their soldiers, citizens, national personifications or animals. Britain is represented by John Bull wearing a Union Flag waistcoat and stepping over the English Channel, sword in hand and rolling up his shirtsleeves. Britain´s colonies are represented by Australian, Canadian, Irish and Indian soldiers wading through the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe. France is represented by Marianne and a cockerel. Marianne stabs the German reprentation, an eagle, with a bayonet. Austria-Hungary is represented by a clown that holds on to the German eagle while being attacked by a Russian bear and a Serbian dog. Italy is represented by a man holding a piece of paper on which is written a claim that Italy´s pre-war alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary had been forced upon her (Imperial War Museum).
Konditionsrapport
Some minor repairs to folds on verso. Has been folded.
Auktionsnummer:
534777
Datum:
2018-04-28