The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . ^> 344 CENTURY IN CARICATURE Although the German Government refused to interfere inthe protracted struggle in the Transvaal, the sympathy ofGermany with the Boers found expression in a host of car-toons, bitterly inveighing against British characteristic is one which appeared in theLustige Blatter entitled English World-Kingdom; or,Bloody Cartography. A grossly distorted caricature of. THE ENGLISH WORLD KINGDOM, OR BLOODY the Lustige Blatter. Victoria is standing before a map of the world, and dippi
The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . ^> 344 CENTURY IN CARICATURE Although the German Government refused to interfere inthe protracted struggle in the Transvaal, the sympathy ofGermany with the Boers found expression in a host of car-toons, bitterly inveighing against British characteristic is one which appeared in theLustige Blatter entitled English World-Kingdom; or,Bloody Cartography. A grossly distorted caricature of. THE ENGLISH WORLD KINGDOM, OR BLOODY the Lustige Blatter. Victoria is standing before a map of the world, and dippingher pen in a cup of blood, held for her by an army , at her elbow, is explaining that the lowestcorner down yonder, must be painted red! Another ofthe Lustige Blatters grim cartoons, alluding to the terribleprice in human life that England paid for her ultimate vic-tory in the Transvaal, depicts Britannia, as Lady Macbeth, CENTURY IN CARICATURE 345 vainly trying to wash the stain from her bloody hands. Out, damned spot! In lighter vein is the cartoon whichis here reproduced from the Wiener Humoristische Blattershowing Oom Paul at His Favorite Sport. Kruger,
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