Sujet

'Humpty Dumpty', 1878 (1895). Artist: Unknown

Légende

'Humpty Dumpty', 1878 (1895). First rough pencil sketch for Punch cartoon Disraeli and Cyprus supporting a Humpty Dumpty figure representing the Ottoman Empire sitting on top of a wall representing the Asian frontier. Under the terms of the Cyprus Convention, a secret agreement negotiated by Britain and the Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans agreed to cede control of Cyprus to Britain in return for British support at the Congress of Berlin. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1895.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1895

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C50_351

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,2Mo) / 29,9cm x 41,9cm / 3532 x 4944 (300dpi)

Mots clés

femelle John;Sir John Tenniel possession femmes femme personnes gens mâle homme hommes Asiatique arts la politique pays La Chypre art type La Turquie magasin continent Britannique Anglais Le congrès Turc premier ministre endroit siècle schéma empire La Grande-Bretagne couronne support dame relations internationales concept poinçon B&W dessin animé croquis MONOCHROME caricature politicien gravure diplomatie Conservateur 19e siècle noir et blanc noir et blanc B W figure allégorique affaires étrangères dix-neuvie siècle satire satirique The Print Collector Benjamin Disraeli Congress of Berlin Punch (or the London Charivari) caricature satire Unknown Lord Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield Viscount Hughendon of Hughendon Dizzy Lord Beaconsfield Beaconsfield John Tenniel;Tenniel caricature satire