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Description: | Concept: propaganda, cartography, animals, military personnel, weapons, uniform, civilian personnel, women / womens work, eating / drinking, agriculture / food, flag / banner / standard, death, execution, artillery Description: whole: the image occupies the majority, held within a narrow black border. The title is separate and positioned in the upper left, in black held within a white area. The text is integrated and positioned across the whole, in black. All set against a white background. image: a map of Europe, in which each country contains a caricature of its military personnel, national symbols or stereotypes. Great Britain is a man accompanied by a bulldog and snake. Belgium is a fist crushing a soldier. France is an infantryman running away from flying artillery shells. Spain and Morocco are sleeping men. Italy is a partially nude, sleeping woman. Germany is a leaping man, accompanied by an eagle. Austria is a lion firing an artillery gun and a two-headed eagle clutching a sword. Russia is a bear and wolves, surrounded by scenes of social unrest. Ireland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia are represented by civilians. Finland, the Adriatic nations and Portugal are represented by various soldiers. Some of the place-names on the map are puns on the German proper names of places. text: Momentaufnahme von Europa und Halbasien 1914/15. STILLER ATLANTISCHER OCEAN VÖLKER RECT DER SKANDAL MORD SEE Deutsche Spiel Bank TOD SEE LIBERTÉ VIVE LA FRANCE EGALITÉ REVANCHE FRATERNITÉ DECATANCE MITLEIDENSCHAFTLICHES MEER HALBNEUTRALISCHES MEER Offerten verbeten DAS FATALE MEER FRIEDENS - VERTRAG HAAG 1900 Powder Massstab W. Kaspar fec. Lith. Druck u. Verlag von Graht und Kaspar Hamburg 6. 1. 7788 'Zensur Altona' No. 44. Ges. geschützt [Snapshot of Europe and Asia Minor 1914/15. Quiet Atlantic Ocean. Law of nations. The scandal. Sea of murder. German Play Bank. Sea of death. Liberté Vive la France Egalité Revanche Fraternité Decatance. Sea of compassion. Semi-neutral sea. Offers requested. The fatal sea. Peace treaty. Haag 1900 Powder Scale. Printed and published by Graht and Kaspar Hamburg 6. 1. 7788 'Altona Board of Censors' No. 44.Copyright protected] [Snapshot of Europe and the Adriatic 1914-15. Peaceful Atlantic Ocean. People's justice. The Scandal. Murder Sea. German Gaming Bank. Death Sea. Liberty - Long Live France - Equality - Revenge -Fraternity - Decadence. Sympathetic Sea. Half-neutral Sea. Offers forbidden. The Fatal Sea. Hague Peace Treaty 1900. Powder. Scale. Graht and Kaspar Lithographic Printing and Publishing, Hamburg. 'Altona Censorship' No. 44. Copyright.] Object: helmet, artillery piece, artillery shell, sword, bomb, rifle, bottle, flag, barrel, gallows, bayonet | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Kaspar, W Printer: Graht und Kaspar, Hamburg 6 Publisher/Sponsor: Graht und Kaspar, Hamburg | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2752... | Go to resource |
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