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Description: | trefoil-like mark (identical to emblem accompanying Retrosi's signature)
design soldier, Italian Bersagliere, calmly regarding a massive tangled skein, caught up in which are representatives of
the belligerent nations
text: "na matassa embrugliata." (upper right) & "L'ITALIANO 'E IO DOVREI DIPANARLA?" (three lines, lower right) translated as "A perplexing
tangle" and "Must I unwind it?"
whole MODEL
Exhibition caption: "From his still neutral standpoint, the Italian Bersagliere surveys a hopelessly complex European
situation. The sentiments of this cartoon betray the national arrogance of an Italy which claimed to be a great power; an Italy which
wished to prove itself the equal of Great Britain and France" | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Neutrality of & 1914 = 1915 satirical First World War & Italy propaganda | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Retrosi, Virgilio | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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