RARE 1903 POLITICAL CARTOON "Entente Coridale" BRITIAN / FRANCE / RUSSIA / JAPAN

Description: It is hard to escape the legacy of the Punch Magazine. From 1841 to 2002, the magazine cast a satirical eye on life in Britain. It charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable resource not just as cartoon art and satire, but as primary source material for social historians.PASSIVE ASSISTANCE.French Tar: “Your pal and mine look like having a row! Don’t see why we should chop in, do you?” British Tar “lor’ bless you, no! Pass the ‘Cordiale!”--Entente Cordiale, (April 8, 1904), Anglo-French agreement that, by settling a number of controversial matters, ended antagonisms between Great Britain and France and paved the way for their diplomatic cooperation against German pressures in the decade preceding World War I (1914–18). The agreement in no sense created an alliance and did not entangle Great Britain with a French commitment to Russia (1894).--"Although Anglo-French relations were rapidly improving in the early years of the twentieth century, the eventual entente cordiale between Britain and France was by no means complete in 1903 –the date of this cartoon. The term, however, was already in use, and the bottle on the table is labelled “entente cordiale’. Yet, paradoxically, relations between Britain’s’ ally Japan and France’s ally Russia were becoming rapidly worse and were to lead to war in 1904-05. In this cartoon, the British and French sailors are drinking together as friend, and decide that the growing quarrel between the Japanese and the Russian in the background should not impede their friendship. “Cordiale’ is an obvious pun.” [Roy Douglas]Illustration by Bernard Partridge. Size: 8 x 10 1/2 including borders, image shown slightly cropped. Source: British PUNCH humor/satire magazine, from August 5, 1903, original pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Condition: very good -- some discoloration esp. lower right corner, o/w bright and clean, no handling wear, paper lays flat for easy framing; backside is blank. Over 3,500 Punch cartoons listed for sale (under store category PUNCH CARTOONS), combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. WHAT IS PUNCH?Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity -- and how the rest of the world saw the British nation. In its formative years Punch combined humors, illustration and political debate with a fresh and radical audacity. During its heyday in the late 1800s, it reflected the conservative views of the growing middle-classes and copies of it could be found in the libraries of diplomats, cabinet ministers and even royalty. In the Western world, Punch played a significant role in the development of satire. In the world of illustration, it practically revolutionized it. Over the decades as it charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable source of cartoon art, satire, but as primary source material for historians.?WHO IS THE ARTIST? Sir John Bernard Partridge (11 October 1861 – 9 August 1945) was an English illustrator. Born in London, for some years he was well known as an actor under the name of Bernard Gould. But he was most renowned for his association with Punch magazine. He joined the Punch staff in 1891 and became chief cartoonist in 1910, a position he held until his death in 1945. His cartoons usually featured one or two stately figures centre stage; as Price, Punch’s biographer, pointed out Partridge’s cartoons were ‘theatrical’ rather than ‘dramatic’. He was a master cartoon propagandist, amply shown in his many war-time cartoons published in Punch.

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