RARE 1925 Cartoon: STANLEY BALDWIN British Trade Downturn

Description: THE CAUTIOUS CHAMPION. [The Lady - A Depressed British Industry. The Dragon - Foreign Competition. The Knight - Sir Stanley-the-Safeguarder.] The Lady. "Help!" The Knight. "Before I draw my trusty blade in your defence I must satisfy myself that your situation is sufficiently precarious to warrant my intervention. Be good enough therefore to furnish me with full and exact particulars of your necessity." The Lady. "Help! Help!!" Keywords: Saint George and the Dragon, Stanley Balwin, Prime Minister, Conservative party, competition, foreign trade, free trade, gold standard, British industry. Source: British PUNCH humor/satire magazine, February 11, 1925, original, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Illustrated by Bernard Partridge. Size 8 1/2 x 11" (approximately), image shown is slightly cropped. Condition: very good indeed - light toning, clean the page has been humidified and flattened for best appearance and for framing; backside is blank. Over 5,000 Punch cartoons listed for sale (store category "Punch cartoons") -- humor, satire and propaganda; combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. If buying more than one, please use 'Add to Basket' insteadWHO 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.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.

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