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.PAX ROMANA; OR, FLYING A DOVE Mussolini “THIS IS THE BIRD I DEPEND ON TO BRING EUROPE INTO HARMONY AGAIN.”[Pax Romana = Roman peace]--Mussolini on a horse with dove raised with one arm which reads “4 Power Pact,” The Four-Power Pact also known as a Quadripartite Agreement was an international treaty initialed on June 7, 1933, and signed on July 15, 1933, in the Palazzo Venezia, Rome. The pact was not ratified by France's Parliament. March 19, 1933 Benito Mussolini called for the creation of the Four-Power Pact as a better means of insuring international security. Under this plan, smaller nations would have less of a voice in Great Power politics. Representatives of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy signed a diluted version of Premier Benito Mussolini's Four-Power Pact proposal. Mussolini’s chief motive in suggesting the pact was the wish for closer Franco-Italian relations. If Mussolini’s purpose of the pact was to calm Europe’s nerves, he achieved the opposite result. The treaty reaffirmed each country's adherence to the Covenant of the League of Nations, the Locarno Treaties, and the Kellogg-Briand Pact. The Pact was intended to be the solution to the issue of how sovereign powers could come together and operate in an orderly way. Premier Mussolini's goal was to reduce the power of the small states in the League of Nations with a block of major powers.Illustration by L. Raven-hill. Size 8 x 10 1/2 inches, image shown is slightly cropped. Source: PUNCH Magazine, November 22, 1933. Condition: still bright paper, two light spots (see second and third images), unrelated text on verso. Vintage not a modern reproduction. May be framed.I have other hard-to-find original Punch cartoon illustrations for sale. Combine orders with no extra shipping fees. 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.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Questions welcome. Extra images can be added by request. International shipping available. All orders are carefully packaged for safe delivery. Experienced full time professional bookseller since 1994; print, map and poster seller since 2000.
Price: 11.95 USD
Location: Milton, Vermont
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Style: Cartoon
Date of Creation: 1933
Width (Inches): 8 inches
Color: Black and White
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Height (Inches): 10 1/2 inches
Artist: L. Raven-hill
Subject: Mussolini
Type: Print
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
