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Italian political cartoon shows two scenes, on the left, two men are facing each other as though they are about to duel, a man labeled "Russo" is holding a sword and a handgun, and a man labeled "Turco" appears ready to clap his hands; the Russian man is actually looking at a man labeled "Inglese" who stands between them in the background, holding a sword and waving a flag. That the Turkish man is unarmed suggests that he has lost the war (or duel, or agreement). In the scene on the right, the man "Inglese" is dressed as a troubadour, serenading "Europa" who is asleep on a throne; there is a statue of a centurion labeled "Guerra" on the right and in the background is a small boat labeled "Congresso" moored at the edge of a lake or pond in which is a large fountain labeled "Flotta".
Caption: (on the left) Turco Attenti, signori, che l'accordo è trovato. Diranno su tutta la linea alla terza battuta di mano: pace ... o guerra! .... (on the right) Il continuo arpeggiare del lord Paggio ha potuto addormentare Milady Europa in faccia ad una statua fatale.
Signed on stone in lower right.
Illus. from: Le perroquet, journal politique charivarique illustré colorié, 6me année dimanche 19 Mai 1878, n. 20 ; Supplemento al Papagallo, n. 20, anno VI.
Letterpress newsprint of title page and back page printed on verso.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
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