[Dutch cartoon showing Joseph Chamberlain as Satan and John Bull as Bacchus] – Vintage Print
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A window into the past: [Dutch cartoon showing Joseph Chamberlain as Satan and John Bull as Bacchus], preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Dutch cartoon showing Joseph Chamberlain as Satan and John Bull as Bacchus]
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A Dutch lithograph casts Joseph Chamberlain as Satan and John Bull, the personification of Britain, as Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and revelry. The catalog dates it to about 1897, when Chamberlain was Britain's Colonial Secretary and tensions were growing between London and the Boer republics of South Africa. Dutch opinion was largely sympathetic to the Boers, many of whom were of Dutch descent, so the drawing likely reflects that sympathy. Its pairing of a devil with a drunken god suggests the artist saw British imperial ambition as reckless and corrupting.
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [1897?] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,143 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-121110 |
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