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No Binding. Condition: Good. Arthur Moreland (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is an original political cartoon by Arthur Moreland dating to circa 1912, most probably done by the artist for The Morning Leader Newspaper which he worked for as their political cartoonist, Captioned on an attached piece of paper which reads The Wolf Seeks admission to the Fold, a report has been circulated that Turkey has asked to be included in The Balkan Alliance. The League of the Balkans was a quadruple alliance formed by a series of bilateral treaties concluded in 1912 between the Eastern Orthodox kingdoms of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, and directed against the Ottoman Empire, which at the time still controlled much of Southeastern Europe The pen and ink cartoon is on a piece of old art card measuring 12 inches by 10 inches approx., The reverse of the card has been used by Moreland for another related cartoon drawing with a group of military men sitting at a table with a waiter standing over them with a fez on his head with the symbol of the white star and crescent of the flag of Turkey. Some pin holes and marking else condition as seen. this is a lighter item, overseas shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout where possible. Signed by Illustrator(s).