Published by UK, 1900
Seller: AntikBar Original Vintage Posters, London, UK, United Kingdom
Art / Print / Poster
US$ 756.94
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketE. Huskinson (illustrator). Original antique British Conservative Party political propaganda poster issued for the 1906 General Election - A Doubtful Guide - featuring colourful artwork by the satirical cartoonist and illustrator, journalist and editor Edward Huskinson (1877-1941), depicting the Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister from 1905-1908, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (CB; 1836-1908), wearing a deerstalker hat and leading an ambush on the corner of a building with a radical group of men holding clubs behind him including an Irish nationalist with Home Rule on his hat and an immigrant with Alien on his hat in front of a dark silhouette of buildings, speaking with John Bull in his top hat, waistcoat and jacket as the personification of the British public and a lady in a red dress with the word Colonies on it in the bright foreground, the text below:ÂC.B. - Would you like a nice respectable party to see you safe on your way a bit, Mr. Bull? Cartoon No. 8. Printed and Published by McCorquodale & Co, London. Horizontal. Fair condition, creasing, tears, fold, staining. Size: 51x76cm.