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English: Title: Rivista aerostatica

Abstract: Italian political cartoon shows the aftermath of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of Berlin; from left, a bottle-shaped airship labeled "Cipro", "Congresso", and "Angleterre", with a figure identified as John Bull sitting on a fish attached to the balloon, he is holding a paper hat labeled "Batum"; next is a parachute labeled "Francia" with a man standing in a top hat-shaped basket suspended below, he is scattering papers labeled "Procetto", "Conciliazione", "Nota", "Trattato", "Accordo", and "Interessi"; next is a large airship labeled "Russia" with Aleksandr Gorchakov labeled "Russo" standing in saucer below, he is dripping water; next, at top, is an elephant-shaped airship labeled "Prussia" with a skeleton figure riding on a cannon barrel labeled "Berlino"; below is a pear-shaped airship labeled "Austria" with two bags for ballast labeled "Serbia" and "Montenegro", and with a man hanging onto the stem; at top right is an airship patterned after the Italian flag, it is labeled "Italia" and appears to have been patched with labels stating "Roma 1870", "Venezia 66", "Torino", and "Firenze", a man rides in a ring below with a parrot on a leash; at middle right is another patched airship labeled "Turchi", the patches are labeled "Sebastopol", "Trattato 1840", and "Santo Stefano", with a Turkish man is lying on a door labeled "Sublime Porta", using a bellows in an effort to keep the ship afloat; and on lower right is torn balloon labeled "Indennizzo" to which a man labeled "Rumeno" clings. Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 41.8 x 58.6 cm.

Notes: Letterpress newsprint of title page and back page printed on verso.; Grossi.; Title from item.; Illus. from: Le perroquet, journal politique charivarique illustré colorié, 6me année dimanche 28 Juillet 1878, n. 30 ; Supplemento al Papagallo, n. 30, anno VI.; Caption: Cipriano John Bull se la gode. Il diplomatico pacifico seminatore di pace. Grande fatica Gortscakoffesca per sostenere il trattato del lapidato. La proboscide arriva tutti. L' uomo in pero teme e spera. La Porta cala. Il Rumeno si sente meno. Un terno al lotto e l'Italia è fatta.; Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).; Signed on stone on left center.
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