File:La solita pantomina LCCN2003688857.tif

English: Title: La solita pantomina

Abstract: Italian political cartoon shows at center, Otto von Bismarck as a black-faced harlequin labeled "Germany" dancing with a woman labeled "Austria"; on the left is a man in a red suit labeled "Russia" holding a club labeled "Guerra" in his raised right hand; in the background on the left is a woman seated in a window, reading a book labeled "Francia". A diminutive Gyula Andrássy is standing at right center, he is wearing a costume with angel wings and is holding a long white quill pen labeled "diplomatia"(?), behind him, among a stand of trees, are two mimes labeled "Italiano" and "Vaticano". Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 41.8 x 59.4 cm.

Notes: Signed on stone in right center background.; Letterpress newsprint of title page and back page printed on verso.; Grossi.; Title from item.; Right side caption (French): Les artistes de cette race, quand ils sont en scène, se feignent jaloux, se heurtent, s'aiment, se batonnent; et après, quand ils ont fini la farce, vont boire à la santé du public.; Illus. from: Le perroquet, journal politique charivarique illustré colorié, 7me année dimanche 19 Octobre 1879, n. 42 ; Supplemento al Papagallo, n. 42, anno VII.; Stamped on verso: Venie Abonnement / J. Baudet / Libraire Edr. Commissionnaire / 27 Rue St. Placide, Paris.; Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).; Left side caption (Italian): Gli artisti di questa razza, quando trovansi in iscena, si fingono gelosi, si urtano, si amano, si bastonano; poi finita la scena vanno a bere alla salute del pubblico.