AUSTRIAN THIMBLEBERG

Original 11 inch x 8 1/4 inch Single-Sided Engraved Cartoon titled THE AUSTRIAN THIMBLEBERG. from Punch, January 12th, 1856.

Austria. “NOW THEN, I’LL BET ANY GENT A SOVEREIGN, HE DON’T TELL ME WHICH THIMBLE THE PEACE IS UNDER.”

The Congress of Paris was a diplomatic meeting held in Paris, France, in 1856, between representatives of the great powers in Europe to make peace after the almost three-year-long Crimean War.

The cartoon is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.