BOMBA’S BIG BROTHER
£45.00
Original 11 inch x 8 1/4 inch Single-Sided Engraved Cartoon titled BOMBA’S BIG BROTHER. from Punch, October 11th, 1856.
Emperor of Russia. “THEY SHAN’T TAKE AWAY HIS PLAYTHINGS, THAT THEY SHAN’T.”
Russian bear protecting Ferdinand King of Naples (surnamed Bomba , from having threatened to bombard his subjects).
The cartoon is by John Tenniel (1820 – 1914). An English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was knighted for his artistic achievements in 1893. Tenniel is remembered especially as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years, and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).
The cartoon is in very good condition with some imprinting. Reverse side blank.
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