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Partridge, Bernard. The august moon

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Creator
Partridge, Bernard, 1861-1945
Date
[1940]
Location
London,  England
Great Britain
Media format
Image
Extent
1 print

Language
English
Size
28 x 22 cm
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Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 353664
Folger call number: Sh.Misc. 2323, page 199
Folger holdings ID: 502046
Accession Number: 270075
Summary
Cartoon depicting Adolf Hitler portrayed as King Lear. Hitler/Lear is dressed in his SS uniform, his hat laying on the ground next to him. He is wearing a crown of weeds and raising his arms angrily to the moon, labelled "conquest of Britain." Caption title: "The August moon." Artist's signature in lower right corner: Bernard Partridge
Notes
General notes

Cartoon was published on page 199 of Punch, volume CXCIX, no. 5187 (August 21, 1940) Also available as a digital reproduction

Item information about Folger Sh.Misc. 2323, page 199

Bound in a volume with other issues from Punch, volume CXCIX. Dark red cloth boards, stamped in blind, black, and gold

Subjects
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear World War, 1939-1945
Related names
artist: Partridge, Bernard, 1861-1945
depiction: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945

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