Caption
Cartoon about European extortion of non-Western countries, Two European men hold a black man, Financial politics, cartoon, print, The men hold the man by his ears. In his arms she has a piggy bank with the words: surplus on it. Below the print the quote: 'Your money or... No, you can keep your life!' This print was published by De Lantaarn., printmaker: Jan Holswilder, Netherlands, printer (person): MH Blommers, The Hague, publisher: Adriaan Rössing, 1887, printer (person), paper, lithography, height 255 mm x width 335 mm, This print was published by De Lantaarn. The Hague, Rössing, 3rd year. no. 19., political caricatures and satires, money-chest, treasure-chest, money-box, master, enslaved person, Three figures stand on a shoreline rendered in charcoal tones, with two light-skinned men flanking and restraining a dark-skinned person in the center; the flanking men wear sailor-like shirts with neckerchiefs and wide-brimmed hats, one holding the central figure by the shoulder and the other gripping their arm and waist while tilting his head upward, a discarded hat lies nearby and a sailing ship is visible in the distance on the water; the central figure has a cloth wrapped around the head, an expression with eyes turned upward and mouth open, and clutches a container against the chest; the foreground shows sandy ground with scattered vegetation and faint outlines of palms and a small boat along the distant shoreline.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B15_470
License type
Rights managed
Available size
54.6Mb (7.1Mb) / 16.4in x 13.0in / 4912 x 3886 (300dpi)