Rare 1913 British Cartoon: IRISH HOME RULE FANTASY SATIRE [Ballymaclinton]

Description: THE IDEAL HOME (RULE) EXHIBITON+ At the centre of the cartoon is an Irish colleen, dressed in a romanticized version of peasant costume. Behind her is an equally romanticized country cottage, and one more obviously descended from the early twentieth-century English fantasy of rural life - complete with half-timbering, leaded windows and a pantiled roofthan from Irish vernacular architecture. Ranged around the corners of the cartoon are depictions of 'The Dining Room’, ‘The Nursery' and 'The Kitchen', showing caricatures of Herbert Asquith, Edward Carson, John Redmond and Augustine Birrell in poses of domestic harmony, while a lion and pig doze together in the cottage yard. Published in the immediate aftermath of Carson's threat to establish a provisional government in Ulster if Home Rule was established, the cartoon displays an acute awareness of the sharper parallels between Irish politics and contemporary fascination with idyllic visions of rural life in either England or Ireland.+ Cartoon based on the Ballymaclinton, Irish village, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908.Source: British PUNCH humor/satire magazine, October 15, 1913, original, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Illustrated by L. Raven-hill. Size 8 1/2 x 11" (approximately) Condition: excellent -- minor toning, clean, the page has been humidified and flattened for best appearance and for framing; backside is blank Over 5,00 Punch cartoons listed for sale (store category "Punch cartoons") -- humor, satire and propaganda; combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. If buying more than one, please use 'Add to Basket' insteadWHO IS THE ARTIST: Leonard Raven-Hill (10 March 1867 - 31 March 1942) was an English artist, illustrator and cartoonist. WHAT IS PUNCH? Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity -- and how the rest of the world saw the British nation. In its formative years Punch combined humors, illustration and political debate with a fresh and radical audacity. During its heyday in the late 1800s, it reflected the conservative views of the growing middle-classes and copies of it could be found in the libraries of diplomats, cabinet ministers and even royalty. In the Western world, Punch played a significant role in the development of satire. In the world of illustration, it practically revolutionized it. Over the decades as it charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable source of cartoon art, satire, but as primary source material for historians.

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