1899 RUSSIA-CHINA POLITICAL CARTOON Dalian Bay FREE TRADE Talienwan COLONIALISM

Description: It is hard to escape the legacy of the Punch Magazine. From 1841 to 2002, the magazine cast a satirical eye on life in Britain. It charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable resource not just as cartoon art and satire, but as primary source material for social historians.Illustration by John Tenniel, from British Punch magazine, original, not a modern reproduction, pulled from the August 23, 1899 issue. Condition: excellent - bright and clean, no handling wear, lays flat for easy framing; backside is blank. Plus: Includes an additional page with associated text. Above this is an illustration by George du Maurier. OPEN AT LAST! Russian Bear (politely) "Come in, Miss. How COULD I keep my door closed against you!"--Dalian Bay , known historically as Talienwan, Talien-wan and Talien-hwan, is a bay on the southeast side of the Liaodong Peninsula of Northeast China, open to the Korea Bay in the Yellow Sea in the east. Downtown Dalian lies along the southern shore of the bay. Its significance is that it is ice-free year-round, while Jinzhou Bay on the other, northwest side of the peninsula is part of the Bohai Sea, and is shallow and closed by ice for four months of the winter--The bay was the rendezvous point for the British fleet for the 1860 assault on China during the Second Opium War, which resulted in the naming of the naval fortress Port Arthur (now Lüshunkou District, Dalian). In 1879, about 20 small islands with their bays around Dalian were named Dalian Bay and barbettes for military use were built after that. By the end of the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895, most of the barbettes were discarded and a fishery industry started quickly. Now only six barbettes remain, and they are located on the Monk Island . They were built between 1887 and 1893.--Russia coerced a lease of the bay from China in 1898 along with Port Arthur, from which it is 40 miles (64 km) away. The lease was transferred to Japan in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War.Over 3,000 Punch cartoons listed for sale, combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. -------------------------------- 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.Sir John Tenniel (1820 –1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. Tenniel is remembered mainly 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).

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