Caught bluffing

Editorial cartoon by Carey Orr comments on the tensions between Great Britain and Europe's Fascist Powers. It shows a poker game played on a map of the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa labeled “Map of British Trade Routes.” A confident, pipe-smoking British John Bull, presiding over a massive stack of coins labeled "England's Naval Building Program,” declares “I’ll see you – and raise you seven billion dollars.” Caricatures of sweating Benito Mussolini in Fascist Blackshirt uniform and Adolf Hitler nervously study their cards. A small pile of lira currency labeled “Ethiopia Winnings” lies at Mussolini’s arm.

Publication date: 1937-07-06

Copyright date: 1937

Size: 18.5 x 15.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
• Italy. Milizia volontaria sicurezza nazionale--People--Italy--1930-1940
• Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
• Smoking--1930-1940
• Coins--1930-1940
• Pipes (Smoking)--1930-1940
• Maps--1930-1940
• Caricatures--1930-1940
• Money--1930-1940
• Poker--1930-1940
• Commerce--British--1930-1940
• Mediterranean Sea
• Africa, North
• John Bull (Symbolic character)--1930-1940
• Arms race--1930-1940
• Perspiration--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Editorial cartoons
• Political cartoons

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Daily Tribune (July 6, 1937), Section One, p. 12

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Orr, 1890-