Tuesday, 6 January 2009

Ravensbourne Political Cartoons


British caricaturist and social critic George Cruikshank drew this nigthmarish image of "Social Reform" menacing the rich and powerful in 1819 to satirize aristocratic fears of change. "I'm coming! I'm coming! I shall have you!" the monster cries. "And though I'm at your heels now, I'll be at your heads presently."

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