BRITISH COLONIALISM CARTOON - 1873 - Africa - ANGLO-ASHANTI WARS

Description: British 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 historians. Illustrator: John Tenniel (illustrator of Alice in Wonderland), from British Punch humor/satire magazine, October 11, 1873, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Size 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Condition: excellent -- minor foxing, o/w bright and clean, no handling wear, paper lays flat for easy framing; backside is blank. A FRIEND IN NEEDMr. Gladstone: "My dear John, I congratulate you! Just in time to settle accounts with our black friend yonder!"John Bright: "RM! Fighting is not quite in my line, as thee knowest, friend William; nevertheless---!"--Mr Gladstone is seen here with John Bright In the background an African man dressed in skins and feathers is nonetheless armed with a very modern rifle. Recently Gladstone had offered Bright the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster However Bright took office just at the time that the Ashanti Campaign began Sir Garnet Wolsely the administrator on the Gold Coast launched an expedition against Kumasi the capital of the Ashanti as it was believed that they were threatening existing British settlements Kumasi fell early in and peace was agreed However Mr Gladstone is shown as requesting John Brights support despite it being very well known that Mr Bright held strong peace principles. --The Anglo-Ashanti Wars were a series of five 19th-century conflicts that took place between 1824 and 1900, between the Ashanti Empire—in the Akan interior of the Gold Coast—and Great Britain and its allies. The British lost or negotiated truces in several of these wars, with the final war resulting in British burning of Kumasi and official occupation of the Ashanti Empire in 1900. The wars were mainly due to Ashanti attempts to establish a stronghold over the coastal areas of present-day Ghana. Coastal peoples such as the Fante and the Ga came to rely on British protection against Ashanti incursions.I have other hard-to-find original Punch cartoon illustrations for sale; combine orders with no extra shipping fees. 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. QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

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