RARE 1877 British Cartoon: RUSSO-TURKISH WAR - India JOHN BULL Political Satire

Description: SOURCE: This is an original double-page cartoon from Judy; or the London Serio-Comic Journal, by William Henry Boucher and published May 2, 1877; pulled from the magazine, original not a modern reproduction. Full size: this is a double-page illustration, 11 x 16 1/4 inches, including borders. Condition: about very good -- humidified and flattened (for best appearance if framed, or dry mount if desired), tanning to paper, centerfold crease as issued but has no centerfold holes; backside is blank. Stored open/flat in a paper line plastic sleeve for protection. ON THE LOOK-OUT. John Bull "If Master Bruin is not very careful, he will damage my property; an then I shall have to interfere!"--The Russo-Turkish War had broken out the week before the date of this cartoon, and Boucher [illustrator] and Judy take the Conservative line that intervention should only come when Britain's possessions and direct interests are threatened. In a very urban and middle-class reimagining of international politics, John Bull has emerged from his townhouse to investigate the disturbance in the street, leaving his wife Britannia inside. He finds 'Master Bruin' - the Russian Bear - fighting the Turkish Sultan with rifle, fire and sword, just outside his property, where a blazing torch is about to destroy the 'Treaty of 1856' (the Treaty of Paris, which concluded the Crimean War, and made the Black Sea a neutral space, closed to all warships and limiting fortifications along its coasts). The twin ornamental lions at John Bull's entrance are significant as new additions: 'Suez' and 'Empire of India' can only have been added in 1875 and 1876, respectively, when Disraeli's Conservative government purchased the Khedive's shares in the Suez Canal, and proclaimed Queen Victoria 'Empress of India'.Other "Judy" cartoons listed in my store under category "JUDY SATIRE CARTOONS". QUESTIONS WELCOME WHAT IS JUDY?Judy was a British satirical humor magazine of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The full name was Judy; or the London Serio-Comic Journal. The magazine's first issue was cover dated May 1, 1867, and the last issue October 23, 1907. The name "Judy" was in reference to Punch and Judy, and alluded directly to its more established rival, Punch magazine, which had been founded in 1841. Sold as down-market competitor to Punch, its politics were on the right ("Conservatism of the Truest and Bluest"), and it featured illustrated comic skits, satirical political sketches, light verse and caricatures.WHO IS THE ARTIST?William Henry Boucher (1842-1906) British artist/illustrator. Boucher was chief cartoonist at Judy for two decades, making him one of the greatest rivals to John Tenniel. Like Tenniel, he contributed illustrations to numerous important works of fiction and was a particular favorite of Robert Louis Stevenson (illustrating The Black Arrow and Kidnapped for the Young Folks Paper).

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