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A good haul
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon-style image depicting the UK's patriotic symbol John Bull standing at the bow of a small boat ("New Methods"). He is levelling a harpoon at the water below, swarming with metallic submarine-...ART19733
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A Plague on both your houses
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Maker: Cross, Stan
Two politicians are engaged in violent argument. A third man ("The Public") is standing on the "Legislative Assembly" as he looks on; in his hand is a newspaper with a headline regarding National Gove...ART19742
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Caliban woos Miranda
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A deformed creature (Caliban/"Party Politics") attempts to woo a young, attractive woman (Miranda/"The Red Cross") who is unwilling to be seduced. A comment on the tensions following the First World W...ART19746
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Head of the International Starvation Coy
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A skeleton-like figure wearing pyjamas stares excitedly out of a window above crowds at a demonstration pleading for food. He is seen to be the head of the International Starvation Company, and has ar...ART19725
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Hell's honour board
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Maker: Cross, Stan
The devil sits in a chair and reads a newspaper with the headline "Hospital Ship Torpedoed", and excitedly exclaims that he will add this action to "Hell's Honour Board" which is hanging from the wall...ART19734
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How long will the galley slaves stand it?
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Maker: Cross, Stan
Slave workers, representing the German people, on the pirate ship "Junkerdom" (named for the German aircraft company that produced aeroplanes during the war) are whipped by "Militarism". While several...ART19738
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"I can't make him hear"
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A child ("Australia") stands with arms out-stretched in appeal. Behind him men ("IWW" [Industrial Workers of the World], "Agitator", "Anti-imperialists", and "Union Officials") are arguing with and ar...ART19732
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In honor of the late Major W. Redmond, M.P., Patriot
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Maker: Cross, Stan
Two soldiers bow their heads respectfully over the body of an officer. Major William Hoey Kearney Redmond was an Irish nationalist who supported the push for Home Rule and was a parliamentary member o...ART19728
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Internal trouble
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Maker: Cross, Stan
An ugly barbarous figure wearing a German spiked helmet (Pickelhaube) and representing the Central Powers, sits at an elegant dinner table. He is clearly in pain and clutching his stomach. From the fe...ART19726
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Italy takes a step in the right direction
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Maker: Cross, Stan
An enormous Italian soldier with his sabre drawn steps over the river Isonzo, which flows through western Slovenia and northern Italy. The text implies that Italy is beginning to work with the Allies....ART19740
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Lieutenant Robert Donnolly
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A portrait of Lieutenant Robert Donnolly in the Australian Field Artillery. In Egypt he was promoted to Commission Rank and transferred to 18th Battery, Royal Field Artillery with which he served at G...ART16977
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Mars "Spare a copper, gentlemen for the sake of old times"
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Maker: Cross, Stan
Mars, the Roman God of War, is now elderly and impoverished. Leaning against the gates to the League of Nations, he begs for money from the procession of men wearing top hats walking by - one of whom ...ART19729
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Ocular demonstration
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon, depicting two men driving in a utility truck. The driver is complaining about a Sergeant Higginsbottom, before crashing the truck into a ...ART28384
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Purging the temple
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A giant Russian soldier ("Democracy") stands on steps of a temple ("Russia"). A small crown rests at his feet. Small, elderly top-hatted men ("Corruption", "Pro-Germans" and "Ineptitude") are forced t...ART19730
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Shake brother Jonathan
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Maker: Cross, Stan
The personification of Great Britain, John Bull, shakes hands with the American Uncle Sam to welcome him into the First World War following the German offensive towards Great Britain and the sinking o...ART19753
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Smoke-oh - North Wharf, Freemantle, Somewhere in France
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Maker: Cross, Stan
This newspaper-style illustration features views of two different groups of men: to the left, a group of wharf workers in Perth, Western Australia relax on their smoke break. To the right, soldiers ar...ART19722
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Taking no chances
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon. Two men are seated at a building site. One goes to tell the other that more American transport is due to arrive, but is hastily cut off b...ART90002
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The air raid
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Maker: Cross, Stan
An elderly man stands with one arm around his wife's waist, while in the other he holds the dead body of a young girl. At the couple's feet lies the body of a young woman in a pool of her own blood - ...ART19737
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The bee's hive
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon-style image that shows a German officer appearing shocked and protecting his face with his arms after stabbing a beehive labelled "USA" with his sword, causing miniature bi-planes to swarm a...ART19735
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The Deputation and Miss 1918
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Maker: Cross, Stan
Three older men representing Music, The Drama and Opera respectively are sent away by the modern "Miss 1918" who is reading a magazine called "The Movies" and sitting next to her friend, representing ...ART19723
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The Gaoler
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Maker: Cross, Stan
The right-hand panel of a triptych. Distressed human figures reach out from a darkened space; the middle panel reveals them to be in a prison cell guarded by a gorilla signifying "Ignorance".ART19724.001
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The Gaoler
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A male figure holds aloft a torch signifying Truth. Forms the right hand side of triptych.ART19724.002
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The Gaoler: a petition to the Governor General
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Maker: Cross, Stan
The centre panel of a triptych. A gorilla ("Ignorance") holds a spear and is separated from human prisoners by the metal bars to a gaol cell.ART19719
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The Genius of the Lamp
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A young child in Edwardian dress looks up at the genie emerging from a lamp labelled 'Effort' which is held by an elderly gentleman wearing a coat. The genie wears a Union Jack around his waist and is...ART19720
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The German Fleet
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Maker: Cross, Stan
John Bull and Uncle Sam, the symbols of Britain and the United States respectively, wait for the Germans outside a gate (representing the closed port of Kiel). John Bull has a baton raised to hit the ...ART19744
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The internment of the German Fleet
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Maker: Cross, Stan
King Neptune (the Roman God of the Sea) awards each German ship a white feather on its first and last journey from Kiel during the First World War. The Union Jack flies from Neptune's sceptre, and the...ART19731
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The last Hindenburg Line
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Maker: Cross, Stan
While planning the next offensive, the German Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg becomes disturbed by images of himself hanging from a rope. During the First World War, von Hindenburg was one of the mo...ART19743
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The main worry
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon, set in a prison cell. One of the prisoners - Private Jones - is told that he is free to leave but misconstrues this as a finalisation of ...ART28386
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The "National" bus strike
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A horse-drawn omnibus called "Nationalism" is driven by Henry Lefroy past Frank Wilson, who doffs his had as he misses the bus. Lefroy was the Premier of Western Australia from June 1917 to April 1919...ART19736
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The Postman
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Maker: Cross, Stan
An elderly postman ("Censor") tears up a letter that contains news of the War. He looks towards the three men that the letter was directed to (Slacker, Striker and Politician respectively), who are la...ART19727
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The Victim, the Despot and the Whisperer
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Maker: Cross, Stan
The Health Commissioner, here seen as the Despot, sits on his throne-like chair and expels a young woman (the Victim) from the room. Behind him, the Whisperer makes suggestions that explain the woman'...ART19739
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We want a new and splendid Germany
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Maker: Cross, Stan
Friedrich Ebert, the German chancellor, presents a speech in favour of a better Germany. Behind him is seated the personification of the Military, hidden behind a female puppet labelled "Liberty". Ger...ART19747
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Whoffor?
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A large Chinese man intimidates a smaller, cringing German soldier. The text underneath states that the Chinese Cabinet has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Germany, which would explain why ...ART19741
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Woosh!!
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon. "Wally and the Major". Wally is interviewed on a radar programme, and asked a trivia question. He determines that the Chinese first enabl...ART28385