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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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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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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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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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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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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