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(8) Page 73 - Paci-fist
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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Sea-Pie > November 1917 > (8) Page 73 - Paci-fist |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74465945 |
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| Description | Paci-Fist' by Anson Dyer. This cartoon depicts a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany being punched on the nose by a fist. The fist is at the end of an arm clad in the stars and stripes of the United States flag. The Kaiser is holding a crumpled piece of paper that has 'Russia' printed on it. At the top of the cartoon is the caption 'THE PACI-FIST'. At the bottom the caption elaborates, 'THE STAR-SPANGLED BANGER'. The United States did not enter World War I until April 1917. President Wilson had been opposed to intervening but eventually the US government declared war after repeated losses of American life due to German submarine attacks. This cartoon appears to be a British celebration of the imminent arrival of US troops in Europe: the American expeditionary force entered the fighting early in 1918. The Kaiser's crumpling of 'Russia' probably refers to the Russian withdrawal from the war after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. |
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| Description | 'Sea-Pie' magazine was founded to raise funds for authorised naval charities. The first issue appeared on 23 June 1917, priced one shilling. The magazine typically contained short stories, poems, cartoons, and paintings and drawings, often on a nautical theme. |
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| Shelfmark | 6.88 |
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| Description | Editions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families. |
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