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Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Engraving. Colored

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Explorer and navigator genoese. Columbus taking possession of the island of San Salvador. Engraving by Martin Rico after a painting of Isidro Gil. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored

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Theatre, A Cuckoo in the Nest 1925, Nerman

A scene from A Cuckoo in the Nest, a popular farce playing in London in 1925. Here, the impeccable husband is discovered by his wife and in-laws in a lady's bedroom (equally impeccable) at an hour which is difficult to explain... Names, left to right, Ralph Lynn, Yvonne Arnaud, Grace Edwin, Mary Brough, Tom Walls, Roger Livesey, and Enda Mason

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Jonathan's Latest 1896

Shade of Columbus (aside): "Had I forseen it would have come to this -Caramba! - I would never have discovered America!" A tall man with a scraggly bear and hat, wearing striped trousers and a shirt covered in stars (meant to represent America), holds a gun and reaches towards a box labelled Flor de Cuba'. A shorter man with a full beard, wearing a Spanish matador outfit (representing Spain), clutches the box as he leans away from the other mans hand. Columbus as a ghost stands in the background looking on. This is a satirical cartoon for Punch Magazine about American intervention in the Cuban War for Independence. Date: 1896

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