[GREAT BRITAIN - GREAT UNREST] [AVIATION] Anon.

The Progressive Rake's Progress

London: W.H. Smith & Son, N.d. (ca 1914). Lithograph in colors, 77cm x 50cm (ca. 30" x 20"). Mild toning in margins, with subtle repair to closed tears; Near Fine. Professionally mounted on archival linen.

An anti-Progressive satirical image, using a crash-landed bi-plane to symbolize the recklessness of Asquith's Liberal government; the unfortunate banged-up chap at center appears to be a caricature of David Lloyd George, Asquith's Chancellor of the Exchequer (and later Prime Minister). The artist is unidentified, but possibly Edward Huskinson, long-time editor of The Tattler and a popular Conservative cartoonist of the period.

Price: $750.00

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