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WORLD WAR

The Englishman and His Globe, Thomas Theodor Heine, 1914

The Englishman and His Globe
"Oh, darn, blood is more slippery than water after all."
Thomas Theodor Heine (1867–1948)
Color lithograph
Simplicissimus vol. 19, no. 28 (October 13, 1914): cover
85-S1389
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The Englishman and His Globe (detail), Thomas Theodor Heine, 1914

The Englishman and His Globe (detail), Thomas Theodor Heine, 1914

In this German caricature from the beginning of the war, an Englishman in a colonial pith helmet slips down from the top of the world. In desperation, he grasps at the bloody globe, a symbol of England's dominance as a world power.

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