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The Effect of the War Spectacles
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The Effect of the War Spectacles

Johan Braakensiek · 1899-10-22 · lithography; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The distorted image in propaganda about the war. The Englishman portrayed by the Transvaaler as a shady intruder; the Transvaaler portrayed from an English perspective as a clumsy farmer with a club in one hand and an African woman by the hair in the other.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
cartooncaricatures (human types)enemy ~warTweede Boerenoorlog (1899-1902)
Credit lineDe uitwerking van den oorlogsbril. 1899-10-22. Johan Braakensiek. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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