1932 BRITISH POLITICAL CAROON- Land Acts

Description: SOURCE: This is an original cartoon from British Punch magazine, drawn by L. Raven-hill, published October 26, 1932 and pulled from the magazine; original, not a modern reproduction. Full size: 8 x 10 1/2 inches, including borders. Pictured image is slightly cropped. CONDITION: an excellent copy -- the paper has been humidified and flatted and shows no handling or storage wear (ready for framing, if desired), clean with some toning; backside is blank.DEAD RECKONING: ANOTHER "BONNE HISTOIRE"Mr J H Thomas (fresh from hearing Mr de Valera's historical claims) to Signor Benito Mussolini. "I ought to warn you, Ben, that there's a talk of my country presenting a claim against yours for the damage caused by Julius Caesar's invasion. With compound interest I make the total a billion billion." Signor Mussolini. "Sterling or Lire!" --An Interwar cartoon shows Jimmy Thomas on a visit to a laughing Mussolini as they sit in front of a bust of Caesar.--The Anglo-Irish Trade War (also called the Economic War) was a retaliatory trade war between the Irish Free State and the United Kingdom from 1932 to 1938. The Irish government refused to continue reimbursing Britain with land annuities from financial loans granted to Irish tenant farmers to enable them to purchase lands under the Irish Land Acts in the late nineteenth century, a provision which had been part of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty. This resulted in the imposition of unilateral trade restrictions by both countries, causing severe damage to the Irish economy.--The Land Acts (officially Land Law (Ireland) Acts) were a series of measures to deal with the question of tenancy contracts and peasant proprietorship of land in Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Five such acts were introduced by the government of the United Kingdom between 1870 and 1909. Further acts were introduced by the governments of the Irish Free State after 1922 and more acts were passed for Northern Ireland.The Land Act 1933, passed on a vote of 70–39, allowed the Minister for Finance to divert the annuities for local government projects. This was a factor that caused the "Economic war" between 1932 and 1938, and was mutually resolved by a one-off payment of £10m to Britain in 1938. From 1932 the government argued strongly that Irish farmers should no longer be obliged for historic reasons to pay Britain for Irish land, but when Britain had passed out of the payment system it illogically still required farmers to continue to pay their annuities to the Irish government as before.Over 4,000 Punch cartoons listed for sale (store category "Punch cartoons"), combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. Please use 'Add to Basket' instead of 'Buy now' if buying more than one so that eBay only charges one lot of postage per order. WHO IS THE ARTIST?Leonard Raven-Hill (10 March 1867 - 31 March 1942) was an English artist, illustrator and cartoonist. By 1901 he had joined the staff of Punch as the junior political cartoonist.WHAT IS PUNCH? Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity -- and how the rest of the world saw the British nation. In its formative years Punch combined humors, illustration and political debate with a fresh and radical audacity. During its heyday in the late 1800s, it reflected the conservative views of the growing middle-classes and copies of it could be found in the libraries of diplomats, cabinet ministers and even royalty. In the Western world, Punch played a significant role in the development of satire. In the world of illustration, it practically revolutionized it. Over the decades as it charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable source of cartoon art, satire, but as primary source material for historians.

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