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Political cartoons
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- Political cartoons
six political cartoons in pen and ink, two with wash or watercolour, one with printed overlays: by Moon, of the Sunday Dispatch, "The critic who got his chance", depicting Churchill and the government cabinet; Mac, depicting William Whitelaw and a floored Margaret Thatcher near a statue of Churchill ("It appears to be a heavy bronze cigar, Maggie. -- Who could have thrown that?"); Trog, "Danse Macabre", depicting Mrs Thatcher dancing with General Pinochet in a graveyard; Garland, depicting the Labour Cabinet as grey squirrels as the red one of Old Labour departs, dated 8 January 1998; Steve Bell, depicting a grinning Tony Blair in the mouth of a canon, dated 24 February 1999; and Peter Brookes, depicting Tony Blair and other Labour leaders who have all "bombed", dated 29 April 1999 (6 items in all, all framed and glazed), the Moon cartoon slightly foxed