The Progressive Rake's Progress

by Great Britain - Great Unrest, Anon, Aviation

$750 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

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

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