ANGLO-AMERICAN TALKS - an original printed appearance of this cartoon featuring then-Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill in the 25 March 1953 edition of the magazine Punch, or The London Charivari

by Artist: Norman Mansbridge

$40 · Offered by Biblio

London: Punch, 1953. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon appeared thus on p.386 of the 25 March 1953 issue of Punch. The artist is Norman Mansbridge. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden had returned from Washington, where he had agreed to consult with America on mutual economic needs and international decisions - always anxious about being undercut by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, whose larger than life presence eclipsed and infringed upon Eden, his interminably-delayed heir apparent. Hence this cartoon, featuring Eden anxious on the stage, fumbling to pull things out of the hat labeled "ANGLO-AMERICAN TALKS", looking over his shoulder at Churchill, who peers and puffs his cigar from the side of the stage. In the audience can be seen Labour's Dalton, Attlee, Morrison, and Bevan, enjoying the performance. Punch or The London Charivari began featuring Churchill cartoons in 1900, when his political career was just beginning. That political career would last two thirds of a century, see him occupy Cabinet office during each of the first six decades of the twentieth century, carry him twice to the premiership and, further still, into the annals of history as a preemine

• Publisher: Punch
• Year: 1953
• Binding: unknown

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