| Image | 
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| Reference Number | GS0337 |
| Alt Ref No | GS0337 |
| Artist or Creator | Sidney 'George' Strube |
| Title or Caption | "I come to the conclusion," said Alice, "That it is a very difficult game my dear."
"Then why play it!" said the Duchess. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Published by | Daily Express |
| Date | 31 Oct 1934 |
| Format | Artwork |
| Size | 38 x 53cm |
| Technique | black ink/blue crayon |
| Embedded text or transcript | Europe's croquet-ground |
| Person Depicted | Queen of Hearts |
| Hitler; Adolf (1889-1945) |
| Mussolini; Benito (1883-1945) |
| Simon; John Allsebrook (1873-1954); 1st Viscount |
| Baldwin; Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947); Earl |
| Alice in Wonderland |
| Beaverbrook; Max Aitken (1879-1964); Baron, |
| Duchess; The |
| Cheshire Cat |
| Implied text | Books: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) written by Charles Lutwidge
Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who
falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantastic realm populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic
creatures. The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland. [wikipedia 5 Aug 2008] |
| Notes | Signed : Strube after JT [ie John Tenniel] Bottom margin : 1934 |
| Subjects | Animals |
| British Empire |
| Europe |
| Exteriors |
| Games |
| Germany |
| International relations |
| Italy |
| Literature |
| Quotations |
| Sports |
| UK |
| birds |
| cats |
| croquet |
| fiction |
| flamingoes |
| foreign policy |
| hedgehogs |
| landscape |
| plants |
| rural areas |
| trees |
| visual media |
| Copyright holder | Express Syndication Ltd |
| Copyright contact details | desk@mirrorpix.com |
| Location of artwork | British Cartoon Archive |
| Relates to cartoon | GS0337 |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | About | Multimedia | Image |
| GB/BCA/2099 | Queen of Hearts | | | | |
| GB/BCA/394 | Hitler; Adolf (1889-1945) | 1889-1945 | Born in Austria. Politician and leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party). He served as German chancellor from 1933-1945 and head of state (Fuhrer) from 1934-1945. He established a single-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideals of national socialism. He gained support for his views on German nationalism, anti-Semitism, anti-capitalism and anti-communism through his impassioned speeches and propaganda. He wanted to establish a New Order of absolute rule in Europe and pursued a policy of seizing land by force for the Aryan people. | | |
| GB/BCA/58 | Mussolini; Benito (1883-1945) | 1883-1945 | | | |
| GB/BCA/260 | Simon; John Allsebrook (1873-1954); 1st Viscount | 1873-1954 | | | |
| GB/BCA/4 | Baldwin; Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947); Earl | 1867-1947 | | | |
| GB/BCA/830 | Alice in Wonderland | | | | |
| GB/BCA/96 | Beaverbrook; Max Aitken (1879-1964); Baron, | 1879-1964 | | | |
| GB/BCA/2100 | Duchess; The | | | | |
| GB/BCA/2955 | Cheshire Cat | | | | |