Holdings: [The torch of freedom]

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Forbes, Ernest, 1879-1962
Summary:	Depicts Leon Trotsky speaking with Vladimir Lenin who is lying ill in his bed. On the bedside table is a bottle of medicine labelled "Soviet mix" and a box labelled "Red corpuscles". Caption reads: Trotsky: "Cheer up, Lenin. We may have failed in Russia, but there's good news from Ireland, another big factory burnt". Unpublished caption is handwritten above image and reads: Trotsky: "Cheer up comrade Lenin, I've just learned that Ireland is ours for the taking!" Lenin (very sick): "I seem to have heard that before".
In collection:	Shemus Cartoon Collection
Format:	Prints & Drawings
Language:	English
Published / Created:	[2nd August 1922].
Subjects:	Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, > 1870-1924 Trotsky, Leon, > 1879-1940 Freeman's Journal (Dublin, Ireland) Caricatures and cartoons > Ireland > Periodicals Russia > Politics and government > 1917-1936 Ink drawings > Irish > 1920-1930 Cartoons (Commentary) > Irish > 1920-1930 Crayon drawings > Irish > 1920-1930
Notes:	Shemus was a pseudonym used by Ernest Forbes. Published in: The Freeman's Journal, 2nd August 1922. Physical description: 1 drawing : ink and crayon, col ; image 32 x 30 cm., on sheet 39 x 32 cm. more
Contained in:	Forms part of: The Shemus Cartoon Collection.

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Call Number	View In	Collection
PD 4309 TX 141	Collection unavailable Access Note	Prints & Drawings