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Poster - Lenin and Trotsky

Lenin and Trotsky

  • Object:

    Poster

  • Place of origin:

    Russia (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1919 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour lithograph

  • Credit Line:

    Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko

  • Museum number:

    E.817-2004

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 1B, box LS1

  • Image in copyright

This satire presents the Bolshevik leaders Lenin and Trotsky as ridiculous and enfeebled characters. The text indicates that they are looking for a home since there is no place for them in Russia, and they are not recognised by the world. The packing cases may also be shown as a reminder of time that the men had spent exiled and abroad, reinforcing the view of them as 'un-Russian'.

Physical description

Caricatured depictions of an enfeebled Lenin and Trotsky, displaced from Russia. A tower of luggage and valises in the background. Globe in the foreground.

Place of Origin

Russia (made)

Date

ca. 1919 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Colour lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 26.8 cm, Width: 39.2 cm

Descriptive line

Civil War poster Russia, ca. 1919

Exhibition History

Propaganda Posters from the Schreyer Collection (Henry Cole Wing, Level 3 05/12/2002-23/03/2003)

Materials

Paper; Ink

Techniques

Colour lithography

Subjects depicted

Propaganda; Satire; Communism; Russia; Lenin; Trotsky

Categories

Prints; Politics; Propaganda; Posters

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O101263
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