Lest We Forget
Poster
1901 (made)
1901 (made)
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David Lloyd George (1863-1945) was a skilled orator and Liberal Party politician who spoke out against Britain's involvement in the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Near the War's end, in December 1901, the Birmingham Liberal Association invited Lloyd George to give a speech criticising Britain's colonial policy. Those who opposed Lloyd George's views rioted within Birmingham Town Hall, forcing the politician to escape the fray disguised as a policeman, an act ridiculed here by the Conservatives.
Object details
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| Title | Lest We Forget (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Satirical political cartoon, pro-Boer War, issued by The National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations (Conservative Party). |
| Physical description | Pro-Boer War political cartoon satirising Lloyd George's escape during a 1901 riot in Birmingham. George escaping via a back door in oversized police uniform (left). Graveyard in South Africa seen in muted sunlight (right). |
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| 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 |
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| Summary | David Lloyd George (1863-1945) was a skilled orator and Liberal Party politician who spoke out against Britain's involvement in the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Near the War's end, in December 1901, the Birmingham Liberal Association invited Lloyd George to give a speech criticising Britain's colonial policy. Those who opposed Lloyd George's views rioted within Birmingham Town Hall, forcing the politician to escape the fray disguised as a policeman, an act ridiculed here by the Conservatives. |
| Bibliographic reference | G. H. L. Le May, British Supremacy in South Africa (1965).
I. Packer, Lloyd George (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998).
P. Warwick, Black People and the South African War, 1899-1902 (1983). |
| Other number | LS.1853 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.721-2004 |
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| Record created | September 22, 2004 |
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