The Devil's Puppet
Print
1920 (made)
1920 (made)
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General Description: Bolshevik propaganda poster with two images showing the Red Army disclosing the betrayal of the proletariat by the Russian General Baron Peter von Wrangell (1878-1928), commander of a Cossak division of Russian Army in First World War. Printed by typo-lythography M.5.N.H., I. Mashitov / a [male or female - not clear] Published by the literary publications section of the R.V.S.R. [Political Department of the Revolutionary and Military Soviet], for distribution to the Republic. 1920 Signed in Cyrillic D.Moor. Captioned with title, satiric verses, details of printing and publication. Stamped with the publishers mark and R.S.F.S.R. [Workers of the World Unite].
Bolshevik propaganda poster with two images showing the Red Army disclosing the betrayal of the proletariat by the Russian General Baron Peter von Wrangell (1878-1928), commander of a Cossak division of Russian Army in First World War. Signed in Cyrillic D.Moor. Captioned with title, satiric verses, details of printing and publication. Stamped with the publishers mark and R.S.F.S.R. [Workers of the World Unite].
Bolshevik propaganda poster with two images showing the Red Army disclosing the betrayal of the proletariat by the Russian General Baron Peter von Wrangell (1878-1928), commander of a Cossak division of Russian Army in First World War. Signed in Cyrillic D.Moor. Captioned with title, satiric verses, details of printing and publication. Stamped with the publishers mark and R.S.F.S.R. [Workers of the World Unite].
Object details
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| Title | The Devil's Puppet |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Physical description | General Description: Bolshevik propaganda poster with two images showing the Red Army disclosing the betrayal of the proletariat by the Russian General Baron Peter von Wrangell (1878-1928), commander of a Cossak division of Russian Army in First World War. Printed by typo-lythography M.5.N.H., I. Mashitov / a [male or female - not clear] Published by the literary publications section of the R.V.S.R. [Political Department of the Revolutionary and Military Soviet], for distribution to the Republic. 1920 Signed in Cyrillic D.Moor. Captioned with title, satiric verses, details of printing and publication. Stamped with the publishers mark and R.S.F.S.R. [Workers of the World Unite]. Bolshevik propaganda poster with two images showing the Red Army disclosing the betrayal of the proletariat by the Russian General Baron Peter von Wrangell (1878-1928), commander of a Cossak division of Russian Army in First World War. Signed in Cyrillic D.Moor. Captioned with title, satiric verses, details of printing and publication. Stamped with the publishers mark and R.S.F.S.R. [Workers of the World Unite]. |
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| Object history | The verses below the top image read: From the sea and behind the mountains / Wrangell suddenly appeared, in a rage / Hey Soldier don't sleep / Don't give your land to the barons. [i.e. all the `Baron Wrangells']. The verse below the lower image reads: As he lifted his hand the red soldier gave him a nudge / Look people, on the bayonet / We now see the head of a monster instead of Wrangel / and hiding under the cloak / are black bandits / the devils / What a lot of fat mug / [They have] Millerand, George and Foch / all awaiting death / We will rest a while but then we shall push them too / into the sea / The black cloud will go / and our nation's troubles will be over. Alexandre Millerand, French politician (1859-1943), David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister (1863-1945), and Ferdinand Foch, French Marshal (1851-1929) and others are revealed from under Wrangell's cloak lettered `Entente'. |
| Production | Printed by typo-lythography M.5.N.H., I. Mashitov / a [male or female - not clear]. Published by the literary publications section of the R.V.S.R. [Political Department of the Revolutionary and Military Soviet], for distribution to the Republic. |
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| Accession number | E.402-1988 |
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