Booty,Disrespect of the World,Lusitania,Disaster,World War I,WWI,Germany,Pirate
Title: Booty
Creator(s): Clubb, John Scott, 1875-1934, artist
Date Created/Published: 1915 May 11 [publication date]
Summary: A mustachioed man labelled Germany dressed as a pirate, hauls a sack, labelled 'Disrespect of the World,' on his shoulders from the ocean, while the Lusitania sinks in the distance. He also carries tiny bundles marked 'Nil' and 'Military Advantage' and a sword dripping with blood.
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Signed, lower right: Clubb 15 / [club logogram].
Title inscribed in pencil below image.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.918)
The cartoon reflects outrage over the German sinking of the British passenger liner Lusitania, on May 7, 1915 which killed 1,195 persons, including 128 American citizens.
Published in: The Rochester Herald, May 11, 1915.
Subjects:
Lusitania (Steamship)--Disasters--1910-1920.
World War, 1914-1918--Moral & ethical aspects.
Pirates--1910-1920.
Drawings--American--1910-1920.
Editorial cartoons--American--1910-1920.
Periodical illustrations--American--1910-1920.
Bookmark /2009616430/
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