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Framed Original Hand-Colored CARTOON from PUNCH Magazine
“THE CHRISTMAS WISH”
1951
Punch Magazine [London]
(8 x 10 inches) (Framed: 13 x 16 inches)
Item Number: 209912
Description
This hand-colored original cartoon, dated December 19, 1951, from Punch magazine depicts Churchill, Truman and Stalin around a holiday table toasting a female figure (of War, presumably) who has laid down her sword (scepter?) for the moment. A female figure of Peace sits pensively in a sidechair close by.
The cartoon, captioned “The Christmas Wish,” is unsigned.
The cartoon (8 x 10 inches) is matted and superbly framed in a hand-stenciled, gilt-edged, wood frame (13 x 16 inches overall).