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File:As Between Friends (Punch magazine, 13 December 1911, detail).jpg

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Summary

Artist "Craven Hill" (Leonard Raven-Hill).
Title
English: As Between Friends.
Description
English: A cartoon from the English satirical magazine Punch, or The London Charivari. With the Russian Bear sitting on the tail of the Persian Cat while the British Lion looks on, it represents a phase of The Great Game. The caption reads: "AS BETWEEN FRIENDS. British Lion (to Russian Bear). 'IF WE HADN'T SUCH A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING I MIGHT ALMOST BE TEMPTED TO ASK WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE WITH OUR LITTLE PLAYFELLOW.'"
Date 13 December 1911
Medium ink on paper.
Object history Published as (13 December 1911). " As Between Friends". Punch, or the London Charivari 141: 429.
Inscriptions Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner. Caption: "AS BETWEEN FRIENDS. British Lion (to Russian Bear). 'IF WE HADN'T SUCH A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING I MIGHT ALMOST BE TEMPTED TO ASK WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE WITH OUR LITTLE PLAYFELLOW.'"
Source/Photographer Originally uploaded to en.wikipedia; transferred by Mrostami on 24 October 2006.

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