Part 4 - Louis Raemaekers cartoon on the ‘Sinn Féin Riots’

1 p.; clipping

A clipping of a cartoon by the Dutch caricaturist Louis Raemaekers on the 1916 Rising. The cartoon was published in the ‘Weekly Dispatch’ (30 April 1916) with the title ‘Raemaekers on the ‘Sinn Féin Riots’. The original caption reads ‘A powerful cartoon, specially drawn for the ‘Weekly Dispatch’, by the famous Dutch artist Raemaekers. Britannia, with loyal Ireland, is seen on guard against the enemy, while the Sinn Feiner, abetted by the Hun, lurks to stab them in the back’.

For biographical information on Louis Raemackers (1869-1956) see https://illustrationchronicles.com/swaying-destiny-with-a-pencil-the-anti-war-cartoons-of-louis