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Twenty-six drawings, designs for posters, book illustrations, covers and cartoons by the cartoonist Fougasse
Cartoon of Adolf Hitler for Punch magazine

Fougasse

Cartoon of Adolf Hitler for Punch magazine

[c.1940]

© Reproduced by kind permission of the Estate of C.K. Bird

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Created by: Fougasse 1887–1965
Title: Cartoon of Adolf Hitler for Punch magazine
Date: [c.1940]
Medium: Ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 269 × 151 mm
Description: Cartoon of Adolf Hitler with inscriptions in pencil above reading 'A Thought for Today' and below 'Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best-bred man in the company - Swift'. Published in 'Punch', 19 June 1940, Vol. CXCVIII, p.667.
Format: Artwork - on paper, unique
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: The drawings were presented to the Tate Gallery Archive in 1977 by the artist's widow, Mrs C.K. Bird.
Reference: TGA 7712/16

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Twenty-six drawings, designs for posters, book illustrations, covers and cartoons by the cartoonist Fougasse TGA 7712 (26)
- Cartoon of Adolf Hitler for Punch magazine TGA 7712/16