Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.872
Object Name
Print
Title
SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION VERSUS CAPITALIST CONSTRICTION.A SOUVENIR FOR MAY DAY. DEDICATED TO THE WORKERS OF THE WORLD...1909
Place
England & UK
Events
May Day & 1909
Date
1909
Creator(s)
Crane, Walter
Description
Classic Walter Crane image: Socialism sun high in the sky; classical figure holding up a torch with one hand, hand round the neck of the serpent of capitalism which is entwined round workers, male and female who are reaching up towards the female figure she is stood on the globe.
Social Reconstruction versus Capitalist Construction, by Walter Crane, 1909
This cartoon was produced for May Day to celebrate the successes of the labour movement. Socialism, wearing the cap of liberty, crushes the serpent of capitalism, which is encircling the earth and its workers.
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