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Original Artwork/Maquette - Wees fier, Hermin von Neuss, op uwen Nieuwen Man (Kaiser Wilhelm II and Wife Hermine Reuss )
English Title: Be proud, Hermin Von Neuss, of your New Man
Poster ID: CL78212
Category: Political/World War I
Year: 1920s
Country: Netherlands
Approximate Size 52 x 20 inches
Condition: Good
Price: $450
Original artwork maquette. A political cartoon showing abdicated German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II and his new wife. The couple were wed in 1922, (Wilhelm was 63 at the time) despite the objections of Wilhelm's monarchist supporters and his children. The Dutch text translates as: "be proud, Hermin Von Neuss, of your new husband... I... the mightiest ruler of the world... Belgium, Holland, Italy, Brussels, Spain, America, everything belongs to me...But, my dear, love has driven me crazy..." NOTE: on archival linen backing.
Keywords: Politics,Political Cartoons,Maquettes,World War 1,WWI,Original Artwork