The cartoon on the right depicts animals representing the countries on their sashes, all gathered around a sleeping China. All ready to fight to the death over it. It is likely that this cartoon was made around the time of the Boxer Rebellion, as the imperial powers are getting ready to disturb and fight with the Chinese dragon. Minor details tell more about the time period. There are many countries in the picture, however, other than the Chinese dragon, are the Russian bear and British lion. They are the two most interested countries in China of the time. America, a mass power of the world, is shown off to the corner with little presents at all in this brawl.
The picture to the left is titled "the devil fish in Egyptian waters". A cartoon from 1882 depicting John Bull (the face of England) as the octopus of imperialism grabbing land on every continent. When it came to imperialism of the 1800's, England was a super giant out to take control of any land it could get its hands on. The image gives a negative vibe about England's intentions as Johns face shows a look of greed on the body of an octopus, a creature feared by sailors in their stories of giant octopuses destroying ships and killing many. I think it is a perfect example of imperialism of England. Everyone is out land grabbing but not too many are conquering.
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