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The Lifeboat that Stayed Ashore, 1929

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/94/367

Scope and Contents

Framed copy of a political cartoon by David Low published in the Evening Standard. It depicts the 'Whitehall Lifeboat' with Winston Churchill aboard holding a sign reading 'Safety First', mired on a beach labelled 'Treasury Dogma', with Keynes and Lloyd George failing to push a lifeboat out to a sinking ship labelled 'Unemployment Wreck'. (Oversize)

Dates

  • Creation: 1929

Extent

1 photographic print(s) (1 framed print) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: Publication date.

Originator(s)

Low, David

Finding aid date

2018-07-06 16:45:12+00:00

Genre / Form

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

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