"Neighbours" Pre WW2 Europe allegorical political pictorial map. ALNWICK 1937

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'Neighbours' by H. Alnwick (1937). Vintage colour pictorial map, 28.0 x 43.0cm, 11 x 16.75 inches

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CAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'Neighbours'

A fascinating political allegorical map published a couple of years before the Second World War. While whimsical in intent, it portends the approaching calamity. With hindsight, the title "Neighbours" is loaded with irony. French & German soldiers are facing off over the Rhine, while the Hitler Youth give a Nazi salute to their leader (possibly Hitler) nearby; in Italy, a Roman soldier and another figure (possibly Mussolini) similarly exchange a Roman - or Fascist - salute. Ominously, two Polish soldiers are positioned back-to-back facing both Germany and Russia. Pairs of civilians are shown in similarly defensive positions in Czechoslovakia, Austria (the Anschluss with Nazi Germany did not occur until 1938), Finland and Romania, reflecting the military threat faced on two fronts. The figures in each of the three Baltic States are looking over their shoulders at the Soviet Union.

DATE PRINTED: 1937

IMAGE SIZE: Approx 28.0 x 43.0cm, 11 x 16.75 inches (Large)

TYPE: Vintage colour pictorial map

CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. This map was originally printed as two separate pages which have been professionally joined to form a single sheet. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. We offer a no questions asked return policy.

AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic historic print, published at the date stated above. It is not a modern copy.

VERSO: There is part of another map printed on the reverse side

ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: H. Alnwick

PROVENANCE: "A Pictorial [Picture] Atlas of the British Isles", by H. Alnwick, published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, Bombay & Sydney

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