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Cartoon - Alas! Another of Childhood's Beautiful Ideals Shattered | McCord Museum
Hélas! Un autre des grands idéaux de l'enfance qui s'effondre
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Hélas! Un autre des grands idéaux de l'enfance qui s'effondre
You can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Need more information about image licensing or a higher resolution image? Read our Photographic Services and Copyright page.

Cartoon

Alas! Another of Childhood's Beautiful Ideals Shattered
Artist (1870-1941)
SignatureL.r., A. G. Racey
InscriptionsWritten in pencil below cartoon: Even the picturesque cannibal, tales of whose doings thrilled us in youth, succumbs to the march of civilization. "Long-pig will soon be a thing of the past in cannibal lands, owing to the adoption of modern habits of civilization. Natives with former pronounced cannabilistic tastes now farm, fish, mine, trade and manufacture". Missionary report.
Date 1920-1935
Medium / Technique Ink and graphite
Dimensions53.3 x 35.6 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberM2005.23.302
DivisionDocumentary Art
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Susan Racey Godber and Margaret Racey Stavert
Status
Not on view

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