Content note: Period humour-press cartoon in which a figure is drawn as a solid black silhouette with white eyes and lips, beside garments labelled with named politicians. This object is shown as it was published. Why
A Choldra no. 14, cover "Antes de aparecer em publico" (Lisbon, 1 May 1926)
Cover of A Choldra no. 14, 1 May 1926, a self-described 'republican weekly of combat and criticism of national life'. The cartoon shows a figure in a dressing room beside discarded garments labelled with the names of named public figures and with 'Impostos' (taxes), a cigar marked 'Regie' and the caption calling the government 'o tragico palhaço governamental' (the tragic government clown). The tell is the loaded label 'clown' applied to a government and the name-tagged props standing in for argument.
- Date
- May 1, 1926
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- A Choldra, Lisbon republican weekly (director Eduardo de Sousa; owner-administrator José Valentim; cover cartoon signed Eduardo Fa[...])
- Country
- Portuguese Republic
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Media
- Leader
- Bernardino Machado
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Techniques
- Name-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons file page citing Hemeroteca Digital, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Portugal 1926, pre-1931; Commons CC0, Hemeroteca Digital Lisboa)
A Choldra, no. 14, 1 May 1926, cover; Hemeroteca Digital, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, via Wikimedia Commons (File:A Choldra, N.º 14, 1 de Maio de 1926, capa HD.jpg)
Text on the object
A Choldra Semanario republicano de combate e de critica á vida nacional Ano I — Num. 14 Preço 1 Escudo Telefone: Trindade 527 Director — Eduardo de Sousa Proprietario-Administrador — José Valentim Editor — Henrique Jorge Didelet Red. e Administ. — R. do Poço dos Negros, 86, 3.º — LISBOA 1 de Maio de 1926 Oficinas Graficas Rua do Seculo, 150 ANTES DE APARECER EM PUBLICO [labels in the drawing] O CASACO DO SR. MANUEL PINTO DE AZEVEDO — O COLETE DO SR. JOÃO ULRICH [on the waistcoat:] CUNHA LEAL, AGATÃO LANÇA — AS CALÇAS DO ZÉ [on the trousers:] IMPOSTOS — REGIE [on the cigar] — O CHAPÉU DO SR. C. DA SILVA — O GUARDA-CHUVA DO SR. LINO NETO — PERSONALIDADE JURIDICA DA IGREJA [partly illegible] — Eduardo Fa[illegible] O tragico «palhaço» governamental no guarda-roupa dos seus interesses
A Choldra Republican weekly of combat and of criticism of national life Year I — No. 14 Price 1 escudo Telephone: Trindade 527 Director — Eduardo de Sousa Owner-Administrator — José Valentim Editor — Henrique Jorge Didelet Editorial and administrative office — Rua do Poço dos Negros 86, 3rd floor — LISBON 1 May 1926 Printing works, Rua do Século 150 BEFORE APPEARING IN PUBLIC [labels in the drawing] MR MANUEL PINTO DE AZEVEDO'S JACKET — MR JOÃO ULRICH'S WAISTCOAT [on the waistcoat:] CUNHA LEAL, AGATÃO LANÇA — ZÉ'S TROUSERS [on the trousers:] TAXES — REGIE [on the cigar] — MR C. DA SILVA'S HAT — MR LINO NETO'S UMBRELLA — LEGAL PERSONALITY OF THE CHURCH [partly illegible] — Eduardo Fa[illegible] The tragic government 'clown' in the wardrobe of his interests
Read from the 1280 px cover image. The small hand-lettered labels inside the drawing are partly illegible at this size (the waistcoat inscription, the hat owner's initial and the umbrella owner's name are the least certain readings); the artist's signature is cut off by the frame and is not expanded.
