First Things First
A stout John Bull figure in a Union Jack waistcoat and top hat admires himself in a mirror, a cane tied with a ribbon reading The Coronation, while papers on a table behind him are labelled Suez Control, Egypt, U.N. Squabbles, Korea, Mau Maus and Red China Trade. The tell is ridicule by national caricature: the cartoon argues that Britain is preoccupied with the ceremony while pressing questions wait.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- June 1, 1953
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Empire and colonialism, War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743176 (NAID 5743176).
Text on the object
SUEZ CONTROL EGYPT U.N. SQUABBLES KOREA MAU MAUS RED CHINA TRADE The Coronation JIM BERRYMAN
