Uneasy lies the head...?
A crowned lion standing on a map of Britain looks back in alarm at its own tail, labelled 'Colonial Interests', which is knotted at three points marked 'Hong Kong', 'Suez' and 'Cyprus'. The cartoon argues that these holdings are a source of trouble for Britain; fear-appeal is a weak fit, as the harm is implied through the knots rather than a prescribed remedy.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- October 13, 1956
- 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
- 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, 5743234 (NAID 5743234).
Text on the object
COLONIAL INTERESTS HONG KONG SUEZ CYPRUS BRITAIN JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
