Content note: Ridicule caricature of a political figure kneeling with a rosary at swordpoint. This object is shown as it was published. Why

Ultimo acto d'um valente (Last Act of a 'Brave Man'), 1918 Portuguese Republic postcard: A colour postcard shows

Ultimo acto d'um valente (Last Act of a 'Brave Man'): Sidónio Pais and Afonso Costa

A colour postcard shows a caricatured Afonso Costa kneeling with clasped hands, a rosary and a cross-shaped decoration before a uniformed Sidónio Pais who points a sword at him; the only caption is the ironic 'Ultimo acto d'um valente'. The tell is the sarcastic label 'valente' (brave) laid over a kneeling, pleading figure, ridiculing a fallen rival.

Propaganda techniques used in this postcard

Name-calling

Date: 1918
Period: First World War
Made by: Publisher and artist not identified on the postcard (pro-Sidónio Pais political postcard)

Full record

Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Theme, Source, Rights

Region: Western and Central Europe
Country: Portuguese Republic
Medium: Postcard
Issuer type: Mixed
Regime: Sidonio Pais Government
Leader: Sidonio Pais
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Theme: Elections and party politics
Source: Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source: Wikimedia Commons, retrieved September 29, 2026
Rights: Public domain (anonymous postcard published 1918, before 1931; PD-old per Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous postcard, Portugal, 1918; Casa Comum (Fundação Mário Soares), via Wikimedia Commons