File:As Between Friends (Punch magazine, 13 December 1911, detail).jpg
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A cartoon from the English satirical magazine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_(magazine)" class="extiw" title="w:Punch (magazine)">Punch, or The London Charivari</a>. With the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Bear" class="extiw" title="w:Russian Bear">Russian Bear</a> sitting on the tail of the Persian Cat while the British Lion looks on, it represents a new friendship regarding the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Russian_Entente" class="extiw" title="w:Anglo-Russian Entente">Anglo-Russian Entente</a> of 1907 and their plan to divide Persia. The caption reads: "AS BETWEEN FRIENDS. British Lion (to Russian Bear). 'IF WE HADN'T SUCH A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING I MIGHT ALMOST BE TEMPTED TO ASK WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE WITH OUR LITTLE PLAYFELLOW.'"
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current | 01:01, 6 January 2017 | 437 × 473 (103 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | A cartoon from the English satirical magazine <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_(magazine)" class="extiw" title="w:Punch (magazine)">Punch, or The London Charivari</a></i>. With the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Bear" class="extiw" title="w:Russian Bear">Russian Bear</a> sitting on the tail of the Persian Cat while the British Lion looks on, it represents a new friendship regarding the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Russian_Entente" class="extiw" title="w:Anglo-Russian Entente">Anglo-Russian Entente</a> of 1907 and their plan to divide Persia. The caption reads: "AS BETWEEN FRIENDS. British Lion (<i>to Russian Bear</i>). 'IF WE HADN'T SUCH A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING I MIGHT ALMOST BE TEMPTED TO ASK WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE WITH OUR LITTLE PLAYFELLOW.'" |
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