Italian Political Cartoon Of Circus Performers Desk Mat

Italian political cartoon showing circus performers getting ready to put on a show, the ringmaster Signor Antonio, labelled Austria, announces that the audience is waiting for them. A clown with a bell is labelled Inglese, he is leaning over a small trampoline labelled Trattato Di Santo Stefano. The band leader labelled Russ is flirting with a young woman labelled Conferenz, who is holding a riding crop. A dog lying at her feet is labelled Turco, and Otto von Bismarck, as the lion tamer, is standing on the right. There are circus animals in the background; a goat labelled Grecia, an elephant, labelled Egitto, is holding a ring labelled Suez with his trunk, two monkeys are labelled Serbia and Rumenia, and the show horses are labelled Dardanell, Malta, Gibilterre, Bosfaro and Egeo.