Poor Buffer, 1878. Artist Joseph Swain
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Poor Buffer, 1878. Artist Joseph Swain
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Drawing - Illustration
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Poor Buffer, 1878. The Ameer of Afghanistan, holding a tiny shield and raised sword, straddles the buffers of a Russian steam train. Russia was important to the British Empire because she bordered Afghanistan. The Russian train is heading towards Turkey which, being independent, had been seen as a 'buffer state' between Russia and British interests in the Eastern Mediterranean. However, as Turkish power waned and Russian ambition grew, Turkey was increasingly a 'Poor Buffer', with Russian encroachment giving the Ameer of Afghanistan a route through previously secure areas. The lines below are: 'Danger signals up. Prospect of Collision at the Afghan Junction'. At the bottom are some lines from Shakespeare's Hamlet. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 19, 1878. (Photo by The Cartoon Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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January 28th, 2021
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