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Sorry, I don't.Do you have a better scan? This is a bit hard to read. The main caption reads "A see battle between a aged sailing ship and a young steamer*"
*Steamer-as in steam ship
Sorry, I don't.
What is supposed to be the CSS Virginia with “Wahrheit” [truth] coming out the stack looks more like a union monitor/ ram combination.
for further clarification the Concordat of 1855 was between the Holy See and Austria and led to several changes in a conservative direction.The ram on the steamer is emblazoned with "WITZ" which translates to joke. I'm perplexed. It also seems to have the date on it's hull of 26 Feb.
Now I'm perplexed. The ship is emblazoned with "ULTRAMONTAN" which refers to the Catholic Papacy's ascendancy over other authorities both lay and ecclesiastical. The sails have "CORDAT" which I think refers to a Concordat which is a treaty between the office of the Holy See of the Catholic Church and a nation-state.
I really wish I could read the text below the image.
I suspect this is all a criticism of the Concordat of 1855.
According to German Wikipedia... machine translated... "26 Februar 1861: Emperor Franz Joseph I issues the February patent as a constitution for the whole Austrian monarchy . It solves the October Diploma from from the previous year and regulates the legislation between the emperor and the two chambers of the Imperial Council ." May or may not have some bearing on it.
The ram on the steamer is emblazoned with "WITZ" which translates to joke. I'm perplexed. It also seems to have the date on it's hull of 26 Feb.
Now I'm perplexed. The ship is emblazoned with "ULTRAMONTAN" which refers to the Catholic Papacy's ascendancy over other authorities both lay and ecclesiastical. The sails have "CORDAT" which I think refers to a Concordat which is a treaty between the office of the Holy See of the Catholic Church and a nation-state.
I really wish I could read the text below the image.
I suspect this is all a criticism of the Concordat of 1855.
The text below the image reads:
"Eigenthümer, Verleger und verantwortlicher Redakteur: O. F. Berg. Zeichnungen aus dem Atelier von H. C. Thomayr. Druck von C. Ueberreuter. Papier von Fr. Lorenz Söhne.
--> Hierzu eine Inseraten-Beilage <--
which means:
Owner, publisher and responsible editor: O. F. Berg, Cartoons from the studio of H.C. Thomayr. Printing from C. Ueberreuter. Paper from Fr. Lorenz sons
--> with advertisments enclosed <--
You see, nothing substantial revealed by this text.
No problem, I'm glad to help!Sadly while my German reading skills are fair with roman text, small blurry gothic text defeats me every time.
No problem, I'm glad to help!
No problem, I'm glad to help!
Not really, unfortunately. I was guessing though ...Would you have any insight as to what might have been going on down in Austria at the time that the cartoon might be commenting on?
Not really, unfortunately. I was guessing though ...
You did already find out that it must have something to to with the so-called "Februarpatent", the constitution of Austria dating from Feb. 26th, 1861.
Given this, the modern steamship could be the constitution which attacks the old union between church and emperor ... and the double-headed monster could be the new parliament which consisted of two houses and was surely dreaded by emperor and church ... but this is pure, personal speculation.
I have found in google.books an English text which unfortunately I couldn't copy and paste here, but if you're interested, you can read it for yourself. It seems to explain it a little bit but I don't know enough of history to fully understand the meaning
http://books.google.de/books?id=gr1APibDcQsC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=Februarpatent concordat&source=bl&ots=CG6MRvTfPi&sig=oYhHRmplP80s6tjn8p84FyCmBGk&hl=de&sa=X&ei=xibUUo_TIsWThgfW-4HwCw&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Februarpatent concordat&f=false
If the link doesn't work: I have searched Google with "Februarpatent" and "Concordat" and this was the first hit.
You took all the fun out of it lolThe text below the image reads:
"Eigenthümer, Verleger und verantwortlicher Redakteur: O. F. Berg. Zeichnungen aus dem Atelier von H. C. Thomayr. Druck von C. Ueberreuter. Papier von Fr. Lorenz Söhne.
--> Hierzu eine Inseraten-Beilage <--
which means:
Owner, publisher and responsible editor: O. F. Berg, Cartoons from the studio of H.C. Thomayr. Printing from C. Ueberreuter. Paper from Fr. Lorenz sons
--> with advertisments enclosed <--
You see, nothing substantial revealed by this text.