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| Keywords: Poppy Kurzhessen HumL.png Political cartoon showing a poppy-like royal head The comment says In Kurhessen poppies are becoming ripe already now instead of in August Anyway people are anxious for a harvest Prosecutor filed criminal charges against the editor of the magazine Mr Josef Richard Vilímek Sr for grand treason against Germany then allied with Austria claiming that poppies were harvested by cutting heads with a knife Vilímek successfully counterclaimed by mentioning that only counts have coronets with seven leaves while princes have nine Therefore the cartoon did not relate to the ruler of Kurhessen or any other monarch but rather to unpopular female countesses weilding undue influences on them The story of this picture was published in 1908 in Vilimek's memorials Ze zašlých dob/Z velblouda blecha a to ještě bezzubá in Czech http //archiv ucl cas cz/index php path HumL/4 1861-1862/23/188 png Humoristické listy year 1861-2 issue 23 digitized by Czech Academy of Sciences 1862-03-08 Not mentioned; probably František Karel Kolar 1829-1895 principal illustrator of HumL As the picture was published in 1862 it is almost impossible that the author lived on 01 01 1939 PD-old Humoristické listy 1862 cartoons | ||||
