2010.54.1660

All is for the best in the possible wars
c. 2006
17.00 in HIGH x 11.00 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.1660


Poster has an image on the left of a drawing of typical men's Rococo style dress. In the face area of the drawing is George W. Bush's face. The figure on the left is holding a rope which is tied around the neck of a man laying on the ground. In the upper right in red is, "All is for the best in the best of possible wars." This poster's title is an obscure (to modern audiences) reference, a twist on the phrase "All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" used by the tutor Pangloss in Voltaire's sarcastic 1759 play Candide. [LMC]
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