Soviet Wilderness
date: label: date made
content: circa 1917
label: Associated Date
content: circa 1917
name: label: associated person
content: Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
label: maker
content: Berryman, Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: The object is a political cartoon hand-drawn in ink on white paper by Clifford Berryman in Washington, D.C. It depicts a seated and beleagured bear named "Russia" leaning against a leafless, bare tree with a sign "Posted- Lenin" signifying ownership of the surrounding land with other leafless, bare trees. A bone is on the ground near the bear, who appears too tired to reach the bone, and the bear is saying "Everyone warned me against this Soviet wilderness." Berryman signed the drawing in the lower right area of the illustration.
label: Description
content: This work appears to be a commentary on the political transition from Russia to Soviet Russia which occurred in 1917 with Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin as the founding head.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: associated place
content: Russia
topic: label: general subject association
content: Communism
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miss Florence S Berryman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.322733.042
label: catalog number
content: 322733.042
label: accession number
content: 322733
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cartoon
label: Object Name
content: political cartoon
label: Object Type
content: political cartoons
label: Object Type
content: cartoons
label: Object Type
content: editorial cartoons
label: Object Type
content: Drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: hand-drawn (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 5/16 in x 13 9/16 in; 36.35375 cm x 34.44875 cm