Tuesday, October 06, 2009

A Political Contradictionary from A to Z

A Political Contradictionary from A to Z at Graphic Witness. "...Most of the decorative initial letters come from 1851 issues of Punch. Often, John Tenneil is the illustrator. His characteristic signature is found in the Letter A. The author William Makepeace Thackery also did illustration work, both for his own books and for Punch. He drew the Letter C. The Letter Q, c. 1451 illustrates a knotty contradiction: two knights engage in battle, but it is the unarmed serfs who are trampled under the horses hooves in the process, an early example of 'collateral damage.'"