Italian Political Cartoon Of Circus Performers Desk Mat

Italian political cartoon showing circus performers getting ready to put on a show, the ringmaster Signor Antonio, labeled Austria, announces that the audience is waiting for them. A clown with a bell is labeled Inglese, he is leaning over a small trampoline labeled Trattato Di Santo Stefano. The band leader labeled Russ is flirting with a young woman labeled Conferenz, who is holding a riding crop. A dog lying at her feet is labeled Turco, and Otto von Bismarck, as the lion tamer, is standing on the right. There are circus animals in the background; a goat labeled Grecia, an elephant, labeled Egitto, is holding a ring labeled Suez with his trunk, two monkeys are labeled Serbia and Rumenia, and the show horses are labeled Dardanell, Malta, Gibilterre, Bosfaro and Egeo.