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Erotic helplessness : a study of the history of the Damsel in Distress theme in art

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Naraku said:
More propaganda; this time from WWI.
I believe this is from a French magazine, artist unknown.
It shows the beastly Germany threatening bound females representing three regions. I find the choices rather odd though. Alsace-Lorraine is a disputed area on the Franco-German border so its an obvious one. But, Poland was part of the Russian Empire, which was allied to France, and Bulgaria was an ally of Germany.
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Poland after the third partition was divided between Russia, Prussia and Austria-Hungary. In fact, during the First World War, the Poles fought against the Poles. Indeed, one may not understand which part of Poland is being referred to in the cartoon: the one that belongs to Germany or the one that belongs to Russia.
 
Naraku said:
Revolutionary War Propaganda.
A 1774 cartoon engraving by Paul Revere, who contributed more as an engraver than as a horseman. A protest against the Tea Tax, it depicts America as an Indian maiden.
I like the look of the guy holding her feet...and lifting her skirt.
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We are talking about the American Revolution. The French revolutionaries were much more gallant...!
 
RedOrc said:
The first two look like the Drownings at Nantes. A favourite trick was to tie a naked priest to a naked nun, declare them married and throw them in the river!
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Indeed they are.
Between November 1793 and September 1794, thousands of men, women and children (not depicted here) were drowned in the Loire by revolutionary leader Jean-Baptiste Carrier. After the fall of his patron Robespierre, Carrier was tried and guillotined in December 1794.
 
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