{"product_id":"9781851244164","title":"Ye Berlyn Tapestrie: John Hassall's Satirical First World War Panorama","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the devastation of German-occupied Belgium awakened Britain to the horrors of the Great War, a group of English cartoonists responded to these events with characteristic black humor. Among the most inventive responses was advertising artist John Hassall’s \u003ci\u003eYe Berlyn Tapestrie, \u003c\/i\u003ean ambitious red-and-black panorama measuring thirty panels and more than fifteen feet and modeled after the famous \u003ci\u003eBayeux Tapestry\u003c\/i\u003e, which recorded William the Conqueror’s invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings. \u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYe Berlyn Tapestrie \u003c\/i\u003eadapts the format of the \u003ci\u003eBayeux Tapestry\u003c\/i\u003e to depict Kaiser Wilhelm II’s invasion of Luxembourg and Belgium. Hassall takes every opportunity to lampoon the German army, who are seen looting homes, marching shamefully through the streets behind women and children, drinking copious amounts of wine, and producing gas from sauerkraut and Limburger cheese. With comic inventiveness, Hassall has appended to the borders of the original\u003ci\u003e Bayeux Tapestry\u003c\/i\u003e stereotypical objects which the British public would have associated their enemy, from schnitzel to sausages, pilsners, and wild boar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating example of war-induced farce, \u003ci\u003eYe Berlyn Tapestrie\u003c\/i\u003e became itself a source of inspiration for later works, including wildly popular parodies of World War II in the \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e More recently, award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco has adopted the format for his \u003ci\u003eThe Great War,\u003c\/i\u003e which chronicles the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The \u003ci\u003eTapestrie \u003c\/i\u003eis here presented in its entirety along with an introduction that sets out the historical conditions of its creation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodleian Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039323865328,"sku":"9781851244164","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781851244164_p0.jpg?v=1763596425","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781851244164","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}