Koorekihi kevad (Early Spring)

This Estonian ink cartoon depicts a woman and child at a table, the woman's exaggerated features and patterned dress rendered in bold line work characteristic of early 20th-century caricature. The accompanying text lists occupations and nationalities—"Parisian, Londoner, Viennese, Berliner, Prague resident"—targeting cosmopolitan, urban figures as subjects of satire. The work descends from the long tradition of European political caricature established by Hogarth and Gillray, which used physiognomy and social type to mock contemporary figures. The cartoon documents how cartooning functioned as popular commentary on urbanization and national identity in interwar Estonia.