Bülow: Austria for Trieste—A Caricature of Imperial Ambition

This hand-colored woodcut or lithograph caricatures Bernhard von Bülow, former German Chancellor, during World War I. The figure's exaggerated features—bulbous nose, sunken cheeks, grasping posture—follow the physiognomic tradition of Gillray and Daumier. The ornate costume signals vanity and aristocratic decay. Created in 1915, the print reflects Central European satirical practice during the Great War. This work descends from the 19th-century Bilderbogen tradition and anticipates the propagandistic cartoons of Weimar Germany.