No Sheet of Paper Shall Come between Me and My People
Isidor Popper · 1848
Why it's great
A cartoon from 1848 mocks the Prussian King Frederick William IV, who said he would not allow a written constitution to come between him and his people. It is one of the satirical prints of the revolutions of 1848 in Germany.
🏛️ Part of history
Independence & Revolutions (1820–1848) (1820–1848) — A cartoon from 1848 mocks the Prussian King Frederick William IV, who said he would not allow a written constitution to come between him and his people.
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Isidor Popper was a German lithographer and cartoonist born in Hildesheim in 1816. He worked in Hamburg, where he made satirical prints, including some about the revolution of 1848. He died in Hamburg in 1884.
