Bernard Partridge cartoons from Punch magazine
An Autumn Night's Nightmare. Scene 1. Pyramus of USA (on speculation bent)-"Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall, show me thy chink!" Scene II. The Same (after failure of speculation)-"O wicked wall, through whom I see no bliss,cursed be thy stones for thus deceiving me" (A Midsummer Night's Dream, V.1) [Uncle Sam angered at Wall Street]
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![An Autumn Night's Nightmare. Scene 1. Pyramus of USA (on speculation bent)-"Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall, show me thy chink!" Scene II. The Same (after failure of speculation)-"O wicked wall, through whom I see no bliss,cursed be thy stones for thus deceiving me" (A Midsummer Night's Dream, V.1) [Uncle Sam angered at Wall Street]](https://magazine.punch.co.uk/img-get2/I0000PcQSsnS.pTk/fit=1000x750/InterWar-Bernard-Partridge-Cartoons-Punch-1929-11-20-575.jpg)
