The American Juggernaut mb-code LMG123042 1638 (1809)

1638 (1809)

The lady of the house shows a benevolent gentleman visitor where her housemaid sleeps

21st August 1971

written by dog owner Barbara Woodhouse of Croxley Green

The American Juggernaut mb-code LMG123042 1638 (1809)'The American Juggernaut', 1864. This cartoon depicts the horror of war. The old definition of 'juggernaut' is a huge, unstoppable object. Here, that object is the contemporary machinery of warfare, driven on its way by the spirits of Death and crushing anything and anyone in its path. By this time, the Civil War appeared to have gained a momentum of its own, and the numbers of dead and wounded was very high. This cartoon emphasises the human cost of