Keywords: Witold Rolla-Piekarski - Zarzavat regal, Furnica, 4 dec 1908.JPG en Zarzavat regal The Royal Vegetable Garden political cartoon in the Romanian magazine Furnica A joke about Carol I King of Romania who made ample use of his royal prerogative to appoint ministers and topple cabinets Carol is pictured here with an apron a rake and a watering can addressing a tailcoat-wearing Ioan Kalinderu his real-life confidant and estate administrator Speaking in his supposedly thick German accent Carol tells his servant Tomn Kalinderu înveleÅŸte bine la ei ÅŸi bagi di seamă ca opoziÅ£ia să nu rascoleÅŸti gunoi că îngheaţă zarzavat ÅŸi pe urmă trebue să schimbi la el Iarna foarte scump asta zarzavat politic Mr Kalideru tuck zem tight up und make tschure zat ze opposition not go trough ze garbage zo zat ze fegetables vreeze over and zen you must be vinding niew ones In vinter zese fegetables tschure are expenseef <br>Pictured at their feet in the guise of vegetables are several of the leading National Liberal Party politicians of 1908 recognizable by their features and the humorous captions on their placards Dimitrie Sturdza the Prime Minister is Digitalis magneticus from his alias Omul cu degetul magnetic Man with magnetic finger the beet-headed one-eyed figure at the bottom right Ion I C Brătianu the Internal Affairs Minister is Dovlecel de Florica Florica Courgette - after his estate in ArgeÅŸ County Vasile MorÅ£un of Public Works is ArdeiÅ roÅŸu “ Sotir Red Pepper “ Sotir in reference to MorÅ£un's former leadership of the socialist club Sotir Finance Minister Emil Costinescu is CuiÅŸoare Cloves but more literally Little Nails Toma Stelian of the Justice Ministry is Toma ta Juridica i e Judicial Toma to Alexandru Averescu the Minister of War is Patlagica belicosa Bellicose Yellow Pear Tomato but also Bellicose Schnoz Anton Carp of Agriculture is Carpanosus somniferus Alexandru Djuvara of Industry and Commerce is a radish Radix Gardorita 1908-12-04 Furnica 221/1908 available through the Bucharest City Library http //digitool dc bmms ro 8881/R/3YEN91RDQHN2LLAT98CMIIVH6GP3F19S45D2I6YYIM6AN3KQEN-00734 func search DacoRomanica archive Creator Witold Rolla-Piekarski Custom license marker 2013 02 16 PD-old-auto 1909 Uploaded with UploadWizard Witold Rolla-Piekarski Furnica magazine Caricatures of Carol I of Romania Caricatures of Alexandru Averescu Caricatures of Ion I C Brătianu Caricatures of Emil Costinescu Caricatures of Vasile MorÅ£un Caricatures of Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza 1908 cartoons 1900s political cartoons 1908 in politics 1908 in Romania Vegetables in art |