| Description | On a hill above a town, a woman sits looking at the sky as her son asks questions about the constellations: "Mummy, isn't that Aries the lamb up on the horizon?"Among the stars are two outlines of cod and one of a cow, both of which have been labelled by name (the cow is referred to as 'English') on signs that also say '£ lb'.
[It is likely that the imagery of this cartoon refers to rising prices, particularly for such food items as meat and fish. The concerned-looking housewife peers upwards to images of these products which are literally sky-high in correlating with their rise in price.] (Source: The University of Kent, British Cartoon Archive)
A light sketch has been made of the cow in this cartoon on the back of the paper. |