I volatori. I fiduciosi si lasciano portare in alto al punto che il globo piglia un foro col pericolo di cadere nella padella e dalla padella nelle bragie. Il Papagallo, giornale colorato politico umoristico, n. 43, anno VIII.

Les messieurs qui volent. Les confiants se laissent emporter en haut jusqu á se faire un trou contre la lune avec le danger de tomber dans la poële et de la poële sur la braise. Le perroquet, journal politique charivarique illustré colorié, n. 43, Dimanche 24 Octobre 1880.

The men who fly. The trusting ones who let themselves be carried up where they pique a hole in the moon and risk the danger of falling into the frying pan and from the frying pan into the ember. Political cartoon shows a large balloon ("Politica") in the shape of a man ready to gobble up the moon ("Oriente") defended by a man ("Turco") holding a fork. Other armed men representing the nations of Europe and North Africa are falling off the balloon into the frying pan of war ("Guerra") held by the Roman god Mars ("Marte"). Published in Il Papagallo/Le Perroquet (The Parrot, colorized illustrated political humoristic journal), No. 43, 8th year, Sunday 24 October 1880.

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