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The Rhodes Colossus
| The Rhodes Colossus | |
|---|---|
 Cecil Rhodes striding from Cairo to Cape Town | |
| Artist | Edward Linley Sambourne, Punch |
| Year | 1892 |
| Subject | Cecil Rhodes |
The Rhodes Colossus is an editorial cartoon illustrated by English cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne and published by Punch magazine in 1892. The cartoon depicts British business magnate Cecil Rhodes as a giant straddling over Africa holding a telegraph line grounded at the northern and southern ends of the continent, a reference to his desire to build a "Cape to Cairo" rail and telegraph line connecting most of the British colonies in Africa.[1] It is a visual pun of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- ^ Crossette, Barbara (13 November 1983). "AN AFRICAN JOURNEY, FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO (Published 1983)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
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