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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Guy Fawkes Would Have Some Talks
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

Guy Fawkes Would Have Some Talks

Artifact ID1973.1.1941
Object Type Cartoon Drawing
Artist (United States, 1912 - 1981)
Gifter
Publisher (founded 1829)
Date ca. February 1965
Medium Ink and developer on Craftint paper
DimensionsOverall H 11 5/8 in x W 17 1/2 in (29.5 cm x 44.5 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionOriginal cartoon drawing. LBJ, dressed as a 17th century cavalier, refuses to join men next to a box ("revision") under a tall building ("UN Charter"). Caption: “Guy Fawkes Would Have Some Talks”. Artist signature lower right: "B. Green”.
Inscriptions and MarkingsHandwritten at lower right: [blue] “Journal Fri” “5 Feb 65”. Handwritten at lower right: “55.5”.
Historical NoteOn Feb. 4, 1965, President Johnson indirectly rebuffed French President Charles de Gaulle’s call for a five-power conference to review the charter of the United Nations. De Gaulle had scarcely finished telling his own press conference in Paris that Communist China should be brought into a meeting with France, Britain, the U.S., and Russia to consider possible changes to the U.N. Charter when Johnson told his own news conference: “The problems of the United Nations are traceable not to the U.N. Charter, but to those countries which have violated either the spirit or the letter of the charter.” This cartoon references the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteThe item was a gift from the general public to President Johnson during his term in office. It was received by President Johnson, until the President donated it to the Lyndon B Johnson Presidential Library in 1973.
Credit LineGift of Lyndon Baines Johnson
National Archives Catalog CollectionLyndon B. Johnson Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 192413)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts from the General Public (National Archives Identifier 189698395)
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - Fully
Use Restriction NoteCopyright or other proprietary rights are held by individuals or entities other than the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum. The LBJ Presidential Library and Museum does not warrant that the use of materials will not infringe on the rights of third parties holding the rights to these works, or make any representations or warranties with respect to the application or terms of any international agreement, treaty, or protections that may apply. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy any copyright or other use restrictions. Pertinent regulations can be found at 36 C.F.R 1254.62.
Person Referenced Charles de Gaulle (France, 1890 - 1970)
Person Referenced Guy Fawkes (Great Britian, 1570 - 1606)
Person Referenced Lyndon Baines Johnson (United States, 1908 - 1973)
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