? Photograph by Edith Tudor-Hart
Poodle Parlour, London
Photographed about 1936 - 1937
This photograph was published alongside `Gee Street, Finsbury, London? (PGP 279.32B) in the satirical magazine `Lilliput? in 1939, offering a comparison between the living conditions of the urban poor and the care lavished on pets by their wealthy owners. The juxtaposition made a simple political point and encouraged the viewer to think about the unequal organisation of society. This was a rhetorical technique common in left-wing illustrated journals on the Continent. The Austrian magazine, `Der Kuckuck?, had published a similar story in 1931 comparing the living conditions of the Berlin poor with the more salubrious accommodation of the city?s dog home.
