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JOHN KNOTT, Dallas News
Despite American support for the Egyptian president during the Suez Crisis in 1956 and 1957, cartoonist John Knott pointed a finger at Gamal Nasser. France and England had used Israeli military might to control the Suez Canal. Once Nasser had the canal restored to Egyptian control, he instituted a blockade that halted shipping, inflaming international tensions. Knott, who trained as an artist in Munich, Germany, prior to World War I, worked for the Dallas News as a cartoonist from 1906 to 1957.
John Knott (1878–1963). He Started It, 1957. Published by the Dallas News, February 10, 1957. India ink, crayon, and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature. |