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Deutsch: Das Große Spiel: der afghanische Emir Sher Ali mit seinen „Freunden“ Russland und Großbritannien. Text: “Save me from my friends.” (engl. „Beschütze mich vor meinen Freunden.“)
Español: El Gran Juego: el emir afgano Sher Ali rodeado por el oso ruso y el león británico: "Sálvenme de mis amigos".
Source

Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Published in Punch magazine, 30 November, 1878.
Date

2005-11-27 (original upload date); 30 November, 1878 (date of first publication)
Author

(First uploaded by Tombseye at en.wikipedia; cartoon appears unsigned but may be by George du Maurier (1834-1896)
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(Reusing this image)
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  • 2005-11-27 00:17 Tombseye 321×262×8 (37186 bytes) www.afghanmagazine.com

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current21:26, 18 March 2007321×262 (36 KB)Angusmclellan ({{Information |Description=www.afghanmagazine.com |Source=Originally from [http://en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia]; description page is/was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image%3AGreat_Game_cartoon_from_1878.jpg here]. |Date=2005-11-27 (original)