for uncertain reasons, and without the knowledge of Andersen, they were sold for scrap. In 1915 he created an allegorical anti-war poster entitled War!: in a pyramidal composition, a crowned Mammon sits on a throne, tossing away the Nation's wealth to an ecstatic crowd clutching sacks marked "War Profits"; a semi-naked Lust caresses him, famine and disease sit at her feet; Justice and Parliament stand bound and gagged; the Lamp of Truth is extinguished by censorship; the Church encourages the slaughter. In the foreground, a bloody river carries away the bodies of the dead while bankers grab the bank deposits of the dead. This poster was displayed in his shop window until he was warned he could be interned without trial under the terms of the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA). The poster was removed from view, but was made into a postcard which sold well. In another allegorical poster titled The Dictator, produced after the end of the war, soldiers returning home are greeted by a fat figure representing Capitalism, seated on a huge sack full of the earnings of others, using a megaphone titled "The Press" to blast out "Propaganda and Misrepresentation" and setting his "Black and Tan" dog onto Ireland; the grave of Liberty and Freedom is trampled over by a truncheon-welding policeman titled DORA; two more fat figures, representing Lloyd George (standing on broken pledges) and the Church, carry a banner titled "Britain's welcome to the Troops" that frames the entrance to a poorhouse. Retirement and death In 1924, his Edinburgh shop was destroyed by fire, everything inside it was lost, and he did not have the funds to repair and restock it. He retired to his castle-like mansion in Balmullo to live in increasing poverty. A final edition of The Satires of Cynicus was published in 1926. In 1930 he wrote "Memoirs of Cynicus", published in 12 instalments in the Glasgow Evening News. He died suddenly on 14 April 1932 and was buried in the Martin family grave in Tayport Old Churchyard. The funeral was never paid for and his grave is unmarked, without a tombstone. His mansion in Balmullo was extensively vandalised after his death. References Sources External links A selection of 1870s paintings by Martin Anderson 1880s sketch of Martin Anderson by Alick Ritchie Scottish artists Scottish editorial cartoonists British humorists Postcard artists People from Leuchars People educated at Madras College