BAL366864 The United States takes Cuba from Spain, cartoon from ‘Le Rire’, 29th October 1898 (litho) by Puppet (fl.1898); lithograph; Private Collection; (add. info.: On 15th February 1898 the US battleship Maine blew up in Havana harbour; The Spanish-American War that followed saw Spain relinquish sovereignty over Cuba; Quote from the American Press: The American protectorate will be much more beneficial for the Cubans than Spanish colonialism); French, out of copyright