Sandarm

Erik Obermann's colored lithograph presents a uniformed military figure holding a curved saber, rendered in bold black outlines against a warm orange ground. The soldier's exaggerated facial features—heavy mustache, angular jaw—employ the caricature conventions of early-twentieth-century Nordic satire. His formal black coat with red collar trim and peaked cap suggest Scandinavian military dress. This print descends from a long tradition of political caricature stretching from Hogarth through Gillray and Daumier to German *Bilderbogen* popular sheets. Such lithographed satires functioned as mass-produced commentary on military culture, nationalism, and political authority. The figure's theatrical pose and physiognomical exaggeration employ visual caricature to critique or celebrate martial values for contemporary viewers.