19th Century Humorous Illustrations

Colorful satirical prints reflecting 19th-century social life, depicting humorous interactions among characters, often with animals involved.

Four o'clock in the country , Waking, Clothing & dress, Dogs, Children, Spouses. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Diana in the straw : Or a treat for the Quornites , Reading, Hunters, Dogs, Foxes. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

How d'ye do. Artist: Earlier state, possibly by Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Plate: 5 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (14.2 × 24.4 cm)Sheet: 6 7/8 × 10 5/8 in. (17.4 × 27 cm). Publisher: Samuel William Fores (British, 1761-1838); Earlier state published by E. Jackson (London). Date: April 10, 1792. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Miseries of Human Life: While Deep in Study and Lost in Thought in the Complicated Profession of a Taylor and All on a Sudden Disturbed by the Shrieks of a Woman Crying Cucumbers October 1807 Nicolaus Heideloff British. Miseries of Human Life: While Deep in Study and Lost in Thought in the Complicated Profession of a Taylor and All on a Sudden Disturbed by the Shrieks of a Woman Crying Cucumbers. Miseries of Human Life. Nicolaus Heideloff (German, Stuttgart 1761-1837 The Hague). October 1807. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Summer amusement : Bugg hunting , Insects, Pest control, Beds. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Husband holding off his angry wife with mop. A bottle of gin on the windowsill and a sign reading Conjugal Felicity a Romance. A Stag at Bay. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson to accompany Reverend James Beresfords Miseries of Human Life, Ackermann, 1808.

Scotch cleanliness ni vide cottagers of Glenburnie , Dwellings, Cats, Dogs, Accidents, Smoke, Fireplaces. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Four o'clock in the country , Waking, Clothing & dress, Dogs, Children, Spouses. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Studious Gluttons October 1788 Samuel Alken. Studious Gluttons. After Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). October 1788. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Prints

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Fox-hunting a pair: 1. Four O'Clock in the Country, 1788. Aquatint, hand-colored.

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, Illustrations from Mr. Lambkin, plate 17, undated. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

A Visit to the Uncle December 20, 1794 Thomas Rowlandson. A Visit to the Uncle. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). December 20, 1794. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. S. W. Fores (London). Prints

In I go Jones , Intoxication, Dogs, Arrivals & departures. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Cries of London, No. 2: Buy my Goose, my fat Goose January 1, 1799 Henri Merke. Cries of London, No. 2: Buy my Goose, my fat Goose. Cries of London. Henri Merke (Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760-after 1820). January 1, 1799. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. R. Ackermann (active 1794-1829). Prints

Satire of Elizabeth Farren and Lord Derby by James Gillray, Copper engraving, watercolour, 1796, 1757-1815, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 35, 5x25, 4

Rabelais's quarter of an hour at the Palais-Royal. ... (registered title)

A dandy making a call , Visiting. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Studious Gluttons Published 1788 England. Hand-colored etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper . Thomas Rowlandson

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, Presentation of the Mahometan Credentials - or - The Final Resource of French Atheists (from: Caricature, vol. 2), 1793. Etching, hand-colored.

Justice. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London); After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (26.6 × 20.9 cm)Plate: 9 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (24.2 × 19.7 cm). Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Series/Portfolio: Country Characters. Date: August 30, 1799. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Grog on Board. Dated: 1789. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Thomas Rowlandson.

Miseries of human life, 'Inviting a friend' , Servants, Food, Dogs, Odors. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The Cow-Pock- or- The Wonderful Effects of the New Innoculation!. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1802. Dimensions: 234 × 338 mm (image); 252 × 347 mm (plate); 270 × 387 mm (sheet). Etching with hand-coloring on cream wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Print made by Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, Washing the Blackamoor, 1795. Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

Careless Attention February 1, 1789 Thomas Rowlandson A man with gout is seated by the fire at left, while the kettle overflows and scalds him. The table at his left has toppled over, with dishes broken on the ground. At right, his nurse is distracted by her lover who embraces her in the doorway.. Careless Attention. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). February 1, 1789. Hand-colored etching. J. Griggs. Prints

The Mother's Hope May 21, 1808 Thomas Rowlandson. The Mother's Hope. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). May 21, 1808. Hand-colored etching. Prints

Grog on Board 1789 Thomas Rowlandson. Grog on Board. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1789. Hand-colored etching. Prints

Cries of London, No. 5 : Water cresses, come buy my water cresses , Peddlers, Vegetables. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

A bonnet shop , Clothing stores, Hats, Sales personnel, Interiors. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Parisian binettes by H. Demare / N ° 7 / The useful news

No 79 / Lest Ministry DYAqué du Cholera Morbus. (Ti)

The great heartache of Monseigneur. (IT)

Baron, we ask you [... (registered title) | Travel for eternity. (title of all)

Kicking Up a Breeze or Barrow Women Basting a Beadle February 10, 1814 Thomas Rowlandson A beadle grasps onto the side of an overturned wheelbarrow, from which black puddings, a basket, and scales have fallen onto the ground. A woman grabs the man's nose and prepares to punch him.Another woman prepares to hit him with a basket at right. Spectators watch amusedly.. Kicking Up a Breeze or Barrow Women Basting a Beadle. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). February 10, 1814. Hand-colored etching; reprint. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Twere well to spare me two or three, out of your numerous family - From The English Dance of Death

A Bonnet Shop May 15, 1810 Thomas Rowlandson A shopkeeper with a hat in each hand converses with an elderly woman wearing a similar hat. A child holding a rattle looks up at them at left, a plump woman wearing a bonnet sits at center, and a group of young women make bonnets in the background. Many groups of hats hang overhead in the shop.. A Bonnet Shop. "Tegg's Caricatures". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). May 15, 1810. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Όμήρου Όδυσσέια. Ή Πηνελόπη φέρει εις τού μνητήρας τόξον τού Όδυσσέως - Homère Odyssée. Pénélope porte à ses prétendants l'arc d'Ulysse , Supernatural beings, Queens, Bows Weapons, Penelope Greek mythological character. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

I think the little old makes us ask ... (IT)

The Poor Poet, by Kotzebue Gallerie Droller Scenen to the theater newspaper, rd year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756 - 1827 ), A Militia Meeting, probably 1799, hand-colored etching, Rosenwald Collection

5 / You know ... fricando .. will not touch it! ... (IT)

Macassar Oil, An Oily Puff for Soft Heads March 15, 1814 Thomas Rowlandson An portly, elderly, bald man sits in an armchair while a shopman pours oil from a bottle on to his scalp, with the intent of helping his hair grow back. A cap inscribed "Fools Cap" is on the ground at right. Behind them at right, a woman with her hair standing on end looks in horror at her reflection in a mirror.. Macassar Oil, An Oily Puff for Soft Heads. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). March 15, 1814. Hand-colored etching. Prints

Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (1765-1833); C.w. Eckersberg (1783-1853), ancient - Nutid No. 1, (1815)

The Double Disaster, or New Cure for Love. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 1/8 in. (21.8 × 28.3 cm). Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Date: October 1807. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The imperial family at the Leopolds II death bed, died on March , Johann Hieronymus Deleteenkohl -, publishing house

Ragotin at the surgeon, Gabriel Huquier, Jean -Baptiste Oudy, 1705 - 1772 print publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving (SCARRON, ROMAN COMIQUE) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). barber; surgeon

Causeries du soir, from La vie de chteau, Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871, Eugène Louis Lami, French, 1800 - 1890, Lami-Denozan Libraire, French, active 19th c., Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, Two men on a scarlet couch, right, and two women in armchairs, left. A third woman lighting a candle, left. Title and artists' names below., Paris, France, 1832, Print, Print

Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville, The Ailing Cricket, 1829 The Ailing Cricket

Illustrations from Mr. Lambkin, plate 15, Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, undated, Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Palette painter paints a door, Edme Jean Pigal, 1825 on the direction of older man print Paris paper closed door. working situations ~ painter

The skeleton of Death guides a group of tourists through the Catacombs in Paris. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Patriotic devideuse (IT)

Two men for the window of a print trade, Anonymous, After George Moutard Woodward, 1806 print Pastor 'Parson Puzzle-Text' and voluntary military 'Captain Ruiz' see in the shop window of a print commercial print prints of themselves. Their response can be read in two speech bubbles. Next to them, two dogs look at the shop window. paper etching shop-window, show-window. art dealer (+ graphic arts). political caricatures and satires. dog. functionaries and dignitaries ~ episcopal Protestant churches. private soldier. print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph

London, Dolby, Thomas, England, Cruikshank, Robert Isaac, The cradle hymn. New version. Eight edition, Cartoon on King George IV, 1820, verso - stamped, 1820. The king is represented as a large child in a cradle, cared for and rocked. Below the plate a song in twelve verses., print, cartoon, prints, cartoons, English cartoons, height 445 mm, width 283 mm, English, 1789-08-27 - 1856-03-13, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1820, paper, etching, etchings, hand colouring, letterpress printing, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Art of Ingeniously Tormenting. Artist: After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 9/16 in. (20.7 × 16.7 cm). Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Date: 1808. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Rural Sports, or a Pleasant Way of Making Hay Thomas Rowlandson British June 20, 1814 A scene in a hayfield, with two men and two girls romping on the ground, while two other girls prepare to smother them in hay. In the background at right, girls with pitchforks stand by a large wagon laden with hay. View more. Rural Sports, or a Pleasant Way of Making Hay. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). June 20, 1814. Hand-colored etching. Prints

Gihaut Frères (n. - d.), The son of the farmer (registered title (letter)). Lithography colored on woven paper. Balzac house.

The morning of goinfre. ... / February 15, 1840 / 3rd year. (Registered Title) | Ridiculous Modes Bulletin. (IFF 13) (Title of the whole)

Caretaker, Illustration from Vienna and the Viennese, in pictures from life, edited by Adalbert Stifter, Pest

The treasure shown from darkness (IT)

The skeleton of Death paints a portrait of an Alderman, while his young servant girl flirts with a gallant artist behind the screen. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Amsterdam, Maaskamp, Evert, Kuyper, Jacques, Netherlands, Portman, Ludwig Gottlieb, A Tappers-vrouw en Aanspreker, Aanspreker, A tapper (announcer) announces the death of someone to a housewife in the doorway of a wine house. On the sign: Vry Wyn. Part of the reduced copies from 1806 after the plates of Dutch costumes from the years 1803-1807., print, picture, book illustration, costume print, books, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 125 mm, width 88 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1772-06-14 - 1828, print maker, printmaker, 1806 - 1806, paper, papier, stippelets, etching, hand colouring, 1761-06-29 - 1808-06-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, supervision, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1769-09-27 - 1834-01-31, publisher

Three weeks after marriage : Or the great little Emperor playing at Bo-Peep , Rulers, Fighting, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847, Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The morning / n ° 3. (Registered title) | The castle life. (title of all)

unknown artist, Printed Cotton Gowns Defended!, 1801. Etching, hand-colored.

The shaver and the shavee , Barbers, Barbershops, Shaving, Wigs. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Oh! Listen to the Voice of Love. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1799. Dimensions: 185 × 210 mm (image); 200 × 250 mm (plate); 230 × 260 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Nursing the Spawn of a Tyrant April 14, 1811 Thomas Rowlandson Marie Louise recoils from her infant son, seated in her lap, who threatens her with a dagger. Napoleon hides behind a curtain at right. A bishop at left raises a goblet inscribed "Composing Draught" to the Empress.. Nursing the Spawn of a Tyrant. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). April 14, 1811. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

March and Venus surprised by Vulcan. (registered title) | Mythological gallery. (title of all)

Open-air cafZ selling coffee for 1 or 2 sous per cup, engraving after Restoration era (early 19th century) French original

DALI Salvador(1904-1989) What a golden beak! Capricho-53 1977 Based on Capricho Francisco Goya's etchings etching 39x31

Comment se termine...une conversation conjugale. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

African enslaved person Congo distressed to be freed by his master Stewart 3, and Congo junior struggling to learn the alphabet 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Eliza Rotch Farrars The Adventures of Congo in Search of his Master, J. Harris and Son, London, 1823. Eliza Farrar, 1791-1870, was the daughter of a Nantucket whaling family who white several childrens books.

The Prodigal Son Revelling with Harlotsy. Dated: 1814. Dimensions: image: 31.75 × 24.45 cm (12 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 36.67 × 27.94 cm (14 7/16 × 11 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: AMOS DOOLITTLE.

Hero's recruiting at Kelsey's or Guard Day at St. James's, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver, London, engraving 1797, Two officers, on a tall, lanky, elderly man and the other a child, sit facing each other eating sweets at a confectioner's. A third officer, fat and knock-kneed, stands guard in the doorway. The windows of the shop are full of various fruits and sweets.

The Chance Seller of the Exchequer Putting an Extinguisher on Lotteries September 18, 1823 Thomas Rowlandson Frederick John Robinson, wearing his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, places an extinguisher on the head of Fortune, who sits atop a globe. She hands out a paper inscribed "Ticket £20 000" to a rambunctious crowd at left.. The Chance Seller of the Exchequer Putting an Extinguisher on Lotteries. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). September 18, 1823. Hand-colored etching. John Fairburn (British, active 1789-1840). Prints

Thomas Rowlandson, The Disappointed Epicures, 1787 The Disappointed Epicures

Sorrow's Dry or a Cure for the Heart Ache. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 13/16 × 8 15/16 in. (32.5 × 22.7 cm). Date: 1811. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Johnny interrupts an argument between guests at a party in a Regency parlour. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combe's The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax, Ackermann, London, 1822.

Doctor Syntax with My Lord, early 19th century.Artist: Thomas Rowlandson

Burning a man's eyes with lime. Mason, George Henry. Wilson, William, active 1811-1839. Prints, Illustrations. 1804. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Punishment & torture, Criminal justice, Administration of, Clothing & dress, Manners & customs, China

Heating. / 5

Heard, 1696 A group of listeners has gathered for two singers. Leaf 81 Recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets. paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush hearing, listening (one of the five senses)

Le primtemps à Paris. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Nap and His Friends in their Glory October 1, 1813 Thomas Rowlandson. Nap and His Friends in their Glory. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). October 1, 1813. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

A London dentist extracting a tooth from a woman's mouth; her female companion and the dentist's black servant-boy are present. Coloured mezzotint after Robert Dighton, ca. 1784.

Cat Like Courtship, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and gray ink, pen and red-brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm) and Mount: 11 5/8 × 9 3/4 inches (29.5 × 24.8 cm), cats (domestic cats), courtship, dress (in general), genre subject, man, woman

Land stores , Military officers, Hugging. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Henry Monnier (1805-1877). "Theatrical gallery - a home". Engraving. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 74563-1 Foyer, gallery theatral, gravy

Scotch training for a milling match , Cookery, Fireplaces, Dogs, Defecation. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

English gentleman lighting his nightshirt on fire with a candle. John Mytton, drunk, tried to cure his hiccoughs by setting his clothes on fire. He was saved by two men in his bedroom. Damn this hiccup! Chromolithographic facsimile of an illustration by Henry Thomas Alkenfrom Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton by Nimrod aka Charles James Apperley, Kegan Paul, London, 1900.

'Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby', 1889. Artist: John Tenniel.

Vous allez voir!...ça va arrêter le sang.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Oliver asking for more. 19th century illustration from Charles Dickens Oliver Twist. Illustration by George Cruishank (1792-1878)

Les Metamorphoses duJour. Artist: Pierre Langlumé, French, born 1790, active 1822-40

The leaders of opposition as conspirators and supporters of the French Revolution

A Tournament Contest. Unknown

Speaker, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, after Jacques Kuyper, 1806 A speaker (STEMENGER) communicates the death of someone to a housewife in the doorway of a winery. On the sign: Vry Wyn. Part of the reduced copies from 1806 to the records of Dutch traditional costumes from the years 1803-1807. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching A speaker (STEMENGER) communicates the death of someone to a housewife in the doorway of a winery. On the sign: Vry Wyn. Part of the reduced copies from 1806 to the records of Dutch traditional costumes from the years 1803-1807. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching

A noble woman at her toilette in the era of Marie Antoinette, 18th century France. A hairdresser with a powder puff fixes the woman's huge pouffe hair-do. The woman sits holding a lap dog. La France au 18me Siecle. Smithsonian-process colour print after Art Deco master George Barbier from Richard le Galliennes Romance of Perfume, Hudnut, New York, 1928.

Cartoon on Caleb Whitefoord; The Witty Wine Merchant. The wine dealer and writer Caleb Whitefoord stands in a hall with nude portraits, in his left hand and a catalog, with his right hand he holds a monocle for his eye.

There Hands Can Tell, Elias Martin, 1739-1818, Swedish, 1778

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