← Artworks

19th Century Social Commentary

Humorous and critical illustrations of societal norms and family life, characterized by vibrant colors and detailed scenes from the early 1800s.

Frontispiece to Reflections on the French revolution, engraving 1790, Edmund Burke on bended knee as though proposing to a vision which appears before him of Marie Antoinette, while a cherub touches his head with a firebrand emitting the sparks of romance.
Frontispiece to Reflections on the French revolution, engraving 1790, Edmund Burke on bended knee as though proposing to a vision which appears before him of Marie Antoinette, while a cherub touches his head with a firebrand emitting the sparks of romance.
141 assets in this story
4443-20313694
L'assemblee nationale or grand cooperation meeting at St. Ann's Hill. Respectfully dedicated to the admirers of A Broad-Bottom'd Administration, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist, London : Published by H. Humphrey, 1804 June 18., 1 print : etching, hand-colored., Print shows a reception given by Charles James Fox and wife for various groups and friends of the Prince of Wales, all opposed to the government.
6145-29224660
The Political Death and Last Will and Testament of Johnny Mac-Cree April 28, 1805 Thomas Rowlandson. The Political Death and Last Will and Testament of Johnny Mac-Cree. April 28, 1805. Hand-colored etching. Prints
6145-29948930
The Etrenne du Bonnet Louis-Philibert Debucourt (1755-1832), awarded. "The bonnet bitch". Engraving (color aquatint).
6145-30161554
Stealing the Preserves 1815-1820 England. Pen and red and black ink, with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper tipped onto cream wove paper . Thomas Rowlandson
4408-18964
Mrs. Blaize always lent to the Poor from her pawn shop, Randolph Caldecott
4409-17476804
A French Dentist Shewing a Specimen of his Artificial Teeth and False Palates. Dated: published 1811. Medium: hand-colored etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Thomas Rowlandson.
4266-6247
Couple by Isaac Robert Cruikshank, Etching, watercolor, 1816, Caricature, 1789-1856, Private Collection
1060-710
Falstaff and Doll Tearsheet (from Shakespeare's "Henry IV") 18th C. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827 British) The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
6145-29239389
The Cobbler's Cure for a Scolding Wife 1813 Thomas Rowlandson The cobbler leans over his wife who is tied to a chair with her wrists bound. With his awl between his teeth he pulls at the threads with which he is stitching up her mouth. Another woman holds a candle over them at right.. The Cobbler's Cure for a Scolding Wife. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1813. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints
6145-29266461
Men being shaved and having their hair cut, styled and crimped by various male and female barbers. Coloured etching by R. Newton after himself, 1791.
6145-29244437
A Lump of Impertinence! September 30, 1809 reprint Thomas Rowlandson. A Lump of Impertinence!. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). September 30, 1809 reprint. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints
6145-50542664
Floraison du Cactus-grandiflorus. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
4408-14659
Cat Has Lost Her Kitten. Find It., Puzzles & Optical Illusions
6145-29940142
Paris at Table, by Bertall / Which fork!
4409-17344118
Drunk Johnny pursued by night watchmen in a grocer's shop about to fall into a barrel of butter. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by W. Read after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Alfred Burton's The Adventures of Johnny Newcombe in the Navy, Simpkin, London, 1818.
6145-30331947
() Richard Newton, 1777-1798, British, A Fete at Cum(berlan)d House; or the Comforts of an Uninhabited Mansion!!!, 1799. Aquatint, hand-colored.
6145-29944084
My museum of sovereigns // Louis XI / 2
4443-19608233
Pand(e)monium, James Sayer, 1748-1823, British, 1784, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 9 7/8 x 8 7/8in. (25.1 x 22.5cm)
6145-50538820
The discovery, or little faux pas , Surprise, Illegitimacy. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
6145-48696017
A sphere, projecting against a plane , Politicians, Government officials, Nobility, Globes, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816. John D. Merriam Collection
4408-7929
Little Lily's Alphabet: Nelly!, Alphabet - Little Lilly
4409-17436495
The New Parliament Pudding or John Bull's Treat. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 1/16 in. (25.2 x 35.7 cm). Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, active London 1788-1885). Date: ca. 1832.John Bull stands at left, while a group of men sit around a table on which rests a huge pudding. Its platter is labeled: "The Reform Parliament". From the pudding rises a steam of "Whiggism". Holly leaves stuck in its top contain the faces of politicians. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
6176-67073086
'The Season', 1895. Artist: Unknown.
4220-21894538
To bed, to bed, says Sleepy- Head. Let's stay awhile, says Slow. Put on the pot, says Greedy Gut, we'll sup before we go.
1848-49315224
Letter H, The Erotic Alphabet, Sex, frivolous erotic illustrations from the Victorian era, c. 1850, England, Historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th century original
1746-19693296
Arms and the men' President Theodore Roosevelt standing on one side of a scaffold, holding a large sculpted arm with a huge stick labelled 'The Big Stick' for placement on a large sculpture of a female figure labelled 'Inter-State Commerce Laws'; on the other side of the scaffold is a man labelled 'The Rail Road' directing Nelson W. Aldrich, Stephen B. Elkins and Joseph B. Foraker to use instead a much smaller arm labelled 'Delay' and 'Fines'.
6145-52967458
Man in fur jacket and high hat sits at a chair "L. Wiede". Watercolor by Fritz von Dardel. Nordic
6145-29244392
A Maiden Aunt Smelling Fire May 1, 1806, reissued May 1, 1812 Thomas Rowlandson An elderly aunt stands at the foot of the staircase with a candle and a cat, while her niece stands on the stairs above as her lover escapes up the stairs at right.. A Maiden Aunt Smelling Fire. May 1, 1806, reissued May 1, 1812. Hand-colored etching. Prints
6145-59429202
Political Quadrille, 1806, Charles Williams, 1806 print Two tables with four card players at each table who play the Quadrille card game. On the left Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia, Tsar Alexander I, English king George III and the Spanish king Charles IV. On the right Napoleon, the Austrian emperor Frans II, a Dutchman and Pope Pius VII. The Dutchman says he received a king (Louis Napoleon) without asking for it. Cartoon on the political situation in Europe in 1806. London paper etching playing-cards
4443-20313642
Britannia between death and the doctor's, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist, London, 1804, a faint Britannia seated on bed with three doctors, William Pitt kicking Henry Addington and stepping on Charles James Fox. The figure of death, with Napoleon's head, strides from behind bed curtains.
4266-2120
Urinating woman by Isaac Robert Cruikshank, copper engraving, watercolor, 1799, 1789-1856 Private Collection
6145-46062039
Politics Quadrille, 1806; Political Quadrille. Two tables with four card players at each table that play the quadrille card game. Left Frederik Willem III, king of Prussia, Tsar Alexander I, English King George III and the Spanish king Charles IV. Right Napoleon, the Austrian emperor French II, a Dutchman and Pope Pius VII. The Dutchman says he has received a king (Louis Napoleon) without asking. Cartoon on the political situation in Europe in 1806.
1848-61397145
Art connoisseur, English caricature about the lust of men by Thomas Rowlandson, circa 1800
6145-30378850
Bruin become MEDIATOR or Negociation sic for PEACE. Artist: William Charles, American, born Scotland, 1776-1820
1848-49394786
Du dientest treu und ehrlich mir, ein Tischlein-deck-dich schenke ich dir, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series fairy tale Tischlein deck dich, Esel streck dich, Knueppel aus dem Sack (1893)
1848-19646924
Picture series From the Life of Rembrandt, he paints the mayor Jan Six, 1654, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from ca 1900, in...
4409-17386830
The Old Maid's Prayer!!. Artist: After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 17 7/16 × 11 1/4 in. (44.3 × 28.6 cm)Plate: 7 15/16 × 9 3/4 in. (20.1 × 24.7 cm). Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Printer: E. Spragg (London). Series/Portfolio: Prayers and Journals. Date: February 10, 1801. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
4409-17427709
The Apothecary's Prayer!!. Artist: After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 17 7/16 × 11 11/16 in. (44.3 × 29.7 cm)Plate: 8 1/16 × 9 3/4 in. (20.5 × 24.8 cm). Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Printer: E. Spragg (London). Series/Portfolio: Prayers and Journals. Date: July 30, 1801. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
6176-67058958
French Postcard, c1900. Artist: Unknown
4443-21206036
Henry Bonaventure Monnier (French, 1799/1805 - 1877). La Toilette (Aujourd'hui), 1829. From The 18th Century and Today (Jadis et Aujourd'hui). Pen lithograph with hand coloring.
1848-19647386
Picture series of famous merchants, the Fuhher, 1500-1600, Charles V and Anton Fugger in 1552, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture...