Artistic Social Commentary

Lithographs reflecting societal themes and humor, capturing the essence of everyday life and social norms with a satirical edge.

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879). Six Mois de Mariage, 1839. From Moeurs Conjugales. Lithograph on newsprint paper. Image: 238 mm x 208 mm (9.37 in. x 8.19 in.) (image dimensions are for composition). Second state.

The 8th Earl and Marquis of Argyll, having been arrested on Restoration of Charles II, is found asleep in prison only two hours before his execution

Mittagspause in der Puszta, Ungarn, Zigeunermädchen mit Musikinstrument hat sich neben einem Baum in die Wiese gelegt, Historisch, digitale Reprodukti...

Come on... open your mouth!..., from 'The difficult moments of life,' published in Le Charivari, March 12, 1864 March 12, 1864 Honoré Daumier. Come on... open your mouth!..., from 'The difficult moments of life,' published in Le Charivari, March 12, 1864. 'The difficult moments of life' (Les moments difficiles de la vie). Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). March 12, 1864. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). Aaron Martinet (French, 1762-1841). Prints

Come back soon, painting by Gonzalo Bilbao Martínez (Seville 1860 - 1938) Spanish costumbrista painter of the Sevillian school, Spain. Europe. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

7 heures du matin. Dated: 1839. Medium: lithograph on newsprint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Les LorettesViellies. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Lovers, historic illustration, 1877

An engraving depicting a young woman playing the violin. Dated 19th century

Tess tells Clare of the incident between herself & D'Urberville. "...'In the name of Heaven, forgive me!' she whispered". Date: First published: 1891

Reprimand. Date: n.d. watercolor. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

This illustration dates to 1899. The caption reads: A room and its occupant as found in the garret of "The Ship." This tenement house on Hamilton Street in New York City was known as "The Ship" - a narrow entrance to the rear leads to the garret rooms. Nearby was the Water Street Mission.

This illustration of Alice climbing up on the fireplace mantel and about to poke the looking glass (mirror) is from "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There" by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), who wrote this novel in 1871 as a sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Alice does step through the mirror into another world.

George Washington, the first President of the United States of America, bids farewell to his mother, 1789, America, digitally enhanced reproduction from an original from the 19th century, historical, exact date unknown.

Neuville, Alphonse Marie de (n.1835-05-31-D.1885-05-19), 20. Death of Jean Valjean (night behind Lacélel there is day) (dummy title), 1866-01. Graphite pencil. Ink and raises of white gouache on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Croyant l'apercevoir ... Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Philibert Louis Debucourt, La Main, 1788 La Main

William Shakespeare (1564-1616). English writer. Romeo and Juliet kissing. Engraving, by Falander, 1887.

Poems by Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate (the 'Moxon Tennyson'), 1857. After: Dante Gabriel Rossetti.. Volume of Tennyson's poems published by Edward Moxon (London, 1857) with wood-engraved illustrations after designs by Hunt, Millais, Rossetti and others.

Princess Louise, 14 years, and her brother, 11 years, at the fountain of Frau Goethe in Frankfurt, Germany, woodcut, historical engraving, 1880, Europe

Alice Grows Too Tall for the Room Illustration by John Tenniel from the book Alices's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll published 1891

Pause, woodcut from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1903

Une Famille chez qui réside l'instinct guerrier. Dated: 1847. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

A refreshing fountain made by Charles Christofle. French magazine Christofle, Charles (1805 1863), Prison, G. (N.N.)

A hurdy-gurdy player standing by the door to a house; the man in the house smokes a pipe at the door, and two children look on. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade.

Queen Anne receives Prince Eugene of Savoy during the War of the Spanish Succession. His partnership with the Duke of Marlborough secured him many victories against the French. England. digital reproduction of a historical model

Marley's Ghost. An illustration by John Leech for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Love letters, historical illustration, ca. 1893

Sophonisba, a Carthaginian noblewoman who lived during the Second Punic War, History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, Historic, digitally restore...

A cartoon titled 'Census time again' illustrated by George du Maurier. George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

'Paralysing Piece of News For Mr B', 1866. Artist: George du Maurier

Sara Crewe tells Ermengade about the French Revolution. Date: First published: 1905

The force fights with law.

Lovers rock, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Eugene Collache from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Lance Reproving his Dog - left unfinished by the late Sir A. W. Calcott, and completed by J. W. Calcott Horsley, 1850. Exhibition at the British Institution in London. The painting '...hangs in the middle room, and is 3 feet in height by 3 feet 5 inches in width'. John Calcott Horsley was the nephew of the landscape painter Augustus Wall Callcott. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

The Influence of Women on Men, symbolic woodblock print from 1850, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

A Thaw. Engraving by George Hunt. Drawn and etched by Theodore Lane, publ. 1827, Ref. copy in LOT 4447, Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection , This record contains unverified data from caption card, Caption card tracings: Cartoons, Brit.; Humor; Publ. Ind.

The 1891 caption reads: "Airing the Sedan Chair" - spoken by Martha. It is taken from Mrs Gaskell's novel Cranford and illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Elizabeth C Gaskell (died 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848. Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Bronte, published in 1857, was the first biography of Bronte. Among Gaskell's best known novels is Cranford (1851-53). Hugh Thomson (died 1920) was an Irish Illustrator born at Coleraine near Derry. He is best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and J. M. Barrie.

"The Hour But Not The Man," by Mr. Holyoake, in the exhibition of the new British Institution, 1871. Engraving of a painting. 'In common gallantry one must sympathise with, these young ladies' anxiety, yet there is nothing so serious implied that we may not enjoy the humour of the situation; for is it not a perverse tendency of human nature, in young and old alike, covertly to take delight in the sentimental distresses of others...Of the inmates of the embowered seclusion of this rustic dwelling we know nothing beyond the visible fact that among the number are two very pretty girls

Departure by Victor Adam (1801-1867), France 19th Century. Print.

Portrait of indian bayadere dancer, Srinagar, Kashmir. India, Asia. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Trip to Punjab and Kashmir by Guillaume Lejean, Le Tour du Monde 1870

'WANT OF CONFIDENCE,' BY G.H. THOMAS, FROM THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY

Un nouveau nez. Dated: 1833. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Flower Vendor. Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692-1765 Paris); After Edme Bouchardon (French, Chaumont 1698-1762 Paris). Dimensions: image: 8 13/16 x 6 3/4 in. (22.4 x 17.2 cm)sheet: 9 1/8 x 6 13/16 in. (23.2 x 17.3 cm). Series/Portfolio: Études Prises dans le Bas Peuple où les Cris de Paris: Troisième Suite. Date: 1738. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières. After Edme Bouchardon.

Madame Sulking, Couple, He is Reading the Newspaper and She is Sitting on the Sofa and is Offended, a Painting by Saint-Cyr, Historical, Digital Reproduction of an Original 19th century Original

Dibujo satírico político publicado en el periódico El Loro. Escena del drama literario Don Juan Tenorio. Octubre de 1880.

But Mrs. Blaize died penniless, Randolph Caldecott

Ines de Castro (1320-1355). Galician noblewoman born of a Portuguese mother. Second wife of Pedro Infante, son of Alfonso IV of Portugal, which in 1355 ordered his murder. Engraving.

Haemon ersticht sich an Antigones Leiche, woodcut from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900

Melting, Charles Dana Gibson

This 1883 ilustration shows a girl and a spider web.

The Museum of Orleans, The flute player, vintage engraving. The Museum of Orleans, The flute player, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660345

In olden times certain royal cups, vintage engraved illustration.

When she stooped to gather some hyacinths and anemones, he merely waited for her, THE NEW PRINCE FORTUNATUS, BY WILLIAM BLACK, 1841 ñ 1898, a novelist born in Glasgow, Scotland UK, drawn by William Small, 1843 - 1929, Scottish artist from Edinburgh, 1889.

people professions roofer ""Between Heaven and Earth"" wood engraving ""Die Gartenlaube"" Leipzig 1870,

My Beautiful Pinks!, 1737-1742.Artist: Bouchardon

Illustration titled 'Sisters' by Frank Dadd (1851-1929) an English artist. Dated 19th Century

Esmeralda and Gringoire Tony Johannot. The Esmeralda and Gringoire. Watercolor on paper, 1836. Paris, Victor Hugo House.

The Invalid Louis Lang (American, 1814-1893). , 1870. Oil on board, 15 13/16 x 22 11/16 in. (40.2 x 57.7 cm). American Art 1870

Visitors to Paris - A Fright in the Jardin des Plantes; Les Etrangers a Paris - Une Emotion au Jardin des Plantes. Honore Daumier (1808-1879). Lithograph. Dated 1844. 33.7 x 25.6cm.

PRINCE LEOPOLD AT THE HOME OF HIS AFFIANCED BRIDE, TABLEAUX VIVANTS AT THE PALACE, AROLSEN

Vesalius, Andreas .

Edward Gray. Illustration on p340 of a volume of Tennyson's poems published by Edward Moxon (London, 1857). Artist:William Holman Hunt. Engraver: Dalziel Brothers

The Child: A female cottager is preparing her family meal, when Death enters and carries off the youngest of her children. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.

For What Was I Created William Holbrook Beard (American, 1824-1900). For What Was I Created, 1886. Oil on canvas, 19 15/16 x 16 in. (50.7 x 40.7 cm). American Art 1886

Norman effigy from Danbury church. "This monument is found in the church at Danbury, in the county of Essex. It is probably older than plate 62, but is of wood not stone. It is astonishing, seeing the little care taken in its conservation, that it is in such good condition. Strutt remarks that the perfection of the work is an enigma to him when compared to others of the same epoque, or in contemporary pictures or designs, which lack both accuracy and taste." . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

Artes y oficios de Barcelona. Vendedores ambulantes voceros. Baladrers. Vendedora de carbón de encina.

DALI, Salvador (1904-1989). Les Caprices de Goya. No es verdad, a mÕ con esas, no .... 1973-1977. Naturalism. Etching.

"The Page," by W. Fyfe, 1870. Engraving of a painting '...in the Great Room at Burlington House ie Royal Academy of Arts. Mr. Fyfe has formed a correct idea of the by no means menial, but rather honourable, office of page in the olden times...Our little page is assuredly of gentle extraction. He is, according to his capacity, performing fair suit and service in the castle or manorial hall of some noble or chief...And if he is not exactly a young noble himself, he is certainly dressed as one by his worshipful patron and protector. What a little "swell of the period" he is,

people love sex and eroticism lovers ""The Kiss"" detail after French copper engraving 17th century,

Homemaker pulls china from vitrine, Maxfield Parrish

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