Caricatures and Historical Figures

Illustrations featuring caricatures of historical figures and soldiers from the 17th to 19th centuries, often humorous and exaggerated in style.

Gheyn, Jacob de (II), Netherlands, Baudous, Robert de, Arms Handling of Roer's Muskets and Spires, Soldier on guard holding his musket with his left hand at his right side, pointing upwards at an angle, while taking off his hat with his right hand, A soldier on guard, full-length, facing right, holding a musket (a type of firearm) at his right side, his left hand around the fork of the furket (musket fork) on which the barrel rests, pointing upwards at an angle. In his left hand he also holds a burning fuse. The soldier takes off his hat with his right hand. This print is part of a series of 43 numbered prints of musketeers from the Wapenhandelinghe., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 258 mm, width 190 mm, 1565 - 1629-03-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1597 - 1607, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1574 - 1659, Work conception

Knight with Lance 1604-56 Baccio del Bianco Italian. Knight with Lance 338215

Beck, Johann Freiherr.

Slidan, Johann Stecher: Stimmer, Tobias

Landscapers and Cotes, are in this guise happier (title registered) | Characters and costumes (title of all)

Dancing Farmers, Man gives, Hans Sebald Beham, 1537 print paper engraving (annual) fair, trade fair. vomiting

The chicard. / A Gauls of young France

Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti, Print made by unknown artist, Annotated by James Chelsum, 1738-1801, British, c. 1780, Etching

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Jonathan Saying Farewell to David, Carel van Savoyen (attributed to), c. 1650 drawing Amsterdam paper. ink pen David kneeling before Jonathan

Dwarf with sword, in attacking attitude, Jacques Callot, 1621 - 1625 print Dwarf, seen on the right, a weak hat with bontrand on the head, the right hand on the sheath of his sword, the left hand on the hilt. This print is part of a series of 21 prints with grotesque figures; Almost all of those figures are dwarfs, many are bought. Nancy paper etching / engraving little people. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

Man leaning on a shovel. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch. Dating: 1649. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 99 mm × w 80 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The cries of Paris: a flute and tambourine player (dummy title)

Artist: Salvator Rosa, Italian, Naples, 1615-1673, Soldier with Lance andShield, ca.1656-1657, Etching, 14.1 × 9.3 cm (5 9/16 × 3 11/16in.), Italian, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Print left and at the top right labeled: 2 part - p. 48.

Mouse catcher, Adriaen Matham (attributed to), after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1620 - 1660 print A woman with cats and pouches on her belt, with caught mice on a staff over her shoulder. Behind her looking bystanders. Northern Netherlands paper engraving eradication of mice. catching animals. rodents: mouse. mouse trap

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Man with his trousers down defecating on a toilet (right) and man with ale jug seated on a barrel (left). On the ground, a paper reads Love or Money. Copperplate engraving by David Deuchar after an original by from A Collection of Etchings after the most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, Edinburgh, 1803.

Andreas Flinch (1813-1872), an archer, (1835)

Le Duel a l'Épée et au Poignard (The Duel with the Sword and Dagger), from Les Caprices Series A, The Florence Set 1617 Jacques Callot French. Le Duel a l'Épée et au Poignard (The Duel with the Sword and Dagger), from Les Caprices Series A, The Florence Set. Les Caprices Series A. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1617. Etching. Prints

Knight with Lance. Artist: Baccio del Bianco (Italian, Florence 1604-1656 Escorial). Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 5 11/16in. (15.6 x 14.4cm). Date: 1604-56. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham titled 'A Couple Dancing to the Left,' created in 1537, depicting a man and woman dancing.

Two standing men with tulists, Adam Elsheimer (Possible), 1588 - 1610 drawing paper brush / counterproof head-gear: turban. standing figure

Images of the common Volks zu Vienna, sheet , Laufer, Un Courur, Runner

Chavalier (Knight). Dated: c. 1465. Dimensions: sheet: 18.4 x 10.5 cm (7 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.). Medium: engraving with traces of gilding. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi.

Imitator of Renold Elstrack, 1570-1625(), British, George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham, between 1700 and 1720. Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, 'Habit despeé en hiuer'. Nicolas Bonnart (France, 1637-1717). France, Paris, circa 1682. Prints. Hand-colored engraving on paper

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "Varied figures, the officer holding his horizontal sword. Thirteenth number of a series of 16 pieces" (Lieure 210, Meaume 742). Etching. 1st half of the 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99604-29 Etching, engraving

Amsterdam, Egmont, Erven de Weduwe Jacobus van, Kermis-prys, Man and angel with trumpet, A man with his hat in his hand. Above him floats an angel with a trumpet. On the left and right are strips with birds and flower tendrils. Above the representation on the left and right is the title and a verse in two columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 120., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 411 mm, width 305 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, publisher, uitgever, 1761 - 1804, paper, papier, houtsnede, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, prentmaker

Caricature of a Peasant with a Broad Hat, c. 1750/1770, pen and brown ink with gray and brown washes on laid paper, sheet: 27.8 × 20.2 cm (10 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.), mount: 47.8 × 38.1 cm (18 13/16 × 15 in.), Carlo Marchionni (artist) Roman, 1702 - 1786

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Jacques Callot, French (1592-1635), Duel with Swords and Daggers, c. 1617, etching

A Man Holding a Crop. Artist: Anonymous, French, 17th century; After Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/1604-1676 Paris); After Jean de Saint-Igny (French, Rouen ca. 1595/1600-1647 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 5 5/16 × 3 3/4 in. (13.5 × 9.5 cm). Series/Portfolio: Le Jardin de la noblesse française. Date: 1629. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print, Noble and Lady; Designed by Theodor de Bry (French, active Netherlands and Germany, 1528 - 1598); Made by Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561 - 1623); engraving on paper

Bloemaert, Abraham, Utrecht, Cornelis (II), 16 prints from different series by Cornelis and Frederik Bloemaert, A shepherd lies on a boulder, A man rests on a stone. Title print for a compilation of 16 prints from various series by Cornelis and Frederik Bloemaert., print, title print, prints, height 111 mm, width 153 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1603 - 1692-09, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1800, first quarter 17th century, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27

Jacques Callot, Peasant with Hat in Hand, c 1622 Peasant with Hat in Hand

Acrobat performing somersaults on a chair and bench. From a woodcut by Arcangelo Tuccaro, 1599. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903.

Dwarf with guitar; Varie Figure Gobbi Di Jacopo Callot; Various grotesque figures; Dwarfs and iced. Dwarf, seen from the front, a guitar clenched, a hat with two springs on the head. This print is part of a series of 21 prints with grotesque figures; Virtually all those figures are dwarfs, many have been hatched.

The Wedding Procession: Couple walking left, facing away, Hans Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550, Engraving on laid paper, ca. 1545, Print, Print

Man of back, engraving degrees from the French nobility to the Church Abraham Bosse (1602-1676). Man seen from back, climbing degrees, from French nobility at church.

The Cook and his Wife. Albrecht Dürer; German, 1471-1528. Date: 1497-1498. Dimensions: 108 x 78 mm (image); 110 x 79 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Don Louis Champ-merdant, Brigadier des petits Maistres, grand Breteur de France, Pl. 31. Baeck, Elias, 1679-1747. Prints. 1710 - 1719. Spencer Collection. Caricature and comic art, German, Dwarfs (Persons) in art, Engraving, German

Girl from Hoorn, from Before, Gillis van Scheyndel (I), After Willem Pietersz Buytewech, 1620 - 1624 print In a landscape there is a girl from Hoorn, with a hood in her hand and a bucket around the arm. She is dressed in traditional costumes. The print is part of a series of eight young women in North Holland traditional costumes. Haarlem paper etching folk costume, regional costume

Moncornet, Balthazar, Both, Andries, Lijnhoven, Nicolaes van, Peasants and peasant women in obscene poses, Dancing peasant woman, verso - stamped, A dancing peasant woman in a landscape, with her hands on her hips. Below the oval representation a two-line French verse., print, prints, height 214 mm, width 143 mm, - 1702, print maker, printmaker, 1622 - 1668, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1612 - 1642-03-24, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1600 - 1668-08-11, publisher

Young woman with basket on the arm, Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel, 1739 - 1804 print paper etching adolescent, young woman, maiden

The violin player. Landscape with a violin player at a tree.

Singing farmer.

Admiral Der See-Admiral , print maker: Caspar Luyken, (mentioned on object), Caspar Luyken, (mentioned on object), anonymous, Amsterdam, 1698, paper, etching, h 132 mm × w 85 mm

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene as a Gardener (Noli me tangere), draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn, Amsterdam, c. 1645, paper, pen, brush, h 154 mm × w 146 mm

Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734-1760, Naval Officer seated Smoking, undated. Pen, brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

TwoCourtiers. Artist: Ludovico Sardagna, Italian, active 1647-1660

December, anonymous, 1600 - 1699, draughtsman: anonymous, 1600 - 1699, paper, brush, h 138 mm × w 89 mm

A study sheet by Albert Flamen depicting six rural figures, executed in black chalk with gray brushwork.

Jacques Callot, The Flageolet Player, c 1622 The Flageolet Player

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene as a Gardener (Noli me tangere), Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1645 drawing Amsterdam paper. ink. deck paint pen / brush Mary Magdalene kneeling before Christ, who is usually represented as a gardener with a hoe and/or a spade; 'Noli me tangere'

Reinier Camminga, eighth Potestaat of Friesland, Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1618 - 1620 print Reinier Camminga, eighth potestate in Friesland. Standing back, sword over the shoulder, branch in hand. Illustration, with text on the back, from the book: Frisia Seu de Viris Rebusque Frisiae Illustribus Libri Duo. Friesland paper etching / letterpress printing Ruler, Sovereign Friesland

Mr John Henderson as John Falstaff and Mr Charteris, popular comic actor, as Bardolph. Copperplate engraving by John Kay from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Hugh Paton, Edinburgh, 1842.

Two standing couples.

Albrecht Dürer, Peasant and His Wife, c 1497 1498 Peasant and His Wife

Man in an interior attracts his coat, Willem Linnig (II), 1852 - 1890 print paper etching / drypoint anonymous historical person portrayed alone. coat

Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), the drum. Twelfth number of a suite of 13 pieces (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Copper engraving depicting another version of a scene with a person assisting a lame individual in bedding, created by Cornelis Massys in 1538.

L'Homme au Grand Manteau Vu de Dos (Man with a Large Mantle Viewed from Behind), from Varie Figure (Various Figures), plate 5 ca. 1620 Jacques Callot French. L'Homme au Grand Manteau Vu de Dos (Man with a Large Mantle Viewed from Behind), from Varie Figure (Various Figures), plate 5. Varie Figure. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1620. Etching; third state of three (Lieure). Prints

Beggar with crutches and a wooden leg in a landscape, Joseph Franz Freiherr von Goez, 1784 print Beggar in battered clothing, the hat in his left hand as begging, standing in landscape, to the left. He has a wooden leg and runs on crutches. A low farm is visible in the background. paper etching / engraving beggar. landscapes. wooden leg. crutches

Soldier on guard that the wick on the rooster of his helm gives the right place and shape (no. 41), ca. 1600. A soldier waiting, full-length, to the right, which is a stir (a certain type of firearm) with His left hand holds (no. 41), approx. 1600. With a thumb and middle finger of his right hand, he gives the burning wick on the rooster (part of the inflammatory mechanism) of its stir the right place and shape. It is therefore about the same position as the one shown on the eighth print of the series. Plate 41 in the instructions for handling the helm. Part of the illustrations in: J. de Gheyn, arms opera of Roers Musquette and Spiessen, Amsterdam, 1608. Marriens around 1600.

Soldier placing his skewer with his left hand and pulls his sword with his right hand; Corte Underswsinghe on the figuerliicke figure, among others T'recht Ghebruyck, from Al T'Ghene a Soldaet Int acting from the Skewer is Noodich. A soldier, full, to the right, which places his skewer (lance) against his right foot with his right foot and pull his sword with his right hand. This print is part of the series of 32 hand-numbered prints of string carriers in the arms opera (the hand-written number 24 corrected in 25).

Lust. Jacques Callot (France, Nancy, 1592-1635). France, circa 1621. Prints; engravings. Etching with engraving

Hecyra, from The Comedie of Terence, 19th century reprint. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: sheet: 3 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (8.9 x 14.3 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jodelet.

Lievens, Jan, Standing farmer, verso below - stamped, print, prints, height 59 mm, width 36 mm, 1607-10-24 - 1674-06-04, print maker, printmaker, 1625 - 1674, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Gramschap, Pieter van den Berge, 1675 - 1737 drawing On the right a man by hand on the chest. He is grabbed by a man by a man who kicks him on the right knee with the left foot. paper. ink. chalk brush / pen Anger; 'Ira' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins

Costume of a Venetian basket carrier or cestaruoli, 16th century. He wears a felt hat, linen tunic, apron and sturdy shoes and carries fruit in a basket on his head and two ducks. Mostly men from Brescia or Bergamo, they were employed by butchers and fish merchants. Within a decorative frame engraved by H. Catenacci and Fellmann. Woodblock engraving by Gerard Seguin and E.F. Huyot after a woodcut by Christoph Krieger from Cesare Vecellios 16th century Costumes anciens et modernes, Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, Firman Didot Ferris Fils, Paris, 1859-1860.

The organ-grinder., 1647, Netherlands, by Adriaen van Ostade. Gift of Bishop Monrad, 1869.

The dwarf cousin Jan van Spain, 1720, Joost van Sassen, 1718 - 1720 The dwarf cousin Jan van Spain. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered right in the middle: 10. Part of the second Dutch bound edition from 1720 (and related to the wind trade in that year) of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as the dwarf toneel. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching The dwarf cousin Jan van Spain. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered right in the middle: 10. Part of the second Dutch bound edition from 1720 (and related to the wind trade in that year) of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as the dwarf toneel. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching

The Market Woman Made 1537-1547 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Hans Sebald Beham

Hombre Canche. Grabado en color de 1805.

Officer with Feathers in Cap, Seen from Behind. Dated: 1617 and 1621. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.

Three Trombonists. 1538. Aldegrever, Heinrich, 1502-. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Le buveur vu de dos The Drinker Seen from Behind. 1616 - 1622. Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

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Man with Large Belly Adorned with a Row of Buttons. Jacques Callot (France, Nancy, 1592-1635). France, circa 1616. Prints; etchings. Etching

Man with broad-brimmed hat and a stick in hand, from behind, Harmen ter Borch, 1652, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, 1652, paper, h 47 mm × w 43 mm

De Dwerg Hopman van Duvelshoek, 1720, Joost van Sassen, 1718 - 1720 The Dwarf Hopman van Duvelshoek. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered right in the middle: 47. Part of part II in the second Dutch bound edition from 1720 (and related to the wind trade in that year) of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as the dwarf tone. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching The Dwarf Hopman van Duvelshoek. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered right in the middle: 47. Part of part II in the second Dutch bound edition from 1720 (and related to the wind trade in that year) of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as the dwarf tone. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching

A Drinker Seen From Behind. Jacques Callot (France, Nancy, 1592-1635). France, 1616. Prints; engravings. Etching with engraving

Man of the Kingdom of Candia, Ottoman Empire. In turban, short coat, sash belt, harem pants and slippers. Now the Greek island of Crete. Homme de l'isle de Candie. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

Weber, Wilhelm.

Images of the common Volks zu Vienna, sheet , Tagwerker, Ouvrier, Tagnöhner

CIEGO CON GUITARRA Y PERRO. Author: Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla (1734-1790). Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-DIBUJOS, MADRID, SPAIN.

Two men on the ice, Jacob Cats (1741-1799), 1751 - 1799 drawing paper. ink pen / brush going through the ice ~ playing children

Playing Card

Winter, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 drawing paper brush pipe ~ tobacco (+ taking (particular) foodstuffs: eating, drinking, smoking, chewing, etc.). winter ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year)

Two men on ice, draughtsman: Jacob Cats (1741-1799), 1751 - 1799, paper, pen, brush, h 103 mm × w 122 mm

. Kenau Simonsz Hassselaar with a spear and in her other head of a beheaded Spanish army leader, according to the inscription and the fresh the Spanish superior Don Pero.

Winter. Vier seizoenen (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1600 - 1699. Measurements: h 138 mm × w 89 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Untitled (RIX between drunkards) Jean-Alexandre Chevalier. "Untitled (rix between drunkards)", 1770. Engraving.

Rhombus with a shepherd with a staff and a sheep. Square with email painting of a shepherd with a staff and a sheep. Note: Part of the LXXVII A T / M group and I, K and L.

Little boy with a scythe, from Premier Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France, inventées en 1757, par Mr. Boucher (First Book of Figures after porcelains from the Manufacture Royale de France, devised in 1757, by Mr. Boucher). Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Pierre Etienne Falconet (French, Paris 1741-1791 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 x 7 3/8 in. (24.9 x 18.7 cm). Series/Portfolio: Premier Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France, inventées en 1757, par Mr. Boucher. Date: 1757. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Chinese Peasant. Dated: 1839. Dimensions: sheet: 13.9 x 12.1 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.). Medium: graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Chinnery.

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