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Caricatures and Satirical Art

A series of humorous illustrations and caricatures from the early 20th century, showcasing exaggerated figures and satirical themes related to society and war.

Humorous illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps, depicting a line of shabbily dressed men following the scented smoke of a cigar belonging to one happy individual - a comment on the shortages caused by war. Ranstead was one of many soldiers of WWI who took up drawing as a hobby. His subjects range from wartime humour to pictures of pretty girls and are clearly influenced by images in the illustrated magazines of the pe
Humorous illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps, depicting a line of shabbily dressed men following the scented smoke of a cigar belonging to one happy individual - a comment on the shortages caused by war. Ranstead was one of many soldiers of WWI who took up drawing as a hobby. His subjects range from wartime humour to pictures of pretty girls and are clearly influenced by images in the illustrated magazines of the pe
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David Roentgen and Company in Saint Petersburg ca. 1784-86 Johann Friedrich Anthing German David Roentgen (second from right) is received by Strekaloff (with the long pipe), private secretary to the empress, to close a contract for a substantial order of furniture. Stephan Fedorovitsch, the imperial cabinet registrar, takes notes. The medallions above show Catherine the Great flanked by Grand Duke Paul and Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna. The figure at left, who places a key in a strong box, wears the typical pointed cap of a German journeyman, and a plane on the table points to his profession. He could be Johann Wilhelm Kronrath, who accompanied David on his voyage to Russia. The boxes displayed nearby are typical examples of that extraordinary period when French market demands and the rising numbers of orders from Saint Petersburg overlapped, creating the heyday of the Roentgen workshop, with an annual turnover that often reached that of the renowned Meissen porcelain factory.. David
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Card game, Frederik Lambertus Geerling, 1840 - 1880 drawing Three men's cards at the table, in the light of a ceiling lamp. paper. ink pen / brush card games
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The Cogent Reason, plate four from Intimacies Made 1898 France. Woodcut in black on cream wove paper . Félix Edouard Vallotton
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Russia, Saint Petersburg, Hermitage State Museum, Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin, Boris Kustodiev, 1922
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Hitler and Mussolini tell Uncle Sam to mind his own business while they get on with theirs - which is the taking-over of all Europe Date: April 1939
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Polly's Clown. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Oil on canvasboard. Signed and dated 1946. 40.2 x 30.5cm
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Leaflet from the period of the Multius revolution - topics of Armenia; around 1908 (1903-00-00-1912-00-00);Semerau-Siemianowski, Władysław (1849-1938), Semerau-Siemianowski, Władysław (1849-1938)-collection, gift (provenance), occasional prints, Islamic art, Turkish art, leaflets
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Two Karikatural Men's heads, Henri Charles Guérard, 1856 - 1897 print paper etching caricatures (human types). head (human)
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DAVID RICARDO-TOMAS MALTUS Y JOHN STUART MILL (ECONOMISTAS).
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Toon looks at the face of Piet Bing, in or before 1954 drawing The two men are located in a living room near a mantelpiece. Toon looks at Piet Bing's face carefully and keeps his own head aside. paper. India ink (ink). watercolor (paint). deck paint. pencil brush looking sideways. living-room, parlour, sitting-room. face
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Joel Roberts Pointsett, Brown's Silhouette Portrait Gallery of Famous Americans
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The Cabriolet, 1897. William Nicholson (British, 1872-1949). Color woodcut and lithograph; sheet: 28.2 x 19.5 cm (11 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.); image: 15.2 x 15.3 cm (6 x 6 in.).
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The Seven Gods of Good Fortune Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891). , ca. 1880. Color woodblock print on paper, 8 13/16 x 11 7/16 in. (22.4 x 29.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1880
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Auguste Edouart Seated ca. 1835 Attributed to Auguste Edouart. Auguste Edouart Seated. Attributed to Auguste Edouart (French, 1789-1861). ca. 1835. Cut black paper
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Portrait of the wife of Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, working behind a table. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 19-Apr-1934. Measurements: h 214 mm × w 263 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Twelve Portraits: Sir Henry Irving, 1898. William Nicholson (British, 1872-1949). Color lithograph; sheet: 27.5 x 25.1 cm (10 13/16 x 9 7/8 in.); image: 25.3 x 23.1 cm (9 15/16 x 9 1/8 in.); secondary support: 41.6 x 38.1 cm (16 3/8 x 15 in.).
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Félix Vallotton, L'Averse (The Shower), Swiss, 1865-1925, 1894, lithograph (zinc) on yellow wove paper
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Grey Day, George Grosz, 1921, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
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BEARDSLEY, Aubrey Vincent (1872-1898). Design for a front cover of 'The Yellow Book' (not used), reproduced in 'The Later Work of Aubrey Beardsley', rev. ed., London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1911. Woman in a Bookshop. Modernism. Drawing.
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NIB, supplement to the journal La Revue blanche (15 February 1895). Dimensions: 35.2 cm x 24.9 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: JULES RENARD.
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EL CIRCO - S XIX - POSTIMPRESIONISMO FRANCES. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.
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Letter N, The Erotic Alphabet, Sex, Man with Two Women, Frivolous Victorian Erotic Illustrations, circa 1850, England, Historical, Digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th century original
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Design for a political cartoon: row of gentlemen at a crib. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Albert Hahn (I). Intermediary draughtsman: Albert Hahn (II) (possibly). Dating: 1887 - 1918 and/or c. 1800 - c. 1900. Measurements: h 267 mm × w 280 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Goupil & Cie, Photographic reproduction of painting by De Nittis: les courses d'Auteuil (autour du poele), photograph, photo, photos, height mm, width mm, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, 1875 - 1882, fourth quarter 19th century, Woodburytype
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Newspaper seller, Thomas Rowlandson, After George Moutard Woodward, 1799 print A running newspaper seller with a trumpet in his mouth and a stack of newspapers in his hand. 'The Second Edition' is on his hat. paper etching newsboy, newsman. horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba - CC - out of doors
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SALVADOR DALI. Author: MANUEL CUYAS.
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Eduard Toldrà Soler (1895-1962). Músico catalán. Dibujo de 1934.
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Auction at Christie's; The Man Who Bid in Guineas at Christie's!. Auction room where just, to a shock of those present, a standing man with a notebook has released a bid in Guinea.
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'Untitled'. Collection of Georges Matcheret and Nadiya Volkonskaya. 1980-1990s. Dimensions: 189x175 mm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Alexander Pashkov.
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Gu no ne mo denpo, The crying sounds of a telegram., Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915, artist, 1904., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 36.9 x 24.4 cm., Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of a Western couple, the man holding a large sheet of paper (the telegram) and looking distressed, the woman with tears in her eyes.
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Private Collection Mythology, Allegory and Literature
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Seleznev, Vladimir Pavlovich (1912-1981) Russian State Library, Moscow 1954 Offset printing Soviet political agitation art Russia Poster and Graphic design Poster
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Edelfelt, Albert, Sketch book, 1890-91, drawing, 21.5x30, Edelfelt, Albert, 1890-91, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland
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Pall Mall cigarettes advertisement - 1916
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THE LATE MR. FRANK BUCKLAND "AT HOME", 1881
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Man with Moustache, Profile. Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915). Tempera. Executed circa 1911-12. 54.5 x 38cm.
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Harper's February , Periodicals
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Harper's February , Periodicals
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Caricatura de Raimon Casellas i Dou (Barcelona, 1855-Sant Joan de les Abadesses, 1910), crítico de arte, narrador modernista y periodista. Año 1911. Author: ROMÁN BONET SINTES "BON". RAIMUNDO CASELLAS DOU.
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Portada de la revista satírica Gutiérrez. Caricatura de Alejandro Leroux García (1864-1949), político español republicano. Año 1933. Dibujo de K-Hito. Author: Ricardo García López.
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Muguette. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1892. Dimensions: 258 × 184 mm (image); 266 × 187 mm (primary support); 357 × 273 mm (secondary support). Lithograph (pen & ink and crayon) in black on cream chine laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Vive Papa Francis Le Rate. Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963. Portraits, Photographs, Art. 1920-11. Spencer Collection. Dadaism, Art, Modern , 20th century, Picabia, Francis, 1879-1953 , Portraits
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EL CUENTO SEMANAL - LA SOLEDAD DEL CAMPO - CARICATURA JUAN PEREZ ZUÑIGA (1860-1938) POR MANUEL TOVAR SILES (1875-1935). Author: JUAN PEREZ ZUÑIGA (1860-1938) y MANUEL TOVAR (1875-1935). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Sir Richard Escombe.. text. Advertising, Posters. 1895 - 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Publishing industry, Posters, American, Book & magazine posters
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Asa Cheffetz, "And I Want it Back" (Bookplate of Hyde Smith), 1921, wood engraving on paper.
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Girder (title registered (letter)) Anonymous, girder (letter registered), 1880. Color lithography. Carnavalet Museum, History of Paris.