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Illustrations depicting exaggerated figures, likely historical personalities, showcasing humor with contrasting styles and whimsical poses.

This caricature of Martin Luther and his wife, Katarina von Bora, dates to his lifetime (1500s). Martin Luther was a German priest, the leading figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507 and died in 1546. Martin Luther married an ex-nun named Katharine von Bora, whom he had helped to escape from her nunnery in an empty fish barrel and had taken refuge in Wittenberg. Katharine von Bora was born in 1499, the daughter of an impoverished nobleman.
This caricature of Martin Luther and his wife, Katarina von Bora, dates to his lifetime (1500s). Martin Luther was a German priest, the leading figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507 and died in 1546. Martin Luther married an ex-nun named Katharine von Bora, whom he had helped to escape from her nunnery in an empty fish barrel and had taken refuge in Wittenberg. Katharine von Bora was born in 1499, the daughter of an impoverished nobleman.
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Then I can't marry you, my Pretty Maid!' Illustration by Randolph Caldecott for the Nursery Rhyme 'The Milkmaid'.
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Caricatura de Miquel Blay i Fàbregas (Olot, 1866-Madrid, 1936). Escultor. Año 1911. Author: ROMÁN BONET SINTES "BON".
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The peril of France - at the mercy of the octopus by Louis Dalrymple, 1866-1905, artist. Published 1898. chromolithograph shows an octopus with the head of a French military officer (which may represent General Boisdeffre or General Gonse) wearing a plumed hat labelled 'Militarism', that has settled over Paris, France, with its tentacles extending in all directions and are labelled 'Deception, Dishonour, Forgery, Assassination, Corruption, Falsehood, and Blackmail'; caught in their grasp are m
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'Alice and animals. Chaos and the court', 1889. Artist: John Tenniel.
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Front cover design for La Baionnette, an issue focusing on what role women will play when the war is over. Date: 1917
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Portada de la revista satírica Gutiérrez. Caricatura de Santiago Casares Quiroga (1884-1950), abogado y político republicano. Año 1933. Dibujo de K-Hito. Author: Ricardo García López.
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The Redhead Moon / Second Year - N ° 98 / Sunday 20 October 1878 / We are waiting for the world ..., by Gill
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Imado, section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 15.5 x 9 cm (6 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.). Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Tail-Piece November 27, 1781 Engraved and published by Richard Livesay British. Tail-Piece 416966
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Όμήρου Όδυσσέια. Εκφορά του νεκρού τού Έκτορος - Homère Odyssée. Funérailles d'Hector , Funeral rites & ceremonies, Hector Legendary character. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection
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Save money on all your purchases by patronizing Frear's Troy Bazaar.. Save money on all your purchases by patronizing Frear's Troy Bazaar.
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Soviet Russian cartoon satire Glasnost 1980s
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How You Can Detect Your True Golfer William Heath Robinson(1872-1944 British) Chris Beetles Ltd., London, England Private Collection
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Hand-painted lantern plate with city and goat, slide plate slideshope images glass paper, Hand-painted slides with top and bottom edges of white-red checkered paper. Image of goat being milked woman with basket on the back and standing man with walking stick On the left city with city wall optics magic lantern magic lantern toy projecting
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The New Memorial Arlequin game. Board game with a harlequin in the middle of the playing field that holds a bag in its opened hands with the figure 7. Around him a garland to which medallions hang with the numbers 2 to 12. At the top in the middle a shield. Under the show the rules in Dutch and in French in two columns. Numbered at the top right: n. 36.
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Joven caballero halconero de la época de los Reyes Católicos. Cromo de Chocolates Juncosa. Años 1920. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.
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Peeping into the Parlor, Jessie Willcox Smith
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MARTêNEZ COMPAîN Y BUJANDA, Baltasar Jaime (1735-1797). Trujillo del Perœ en el siglo XVIII. 1782 - 1785. Vol 2. Plate 86. 'Noques de tinte azul' (bowls with blue ink). Series depicting the wool treatment. Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Palacio Real Library.
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Federico Ribas Montenegro, 1890 - 1952. Spanish cartoonist, illustrator, publicist and poster designer. His career was launched in 1916 when he won a poster competition for a famous soap company.
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The New World, 3 Eme Serie Related to Parisian Life - Baron Pascal SEM (1863-1934). The New World, 3rd series relating to Parisian life - Baron Pascal. Color lithography.
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Monkey picking flowers in a meadow, caricature. Witkiewicz, Stanisław (1851-1915), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Calendar, The Antikamnia Calendar, November and December, 1897: A Withered Blossom; L Crusius; Lithographer: G. H. Buek & Co. (United States); Made for The Antikamnia Chemical Co. (United States); chromolithograph on paper with string binding; 1968-106-4-6
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Old Rose - A Cavalier's Drinking Song - "Now we're met like jovial fellows, let us do as wise men tell us, Sing Old Rose & burn the bellows, Let us do as wise men tell us - Sing etc." Date: 1653
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WHITE KING Alice lifts up the White King Date: First published: 1872
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Painted image on the glass for Skiat icon / Later Magica. "Robinson Cruse" .4. Robinson has made a home and manufactured furniture.
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The Prince's Promenade, possible a "Wiggle Much" design. Artist: Herbert E. Crowley (British, London 1873-1939 Zurich). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 11 5/8 in. (10.3 × 29.5 cm). Date: ca. 1910. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Gigerl-Tarock, Herz König
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Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Spot, An Autobiography. Date: 1895
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Ah! Would You. Philipp William May; English, 1864-1903. Date: 1892. Dimensions: 189 × 264 mm. Pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Curious Phenomena seen over Basel, Switzerland, at sunrise and sunset on two days in july and again on 7th August. Date: 17 and 18 July 1566
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Polly put in the Kettle, Jessie Willcox Smith
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Bernhard Baumeister, Baumüller born September 28, 1827 2 3 in Poznan, died October 25, 1917 in Baden near Vienna was a German-Austrian actor, castle actor builder in the role of the rat catcher of Hameln, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, record date not stated
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Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962). This illustration is from Gariss Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland and shows Uncle Wiggily and the Red Queen. Uncle Wiggily stories first appeared in the 'News' in 1910, were syndicated in 1915, and continued to be published for more than forty years, at one time appearing in one hundred newspapers. Garis wrote 35 volumes of Uncle Wiggily stories under his own name, as well as numerous other children's books under several pseudonyms. William Edward Bloomfield Starkweather was also a painter, teacher, and writer, known for impressionist landscape, paintings and book illustrations.
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Man with two milk bottles. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1930 - c. 1970. Measurements: h 161 mm × w 125 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Free enterprice, c. 1970 print Boy standing on his hands, on a shelf that sticks out of a window with breakfast stuff on it, in a landscape with a mill. paper. printing ink. gouache (paint) etching / drypoint
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Joaquim Ruyra Oms (1858-1939), escritor, poeta y traductor catalán. Caricatura. Author: Joan Garcia Junceda Supervia.
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A Hand-colored engraving from Auguste Wahlen, 'Moeurs, Usages, et Costumes de tous les Peuples de Monde, d'apres des Documents Authentiques et les Voyages les plus Recents' (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the Peoples of the World taken from Authentic Documents and the Most Recent Travels), Brussels: 1843.
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Audacious burglars, 1901. Artist: Unknown
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Yes indeed Gus, for I never would have married you looking as you do in that portrait; old enough to be my father. Really our happy home comes from our fortunate use of Parker's Hair Balsam.. Yes indeed Gus, for I never would have married you looking as you do in that portrait; old enough to be my father. Really our happy home comes from our fortunate use of Parker's Hair Balsam.
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literature, fairytale, Grimm Brothers, Hansel and Gretel, the children and the witch, drawing by Moritz von Schwind (1804 - 1871), 19th century,
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Old mother hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone, but when she came there the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none. She went to the baker's to buy him some bread, but when she came back the poor dog was dead. She went to the joiner's to buy him a coffin, but when she came back the poor dog was laughing.
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Bilderserie Die fünf Sinne, das Gesicht, Sehkraft / Image series The five senses, the face, sight, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.
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Peshkov, Roman Private Collection 2009 Colour lithograph Caricature Russia
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Der Fehlerteufel ("Devil of Mistakes") 1844 Gustav Bartsch German. Der Fehlerteufel ("Devil of Mistakes") 372680
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Wrought-iron sign at an inn, couple wearing traditional Black Forest costumes, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte, Unknown, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House
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A Drive in the Country 1897 France. Color lithograph on ivory wove paper . Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Having the Time, Pieter Holstein, 1975 - 1977 print Scout with pocket watch. paper. watercolor (paint) etching / brush
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The Swing, by W L Thomas, Exhibition of the Society of British Artists, London, England, United Kingdom, illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume XLIV, June 18, 1864. Digitally colorized image.
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Mural depicting writer Oskar Maria Graf, 1894 - 1967, at his birth place, Berg, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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Judge: England in Hock, Judge Magazine
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The spiders and the flies , Telegraph industry, Utility poles, Telegraph lines, Spiders, Flies, Gould, Jay, 1836-1892, Vanderbilt, William H. William Henry, 1821-1885, Western Union Telegraph Company
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Candide, or: the optimist, Page 69, Illustration. Voltaire, 1694-1778. text. Illustrations. 1944. Rare Book Division
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The Windham Bacchus. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 45.1 x 34.4 cm (17 3/4 x 13 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 26 1.2" high; 21" long. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alvin M. Gully.
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Bedouin, from Types of Nationalities (N240) issued by Kinney Bros. 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Types of Nationalities" series (N240), issued in 1890 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company. Each card is meant to be folded into thirds. Unfolded the card displays a figure from a particular nationality. Folded, the same figure is portrayed smoking a Kinney Brothers Cigarette.. Bedouin, from Types of Nationalities (N240) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1890. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
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Thanks to the videophone, papa(working in a distant country)can not only speak to his loved ones, he can see them also. Date: 1927
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"Hamlet Rossiter Sudds" - Hamlet Ludds was considered Byronic, and a weakness he had which was chronic, every girl he adored, of his sweet accord, and his love making wasn't platonic.. "Hamlet Rossiter Sudds" - Hamlet Ludds was considered Byronic, and a weakness he had which was chronic, every girl he adored, of his sweet accord, and his love making wasn't platonic.
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NOVEMBER, calendar, year, month, monthly
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TWAIN, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also called Mark (1835-1910). American author and humorist creator of 'Tom Sawyer'. Illustration of 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer'.
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Love in the Boughs, Christmas & Santa
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Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889-90 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "New Years 1890 Cards" series (N227), a set of 50 cards issued in 1889-90 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889-90. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
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Flat print titled 'EVA' by an anonymous artist, created around 1914, showing a figure composition on paper.
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Lueftlmalerei traditional painting, greeting, house facade, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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UVWXYZ All Had a Large Slice and Went off to Bed, Victorian Children's Literature - Kate Greenaway
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RUSSIA - CIRCA 1992: A stamp printed in Russia shows Dunno (Neznaika), series Characters from Children´s Books, circa 1992
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Painting by Katherine Cornell. July 3, 1949.
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Cover Of Country Gentleman Agricultural Magazine From The Early 20th Century. .
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Russian Poster and Graphic design, Color lithograph, 1909, Russia, Moscow, Russian Master State History Museum, 70x51