Historical Political Caricatures

A collection of lithographs featuring satirical depictions of political themes, societal events, and characters, characterized by exaggerated figures and expressive details.

The Departure April 29, 1784 Thomas Rowlandson British. The Departure. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). April 29, 1784. Etching; undescribed early state. J. Hedges (London). Prints

Vue prise dans la nouvelle rue de Rivoli. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

The King of Persia's Doctor (plate 19). Charles Émile Jacque; French, 1813-1894. Date: 1843. Dimensions: 249 × 191 mm (image); 352 × 234 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The guarantee, Contemporary lawsuit, Si vis pacem, para bellum, Caricatures on the political day, for the German -Danish conflict - London protocols, Napoleon III, Have come to his Mexican pig trichinen, Caricaturist

News // Hungry belly has no ears ...... / (4)

Plus que ça d'ballon, excusez!. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Honoré Daumier, Suites du macadamisage, 19th century Suites du macadamisage

The Departure April 29, 1784 Thomas Rowlandson British. The Departure. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). April 29, 1784. Etching; undescribed early state. J. Hedges (London). Prints

AN AUTUMN TOUR IN SWITZERLAND

La Presse. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, no date. Prints; etchings. Etching

What jump! WHAT SOTS !!!!!!! (IT)

The Patriot turned Plagiarist, or the Petty Tax Gatherers Hunting John Bull, Charles Williams, active 1796-1830, British, after James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1806, Etching

Spain (1808-1814). Peninsular War. Caricature of the benefits obtained by Napoleon in Spain. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo de Historia.

A Theatrical Chymist. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (24.1 × 31.8 cm). Date: May 1786. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Staberl and Fuchsowitz caricature on Joseph Maria von Radowitz, member of the National Assembly in Frankfurt , Eduard Gustav May -, publisher

L'Envoyé américain obtenant une audience.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

A good occasion to test the power of his voice, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, July 8, 1869. Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). Dimensions: Image: 9 7/16 in. × 8 in. (24 × 20.3 cm)Sheet: 14 in. × 10 9/16 in. (35.6 × 26.8 cm). Printer: Walter Frères. Publisher: Arnaud de Vresse. Series/Portfolio: 'News of the day' (Actualités). Date: July 8, 1869. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Vörclagen of the Floh to Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart to bring various people to the manor house, Ignaz Kuranda, Count Waldstein and Karl Linder, from The Flea, Karl Klic -, Caricaturist

A Picturesque View of the State of Great Britain for 1780 1780 Anonymous, British, 18th century British. A Picturesque View of the State of Great Britain for 1780. Anonymous, British, 18th century. 1780. Etching and engraving. Prints

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879). Air connuOh! Richard, oh! mon roi..., 1851. From Actualités. Lithograph on wove newsprint paper. Image: 205 mm x 278 mm (8.07 in. x 10.94 in.). Second of two states.

Tribune (TI)

Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), `Good day, Chamberlain!`; from: "Kłosy" no. 740 - vol. XXIX. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Malinowski, Aleksander (1855-1917), engraver, Kłosy (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1865-1890), publisher

Honoré Daumier, Les facconnant les Moldo Valaques , 19th century Les facconnant les Moldo-Valaques ...

The competition at the conservatory: At the 79th audition of "Oh, what a pleasure to be a soldier!", from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 1, 1870 August 1, 1870 Honoré Daumier. The competition at the conservatory: At the 79th audition of "Oh, what a pleasure to be a soldier!", from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 1, 1870. 'News of the day' (Actualités). Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). August 1, 1870. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). Prints

The Nadels of the French-Russian Alliance, Johan Braakensiek, 1897 Amsterdam paper riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. whip. Phrygian bonnet. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. political caricatures and satires

Days with Celebrities: Mr. Millais, R.A. Dated: 1881. Dimensions: sheet: 38.5 x 31.5 cm (15 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.). Medium: pen and black ink on bristol board. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Studio of Alfred Bryan.

Triomphe de la probité politique commerciale. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

The Grand General / Exhumed of Versailles. (IT)

The ladies of the abusing hall of permission (IT)

Cartoon, 1878 print Cartoon. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 25, 1878. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper

Political Chemist and German Retorts or Dissolving the Rhenish Confederacy December 12, 1813 Thomas Rowlandson A little Napoleon is being heated to dissolution point in a glass vessel atop a "German Stove." Two retorts are connected with the vessel, which are inscribed "Intrigue and Villainy" and "Ambition and Folly." Four are connected to the stove and are inscribed: "Gasconade and Lies," "Fire and Sword," "Arrogance and Atrocity," and "Murder and Plunder." Representation of European powers surround the scene.. Political Chemist and German Retorts or Dissolving the Rhenish Confederacy. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). December 12, 1813. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Célébrrrrrre jury de peinture.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

slides of the reaction. / It was time !!! (TI)

N ° 23 / For a ruin in v'la a neat. (IT)

Danger de porter des jupons-ballons.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Les comédiens de société. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Cartoon from Puck. Joseph Keppler (Austria, Vienna, active United States, 1838-1894)Bernhard Gillam (United States, 1856-1896). United States, 1880-1889. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Artillerie du Diable. Dated: 1834. Dimensions: overall: 26.5 x 36 cm (10 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.). Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville and Eugène-Hippolyte Forest.

Le Suisse, Menu 1896 France. The self-referential illustration for this menu, likely designed for a rambunctious stag party in honor of Georges Lasserre on December 22, 1896, epitomizes debauchery. Lasserre and a courtesan, outfitted only in a corset and bloomers, toast their neighbors and cavort beside a spilling bottle. An actor portraying a soldier floats above the dinner table, a curiously upright figure in an otherwise disorderly scene.. Color lithograph on ivory wove paper . Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A Literary Discussion in the Second Tier, published in Le Charivari, February 27, 1864 February 27, 1864 Honoré Daumier The "discussion" of the title is actually a fight taking place in the tightly-packed second tier of a theater. A central figure lurches forward to strangle and dangle another spectator over the balcony. Another man tries to restrain him from behind, while the crowd reacts with mouths agape.. A Literary Discussion in the Second Tier, published in Le Charivari, February 27, 1864. Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). February 27, 1864. Lithograph; second state of two. Prints

Napoleon sells stolen well, 1813; Mock auction or boney selling stolen goods. Cartoon on the fall of Napoleon after the lost blow at Leipzig in 1813. Napoleon as an auctioneer selling the stolen crowns of European countries. The French General Berthier holds the Spanish Crown for sale. Right representatives of European countries. In the foreground a British sailor and a fat Dutchman. Behind it the king of Württemberg, a Russian Cossack and a Prussian Hussar. A standing Spaniard reaches the crown. A stack of crowns and documents that will still be offered on the ground. His wife Marie Louise is behind Napoleon with their son Napoleon II, the king of Rome, with an monkey head. A separate statement is one of the print.

Honoré Daumier, Les spectateurs de l'orchestre, 19th century Les spectateurs de l'orchestre

News // Hungry belly has no ears / (4)

Honoré Daumier, A asniéres, 19th century A asniéres

Carlo the Great, Running Away with the East Indes. Charles WIlliams (English, active 1797-1830); published by William Holland (English, 1757-1815). Date: 1806. Dimensions: 327 × 445 mm (image); 350 × 462 mm (plate); 390 × 505 mm (sheet). Etching, with hand-coloring, on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Grand Course-au-Clocher Académique, Planche 1: Perruques Académiques. Artist: Auguste Desperret (French, died 1865); After J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803-1847 Vanves). Dimensions: sheet: 14 7/8 x 20 7/16 in. (37.8 x 51.9 cm). Printer: Aubert et Cie. Publisher: Bauger et Cie (Paris). Date: 1844. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The ambition of the wallflower, Johan Braakensiek, 1898 Amsterdam paper personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. (+ nation; national). historical persons. political caricatures and satires. ball, formal dance United States of America

The giant factotum amusing himself, 1797, by James Gillray.

Maniac-raving's-or-Little Boney in a strong fit Js. Gillray inv. & fect.. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature. Napoleon,I,Emperor of the French,1769-1821. , International relations,1800-1810. , Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

The kitchen cabinet, or political money changers removing the deposits , Donkeys, Banks, Money, Presidents, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852, Bank of the United States 1816-1836, Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869, Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876

December 31st, Table of contents, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 31, 1868 December 31, 1868 Honoré Daumier. December 31st, Table of contents, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 31, 1868. 'News of the day' (Actualités). Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). December 31, 1868. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). Arnaud de Vresse. Prints

Oestreichs political situation, Caricature on the Revolution , Josef d, Lanzedelly Lanzedelli, Lancedelli -, Lithographer, Jakob Loder, Printer, Anton Paternos widow, publishing house

The Viennese in embarrassment caricature for the Viennese world exhibition, image supplement to Hans Jörgel , Vinzenz Katzler -, Lithographer, Reiffenstein , Rösch, Printing Press

Plusieurs gardes nationaux qui n'avaient pas songé.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

THE TICHBORNE TRIAL

Honoré Daumier, Deux Grands Ducs Lachés sur Sébastopol, 19th century Deux Grands-Ducs Lachés ... sur Sébastopol

Une panique de Lilliputiens... , Politicians, Historians, Lawyers, Government officials, Authors, Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877, Berryer, Pierre-Antoine, 1790-1868, Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte de, 1810-1870, Molé, Louis-Mathieu, comte, 1781-1855, Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Honoré Daumier, Le Cid se mettant aussi en campagne, 1859 Le Cid se mettant aussi en campagne...

Le Suisse, Menu. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; French, 1864-1901. Date: 1896. Dimensions: 370 × 263 mm (image); 419 × 320 mm (sheet). Color lithograph on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Ink drawing by Ernst Juch depicting wirebarven aspirants, showing figures, gestures, and compositional arrangement.

Illustration showing Charles BRADLAUGH (1833-91); English free-thinker and social reformer. Elected MP for Northampton in 1880, but would not take oath on Bible, and was refused right to affirm by parliamentary select committees, so could not take his seat. Continued to be elected and in 1886 took oath and his seat. Cartoon from Punch 1880

Sinterklaas-Mesdagh, Willem van Konijnenburg, 1897 print The Hague paper festivities on St. Nicholas (Eve) (December 5) Beautiful study

CARICATURA DE LE PETIT JOURNAL, EL NACIMIENTO DEL CONFLICTO ORIENTAL. BULGARIA PROCLAMA SU INDEPENDENCIA, AUSTRIA ANEXIONA BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA, 1908. Franz Joseph I of Austria. HABSBURGO-LORENA FRANCISCO JOSE I DE. ABDUL HAMID II. BATTENBERG ALEJANDRO JOSE DE.

Triumph of love and folly E s Elmes.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . George,IV,King of Great Britain,1762-1830. , Caroline,Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,1768-1821. , Spouses,England,London,1820. , Sedan chairs,England,London,1820.

Aux bains Deligny. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Eternal peer invocation Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803-1847). Press cartoon. "Eternal peer invocation". Board published in "caricature" of 18 August 1831. Lithograph. Paris, House of Balzac.

King Willem I on a throne of cheese, 1830. Cartoon on King Willem I and his family, 1830. The king is built on a throne from round cheeses. To his feet a swamp with frogs. On the left the publisher libry with a chain with bullet on his leg. Behind him is the crown prince with his wife. The princess asks her husband's diamonds. On the right, Prince Frederik returns from Belgium with heater pipes tied to his jacket. In the background a Belgian rebellion with banner 'Vive La Liberte'. In the caption the legend 1-6.

Un' infornata di nuovo genere / Grossi. | Library of Congress

Lentree du grand tunnel dun chemin de fer, from Les Chemins de Fer, in Le Charivari, 22 March 1844. Artist: Honoré Daumier, French, 1808-1879

In the laying of the foundation of the twelve million town hall , Mayor Dr, Cajetan Felder, when laying the foundation of the twelve million town hall Kikeriki , Friedrich Graetz Grätz -, caricaturist, Göschl, realization

Who likes, chastises well / by / Paul Klenck / Ah! Naughty, Pendantrd, Thief, Bad Prussian ... (IT)

Table, by EUG.LADREYT.

Auch ein Todtentanz V. Dated: 1849. Medium: wood engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alfred Rethel.

Run-off elections: Will she invite me for a second waltz, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, June 2, 1869. Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). Dimensions: Image: 9 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (23.8 × 20.7 cm)Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 3/16 in. (36.2 × 25.9 cm). Printer: Walter Frères. Publisher: Arnaud de Vresse. Series/Portfolio: 'News of the day' (Actualités). Date: June 2, 1869. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

New morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraving 1798, french politician and Theophilanthropist Louis Marie standing on a three-legged stool perched upon a stone dais reading Religion de la Nature to surrounding caricatures of people and animals, including the Duke of Bedford as Leviathan.

The Penications for the Chinese, Peter van Geldorp, 1900 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. ruler, sovereign. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. China

Le Cid se mettant aussi en campagne.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

No my children... you are not part of this play here!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 8, 1867 March 8, 1867 Honoré Daumier. No my children... you are not part of this play here!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 8, 1867. 'News of the day' (Actualités). Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). March 8, 1867. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). Arnaud de Vresse. Prints

France - 19th century - Construction of the Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the Us in 1876. Engraving by C. Maurand after Claverie drawing

The Great monster, Republican, having traversed great part of Europe but see Britania sic and roused her lion to give this monster, a proper reception. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection . France,History,Revolution, 1789-1799. , Demons,1790-1800. , Britannia (Symbolic character),1790-1800.

The thistle reel , Politics & government, Devil, Thistles, Dance, Dancers, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793

Secret influence or a peep-behind the screen Williams.. British Cartoon Prints Collection .

Copperheads worshiping their idol. , Presidential elections, Politicians, Soldiers, Monuments & memorials, Rulers, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, McClellan, George B. George Brinton, 1826-1885

All These Grapes Seem to Have Fallen Ill... (Tous ces raisins me font l'effet d'avoir la maladie...) Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879). , November 7, 1853. Lithograph on newsprint, Sheet: 9 13/16 x 14 in. (24.9 x 35.5 cm). European Art November 7, 1853

Design for the new gallery of busts and pictures -"and so far will I trust thee gentle Kate" -Henry 4th, part 1st Peter,burgh, inv. et fecit.. Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection , Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8072, Exhibit loan 4161-L. Catherine,II,Empress of Russia,1729-1796. , Fox, Charles James,1749-1806. , Demosthenes. , Cicero, Marcus Tullius. , Galleries & museums,1790-1800. , International relations,Russia,1790-1800. , International relations,Great Britain,1790-1800.

THE NIGHTMARE Henri-G�rard Fontallard (or Gerard-Fontallard). The nightmare.

Color lithograph on newsprint.

Breaking Up of the Blue Stocking Club March 1, 1815 Thomas Rowlandson Five pairs of women brawl over a tea table at center. Teacups have fallen to the floor and broken while the women are in combat. Three cats add to the uproar.. Breaking Up of the Blue Stocking Club. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). March 1, 1815. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Honoré Daumier, Le retour est souvent difficile, 19th century Le retour est souvent difficile

Spoons as Falstaff mustering the impeachment managers , Impeachments, Presidents, Legislators, Costumes, Butler, Benjamin F. Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893, Boutwell, George S. George Sewall, 1818-1905, Williams, Thomas, 1806-1872, Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868, Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900, Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886, Chase, Salmon P. Salmon Portland, 1808-1873, Wilson, James F. James Falconer, 1828-1895, Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

They observe what they have never known They observe what they have never known (Constitution of 1789 and 1790 presented at Louis XVI) ". Anonymous. Print.

Reinier Camminga, Simon Frisius, 1622 print print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Franeker paper etching / letterpress printing

A Tub Thumper. Date/Period: Between 1817 and 1820. Genre subject. Watercolor with pen and brown, red-brown and gray ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream, wove paper. Height: 318 mm (12.51 in); Width: 235 mm (9.25 in). Author: Thomas Rowlandson.

Floods in St Petersburg, Russia, 1903. Artist: Unknown

Crinololinomania ./8./inconvenians of skirts in whale crinolin, by a gust of wind. (Registered title (letter)) | Crinolinomania. (Title of all)

Memories of the Peace Congress n ° 2: Second session. An American speaker proves in an irrefutable way ... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Memories of the Peace Congress n ° 2: Second session. An American speaker proves in an irrefutable way .. Lithograph in black.

So one shows a sketch of winter enhancings here, / or that people keep there, threats on the YS. / He who finds' taste in it can be done on several wys / en enclosure to be tyd, and also to spend on money. Leaf with a big representation of a winter scene, with people who sled and skates and a seller of hot drink. Under the image a fresh in two columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 101.

N ° 23 / Do not you find my old man that, to finish it's a little spranging! ...... (IT)

Cartoon from Puck. Bernhard Gillam (United States, 1856-1896)Joseph Keppler (Austria, Vienna, active United States, 1838-1894). United States, 1880-1889. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Reinier Camminga; Regnervs Camminga Potestatvm nonvs; Friese Heerslers.

The political arena , Dogs, Rats, Secession, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Uncle Sam Symbolic character, Brother Jonathan Nickname, Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

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