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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
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
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The Redhead Moon / Second Year - N ° 75 / Sunday 12 May 1878 / The Renewal, by Gill.
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Color lithograph on newsprint.
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This copper engraving by Pieter Bruegel the Elder from 1565 depicts Saint Jacobus witnessing the fall of Hermogen, showing figures, gestures, and composition.
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L'Arrivée Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879). , May 1874. Gillotage on newsprint, Sheet: 8 1/16 x 11 5/16 in. (20.5 x 28.7 cm). European Art May 1874
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Yesterday! Tomorrow! (IT)
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The Death of the Property Tax!!, George Cruikshank, 1816. Henry Brougham, John Bull, and British Lion attack hydra of Property Tax. George Tierney tells Britannia to rise. In background Prince Regent and his ministers on the run.
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Share out of China amongst the imperialist powers. Caricature depicting (from left to right) the queen Victoria of England, the German emperor William II, the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, the French Republic and the Japanese emperor Meiji Tenno. Engraving. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.
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The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National Assembly, Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, wearing armor, carrying lance and shield labeled Shield of Aristocracy and Despotism, riding a donkey, emerging from the doorway to the Dodsley Bookseller the publisher of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution which hangs from the horn of the saddle. The head of the donkey has a human face and wears the triple-tiered crown of the pope; depicted on the shield are scenes of torture a
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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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Puck Magazine: The Streets of New York, New York
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Jumbo at Coney Island. Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton. Jumbo at Coney Island. Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton
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James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, The Seige of Blenheim, - or - The New System of Gunning, Discovered -- Vide - A Bold Stroke for a Husband-Dedicated to the Duke of A.-, 1791. Etching, hand-colored.
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Washington's Reception by the Ladies on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J., April 1789, on His Way to be Inaugurated First President of the United States. Dimensions: Image: 12 in. × 8 9/16 in. (30.5 × 21.8 cm)Sheet: 16 1/8 × 12 5/16 in. (41 × 31.2 cm). Publisher: Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813-1888 New York). Sitter: Portrait of George Washington (American, 1732-1799). Date: 1845.George Washington on horseback, accompanied by other gentlemen, is greeted by ladies bearing flowers as he rides over the bridge at Trenton. Banners bear the following inscriptions: "Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776" "The Defender of the Mothers will be the Proctector of the Daughters.". Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Comme sisyphe. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Londoners get a chance to admire the Nelson effigy at close quarters, before he is hoisted to the top of his column where only pigeons get close... Date: 1843
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Copy of the newspaper 'Le Petit Journal' of December 17, 1892, Fortune Louis Méaulle, After Henri Meyer, 1892 print The confession," Emperor Wilhelm I with death and standing between the victims of the war. Illustration on the front of the newspaper 'Le Petit Journal' of December 17, 1892 paper printed matter Death as skeleton
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Na soiuzy 1811 goda. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1884 - 1890. Rare Book Division
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Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756 1827 ), Downfall of Monopoly in 1800, published 1800, hand colored etching
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Hell Hounds Rallying Round the Idol of France April 8, 1815 Thomas Rowlandson. Hell Hounds Rallying Round the Idol of France. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). April 8, 1815. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints
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Behind a high wall is the bewigged figure of Lord Cottenham, below on his back, as if having fallen, is Lord Brougham. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
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Chromolithograph - Après quatre ans de pratiques ! Les rejetons d'une politique batarde. Paye, Baptiste ! Anonymous
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The Trochu Plan (Historical Document)
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Parsons Drowning Care, Richard Newton, 1777-1798, British, 1796, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (24.8 x 34.9cm)
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Sketch taken in the theater - It is said that Parisians are difficult to satisfy, on these four benches, not an unhappy. It is true that all these French women are Romans (pl.2). Black lithography. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 77911-30 Applaudir, content, sketch, lithography, Parisian, theater
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The sun goes up for everyone. (IT)
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Ejemplar y ciertisimo suceso en la Republica Mexicana (Exemplary and Truest Success in the Mexican Republic). José Guadalupe Posada; Mexican, 1852-1913. Date: 1889-1899. Dimensions: 362 x 263 mm (image); 401 x 298 mm (sheet). Relief engraving on tan wove paper. Origin: Mexico. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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SATIRA - REVISTA LA FLACA - 29 DE MAYO DE 1870. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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To His Excellency Mr. Thiers, Head of the Executive Power of the Rural Republic / Bravo Adolphe! Guillaume is only a drink. (IT)
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James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, The Tree of Liberty, 1797. Etching, hand-colored.
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CHARLES JAMES FOX British statesman caricatured as St George with the shield of truth facing the dragon. Date: 1749 - 1806
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Animated Astronomy Scene at the Rodin Theater Bertrand / e. ROEVENS. Animated astronomy scene at the Rodin Theater. 1864. Press wood.
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CHEATING DRESSES - ECONOMIC CARICATURE - 1845 - ECONOMIC CRISIS OF ENGLAND - FROM THE SATIRICAL BRITISH PUNCH JOURNAL. Author: JOHN LEECH. Location: MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Destruction of the French Collossus, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1798, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 13 3/16 x 9 7/8in. (33.5 x 25.1cm)
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Destruction of the Granichstättens factory in six -house next Vienna, through which predatory rabble after the outbreak of the revolution , on March , Franz Barth -, publisher
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Coalition Government. Duke of Devonshire and Arthur Balfour (centre) trying to control Joseph Chamberlain, leader of junior party in coalition. In September 1903 he resigned to be free to advocate his Tariff Reforms. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne fro
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Allegory of the February Revolution, 1848, Arnaudeau, 1848 print Allegory on the February expression in France, 1848. Marianne is trying symbols of the royal family and keeps laurel wreaths above the heads of the cooperating civilians and soldiers. Paris paper personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. France
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Novela. ¡Viva la República!, de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928). Valencia, 1893.
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The first roses.
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Menagerie Charles X / in Vincennes. (IT)
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The clairvoyant's dream. American cartoon print filing series . Journalism, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Apotheosis of Mr Thiers. (IT)
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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
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He Steers His Flight. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1810. Dimensions: 488 x 375 mm (image); 512 x 395 mm (plate); 525 x 415 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: JAMES GILLRAY.
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The triumphal route by bobb / it is certainly not those that we will ever meet all our great ancestors !!! ...
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F. Delamain. Scenic and air balancingist Juliano. 1894. Lithography. Paris, Carnavalet museum.
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New popular calendar (IT)
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The New Union Club. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); after Captain Frederick Marryat (English, 1792-1848); published by George Humphrey (English, c. 1773-1831). Date: 1819. Dimensions: 280 × 460 mm (image); 315 × 480 mm (sheet cut to plate). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Grunert, Karl.
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In memorium--our civil service as it was | Library of Congress
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John Bull looking forward to Land of Promise by JL Marks, cartoon, 1832
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Lamentable complainant of the truth-wandering-wandering, adorned with his portrait, as he was seen in Paris in December 1848. (IT)
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Napoleon in the Jacobijn hat, 1815; I watch all under my net. After his return to Paris, Napoleon tries to hide in vain in June 1815 in a large Jacobian hat, signed 'Paris'. However, he is shaken from the hat by Carnot, Fouché and Cambacérès. On the left the king of Prussia that catches the whole couple with a large Valnet. The persons numbered 1-5.
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Horrible Murder!. José Guadalupe Posada; Mexican, 1852-1913. Date: 1880-1890. Dimensions: 300 x 197 mm. Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper. Origin: Mexico. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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The address map of Gay, sculptor of the eighteenth century, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1877.
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Graphic by Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) a British artist and illustrator. Dated 19th Century
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Artisan and family looking forward when the Window Tax would be repealed, Cartoon by Richard Doyle from Punch, England, London, 1851
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Last regards, Petrus van Geldorp, 1898 paper political caricatures and satires. historical persons. fight of gladiators
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A fool is writing an insult on the pedestal of a statue of Hippocrates. Lithograph by Cham, 1862.
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Gilt Weather Vane. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 48.8 x 34.7 cm (19 3/16 x 13 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frances Cohen.
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The communities! (IT)
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The Spanish and American Illustration was a magazine published in Madrid between 1869 and 1921, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894