Humorous 19th Century Caricatures

Vibrant, colorful caricatures illustrating comedic scenes and characters, often revealing societal norms and behaviors through playful exaggeration, typical of 19th-century humor.

The anatomist , Physicians, Surprise. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Plate from Illustrations to Popular Songs. Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851); published by Thomas McLean (English, active 1790-1860). Date: 1822. Dimensions: 197 × 255 mm (image); 215 × 270 mm (plate); 245 × 340 mm (sheet). Soft ground etching with hand-coloring and aquatint on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Democratic Leveling; - Alliance a la Francoise; - or - The Union of the Coronet and Clyster-Pipe, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1796, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4in. (31.8 x 23.5cm)

The burned -down house, Posse von Schikaneder Gallerie Droller Scenen to the theater newspaper, Jg, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Monsieur of Monsieur and Mrs. Denis

The anatomist , Physicians, Surprise. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Crowded Salon, George Cuikshank, 1835 print Cartoon with a crowded party room or salon. The guests get in the way, get stuck in the doorway and step on each other's feet and clothing. paper etching drawing-room, 'salon'. reception, cocktail party. political caricatures and satires

A group of writers drinking punch and dining at the house of a rich citizen. Fabricious Description of the Poets. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson to accompany Reverend James Beresfords Miseries of Human Life, Ackermann, 1808.

La Bouillotte; Cinq Tableaux de Costumes Parisiens. An elegant company plays the Bouillotte card game at a table. (The game was invented under the Directoire and was the card game par excellence during this period, not so much in the playhouses as in the Mondaine Salons. It was played with 5 players, referring to the five-member board of France that the country during part The French Revolution (1795-1799) ruled / "Au Temps des Merveilleuses", no. 123))

Footman August 30, 1799 Thomas Rowlandson. Footman. Country Characters. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). August 30, 1799. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Type of day / back! Tyrans, this place is no longer yours.

Washing the Blackamoor, Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, 1795, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 7/8in. (21.6 x 32.7cm)

A parody on Milton , Intoxication, Alcoholic beverages, Women domestics. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The dance of death: the coquette. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1816.

A sleepy congregation , Churches, Pews, Sleeping, Clergy. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Auctioneer & Lawyer, Auctioneer Knocking Down a Bad Lot (from "King's Columbian Jester") 1823-24 William C. Borradaile American. Auctioneer & Lawyer, Auctioneer Knocking Down a Bad Lot (from "King's Columbian Jester"). 1823-24. Hand-colored etching. William C. Borradaile (American, 19th century). Prints

The Hopes of the Family - An Admission at the University. Artist: After Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750-1811 Keswick, Cumberland). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 7 11/16 in. (14.5 × 19.5 cm). Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Publisher: () Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Date: ca. 1803. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

An Old Maid on a Journey November 20, 1804 James Gillray British. An Old Maid on a Journey. James Gillray (British, London 1756-1815 London). November 20, 1804. Hand-colored etching. Hannah Humphrey (London). Prints

Illustrations from Mr. Lambkin, plate 23, Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, undated, Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

I think it's a bit firm. (Registered Title) | Board for the album of the silhouette. (title of all)

Cries of London, No. 2 : Buy my goose, my fat goose. , Pharmacists, Peddlers, Geese. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Lewis Vaslet, 1742-1808, British, The Spoiled Child, Scene V, ca. 1802. Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Measuring Substitutes for the Army of Reserve 1815 Thomas Rowlandson. Measuring Substitutes for the Army of Reserve. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1815. Hand-colored etching. Prints

For The Benefit of The Champion May 20, 1784 Thomas Rowlandson. For The Benefit of The Champion. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). May 20, 1784. Hand-colored etching. William Humphrey (British, 1742-in or before 1814). Prints

A Lying In Visit 1798 Copy after Thomas Rowlandson A new mother sits in a chair at right, near a cradle. Her baby is held by a nurse and passed to a woman visitor seated at left to kiss. Further to the left, an elderly woman holds a muff, and a younger woman holds a cup of tea. A reverse copy of a Rowlandson print of 1808.. A Lying In Visit. Copy after Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1798. Hand-colored etching. John Harris (British, ca. 1740-1812). Prints

Monnier, Henry Bonaventure (n.1799-06-07-D.1877-01-03), profit and load. A child from Apollo (registered title (letter)). Colored lithography, woven paper. Balzac house.

Four o'clock in town , Undressing, Soldiers, Women domestics, Beds, Spouses. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The Black Woman by Meisl Gallerie Drollerie Scenen for the theater newspaper, nd year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Johann Nestroy in Der Färber and his twin brother costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

A Seaman's Wife's Reckoning July 15, 1812 Thomas Rowlandson A young woman sits holding an infant and turns towards an elderly man beside her. Her sailor husband at right, rises from his chair and stares warily at his father. The old man, who wears a seaman's uniform, scowls towards his son, saying, "Why d'ye see I am an old Seaman and not easily imposed uponI say that cant be my Son Jacks child why he has been married but three months and during that time he has been at seathe thing is impossible you may as well tell me that my ship Nancy goes nine knots an hour in a dead calm, and now I look again its the very picture of Peter Wilkins the Soap Boiler." The woman says: "My dear Father-in Law, Ill make it out very easilyJack has been married to me three monthsvery wellI have been with child three monthswhich makes sixthen he has been to sea three months has not he? and that just makes up the Nine!!" The husband says: "Father, Farther [sic,dont be too hard upon PollI know some

Peter Plumb's diary , Sleeping, Kissing, Dogs, Fireplaces. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Dissapointed epicures , Dogs, Accidents, Surprise, Shouting, Servants. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

More miseries. In the country, going to a party at dinner... , Intoxication, Horses, Horseback riding. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Quae Genus in the Service of a Miser, from "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax" October 1, 1821 Thomas Rowlandson. Quae Genus in the Service of a Miser, from "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax". "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). October 1, 1821. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Spotprent op de Amsterdamse dienstmeisjes die zich misdragen op de kermis, 1828; Amsterdamsche Dienst-Meisjes Kermis Dag.Cartoon on the Amsterdam maids who misbehave on the fair, September 1828. Three consecutive representations. 1 'The exodus': the neighbor asks the maid or she goes to the fair. 2 'The true joy' means the maid that is more free to get rid of it. 3 'The T'Muis Komst': The drunken girl calls her house, but is sent away. Each image with a line overscription and two lines.

Les Contes de revenants, Gihaut Frères, French, 1815 - 1871, Eugène Louis Lami, French, 1800 - 1890, Lami-Denozan Libraire, French, active 19th c., Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, Seven women and a man around a table, left. Men asleep in armchairs, right. Title and artists' names below., Paris, France, ca. 1830, Print, Print

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, Love's Last Shift, 1787. Etching, hand-colored.

Soldiers and villagers, outside a farmhouse , Soldiers, Farms, Courtship, Children. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Any path leads to Rome. / No. 4. (registered title) | The life of a journalist (title of all)

Peter Stieglitz , Magic Posses of the same theatrical picture gallery for the theater newspaper, nd vol, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Royal Academy, Somerset House, London 1801-11 Thomas Rowlandson. Royal Academy, Somerset House, London. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1801-11. Hand-colored etching. Prints

Parasites. ... (registered title)

Pass me quickly the omelette! / N ° 36. (registered title)

Harmony before Matrimony by Gillray, James (1757-1815)/ Private Collection/ 1805/ England/ Etching, watercolour/ Caricature/ Genre

Thomas Rowlandson, A Bawd on Her Last Legs, 1792 A Bawd on Her Last Legs

The famous Mayieux, it is not rampacious, it is alive .... / No. 54. (registered title)

A Templar at His Studies March 20, 1811 Thomas Rowlandson A barrister yawns over a brief reclining in an arm-chair, extending his bare legs to the fire at right. A young woman, partly dressed, arranges her hair at a mirror at left.. A Templar at His Studies. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). March 20, 1811. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Three weeks after marriage : Or the great little Emperor playing at Bo-Peep , Rulers, Fighting, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847, Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Kitty Overcome, 1821. Watercolor with pen and red-brown and brown ink, over graphite, with pen and gray ink and wash line on border on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper.

Quae Genus Gives a Grand Party, from "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax" February 1, 1822 Thomas Rowlandson. Quae Genus Gives a Grand Party, from "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax". "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). February 1, 1822. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

A Gaming Table at Devonshire House 1791 Thomas Rowlandson British Rowlandson underscored gamblings grip on British aristocrats at the end of the eighteenth century by centering the action in this drawing upon two sisters from the Spencer family, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and Henrietta (Harriet) Ponsonby, Viscountess Duncannon. They preside over a nighttime game of hazard. The setting is likely Devonshire House, Piccadilly, where the duchess often turned the drawing room into a private gambling salon. Hazard, which involves two dice and a stepped betting system, is being played for high stakes. One die has already fallen, and the other hovers in midair transfixing those at the table. The young gambler at right wears the star of the Order of the Garter, which identifies him as the Prince of Wales. Georgiana, the seated dice-thrower, was by 1789 more than £60,000 in debt (almost $6,000,000 today).. A Gaming Table at Devonshire House 358676

A lodge with puffs. (IFF 62) (Registered title (letter))

Sensual love : Or a sop in the pan , Courtship. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The nephew from love, Ballet from Petit Gallerie Droller Scenen to the Theaterzeitung, Jg, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

The skeleton Death with his hourglass shows a genealogical table to two elderly aristocratic Geneologists in a room with heraldic shields and suits of armour. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Fatal imprudence! / Cursed pate what collate you give me. (IT)

Swearing a Bastard Child!. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London); After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 12 11/16 in. (26.8 × 32.2 cm). Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Date: December 20, 1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Prussian Beautiful Amazon returns to his first occupations - each his job - The beautiful Prussian Amazon returns to his first occupations, each his profession ... ", 1806. Estampe.

Conjurer with Pistol and Cards, George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, ca. 1826, Pen and brown ink, black ink, watercolor, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 3/16 × 7 5/8 inches (13.2 × 19.4 cm), audience, candle, caricature, crowd, magician

Hodge's Explanation of a Hundred Magistrates March 1, 1815 Thomas Rowlandson Hodge, at right wearing a smock, has been brought before three justices in wigs at left. One of the justices says, "How dare you Fellow to say it is unfair to bring you before one hundred Magistrates when you see there are but three of us!" Hodge responds, "Why please your Worship you maun knowwhen I went to school, they Taught I that a one and two O's stood for a hundredso do you see your Worship be One and the other two be Cyphers!". Hodge's Explanation of a Hundred Magistrates. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). March 1, 1815. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

A 19th century English cafe, by Chalon, illustration.

The introduction , Rulers, Thrones, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827. James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings

An Accouchment. Charles WIlliams (English, active 1797-1830); published by S. W. Fores (English, active 1785-1825). Date: 1812. Dimensions: 229 × 340 mm (image);257 × 360 mm (plate); 267 × 374 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Cries of London, No. 5: Come Buy My Watercresses March 1, 1799 Henri Merke. Cries of London, No. 5: Come Buy My Watercresses. Cries of London. Henri Merke (Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760-after 1820). March 1, 1799. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. R. Ackermann (active 1794-1829). Prints

Illustrations from Mr. Lambkin, plate 18, Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, undated, Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Pictures of Prejudice June 4, 1800 Thomas Rowlandson. Pictures of Prejudice. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). June 4, 1800. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Plate 5, from "World in Miniature" 1816 Thomas Rowlandson One of forty prints from Rowlandson's "World in Miniature; Consisting of Groups of Figures, for the Illustration of Landscape Scenery." Two scenes: at top, a man converses with a young and an elderly laundress, who go through his garments he has brought; below, a farm scene with a man threshing hay in the background, and a man on horseback speaking with a young woman in the foreground.. Plate 5, from "World in Miniature". "World in Miniature". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1816. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

A hitt at backgammon , Backgammon, Fighting, Anger. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Why don't you come to bed you drunken sot , Quarreling, Intoxication. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Coffee House, Rome, leaf from 'A Collection of Dresses by David Allan Mostly from Nature', David Allan (Alloa, Scotland, 1744 - 1796) 1776

Staberls travel adventure by Nestroy Gallerie Droller Scenen for the theater newspaper, st year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Harmony before Matrimony. A young woman and a fashionably dressed young man singing a duet. The woman plays a harp while looking over her shoulder at the music book, 'Duets de L'Amour', which the man holds. Engraving by Gillray 1805.

A glee , Military officers, Intoxication, Alcoholic beverages, Amputees, Smoking, Peg legs. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The citizens in Vienna by Bäuerle, template to, Gallerie Drollerie Scenen for the theater newspaper, st year, No, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Artist: Peter S. Duval, American, born France, 1805-1886, After: James Queen, American, 1824-1877, Sailors on Shore. Casting Anchor -2., Lithograph, sheet: 25.5 × 31.5 cm (10 1/16 × 12 3/8in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

The victory of painting about death.

The bound fantasy by Raimund Gallerie Droller Scenen for the theater newspaper, nd year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

The wonderful physicists (pl 72) The wonderful physicists "(PL.72). Anonymous colored water.

London, Fores, Samuel W., England, Cruikshank, George, Miss endeavouring to excite a Glow with her Dutch Play Thing, Prinses Charlotte uit spelen met haar Hollandse tol, 1814, verso - stamped, Princess Charlotte standing with whip tells King George IV, who is sitting on the bench, that she has finished playing the top. A seated figure, a Dutchman, is depicted on the top. On the wall behind the woman is a painting showing an upside-down Cupid on a ball 'Orange Above'. Princess Charlotte of England, who was engaged for some time to the Prince of Orange William (the later King William II). She broke off the engagement on 16 June 1814., print, cartoon, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 251 mm, width 354 mm, English, 1792-08-27 - 1878-02-01, print maker, printmaker, 1814-07-01 - 1814-07-01, paper, papier, etching, etchings, hand colouring, Publication (Event), Publication, 1761 - 1838, publisher

A tour to the lakes , Clergy, Women domestics. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Board game / The cradle of love

Struggled with aristocrats. (IT)

The mountain spirit, Large Ballet from Horschelt Gallerie Droller Scenen to the theater newspaper, rd year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Plate 5, Outlines of Figures, Landscapes and Cattle...for the Use of Learners June 18, 1790 Thomas Rowlandson. Plate 5, Outlines of Figures, Landscapes and Cattle...for the Use of Learners. Outlines. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). June 18, 1790. Hand-colored etching. S. W. Fores (London). Prints

Scene picture from Freedom in Krähwinkel, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Scene images from The House of Temperate by Johann Nestroy costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Monnier, Henry Bonaventure (n.1799-06-07-D.1877-01-03), invitation to lunch, we sand champagne (registered title (letter)), 1829. colored lithograph on wove paper. Balzac house.

Anti-saccharrites - or - John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar , Rulers, Eating & drinking, John Bull Symbolic character, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818. James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings

Napoleon Bonaparte and the Red Man (the Devil), 1815. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T. Tegg, London, 1815.

John Cawse, 1779-1862, British, The Compliments of the Season, 1800. Etching, hand-colored.

A New Bravura with a Duett Affettuoso, Charles Williams, active 1796-1830, British, 1802, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 1/8in. (23.8 x 35.9cm)

Miseries of human life. 'Squatting plump on an unsuspected cat in your chair!!' , Cats, Dogs, Surprise, Falling. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Puss in Boots or General Junot Taken by Surprise April 12, 1811 Thomas Rowlandson A woman, girding up the skirts of her dress, has dressed up in the cocked hat, boots, and sword-belt of General Junot, and joyfully marches beside his bed, brandishing his sword in her right hand, while she looks over her shoulder at the general. Junot sits up in bed at right and looks at her angrily.. Puss in Boots or General Junot Taken by Surprise. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). April 12, 1811. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

W. Hinton, 1785-1795, The Rage, ca. 1794. Etching, hand-colored.

A lady retiring to bed, and ordering her maid to look after her artificial aids to beauty (wig, teeth, glass eye etc.). Coloured etching by P. Roberts after G.M Woodward.

Fanny Elßler in the divertissement, the painters dream picture costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, After, Anton Elfinger -, artist

The Gourmand, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, undated, Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, laid paper, mounted on, thick, slightly moderately textured, beige, wove paper, Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (24.1 x 18.7 cm) and Mount: 13 1/2 x 11 11/16 inches (34.3 x 29.7 cm), cat (domestic cat), drinking, food, genre subject, man, roasters, bird, servant, table (support furniture), table linen, woman

The Bulstrode Siren April 14, 1803 James Gillray British. The Bulstrode Siren. James Gillray (British, London 1756-1815 London). April 14, 1803. Hand-colored etching. Hannah Humphrey (London). Prints

Sea stores , Sailors, Ships, Courtship. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The Rage, W. Hinton, 1785-1795, after () William O'Keefe, active 1794-1807, ca. 1794, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/16in. (22.2 x 28.1cm)

Viennese scenes and popular activities , sheet , The milk female, a Linz service girl and the coffee songs, La femme au lait, une servante de Linz et le caffétier, Georg Emanuel Opiz also Opiz -, drawer, Joseph Eder -, publishing house

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