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Humorous Caricatures of Society

Whimsical scenes featuring exaggerated characters in vibrant colors, depicting societal interactions and follies. The style is playful and satirical.

Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Dit, 1803-1847). "The metamorphoses of the day. So listen to my little rabbit I'm very kind ... go ... come here my dear fellow, I'm very good". Colored lithography, 1829. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 34929-10 Attract, woman, humorous, rabbit, lithography colored, moral, personification, animal, caricature, scene
Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Dit, 1803-1847). "The metamorphoses of the day. So listen to my little rabbit I'm very kind ... go ... come here my dear fellow, I'm very good". Colored lithography, 1829. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 34929-10 Attract, woman, humorous, rabbit, lithography colored, moral, personification, animal, caricature, scene
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The Pilgrims. Artist: Louis Léopold Boilly (French, La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris); After Jules Boilly (French, Paris 1796-1874 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 8 3/4 in. (31.3 x 22.2 cm)Image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (21 x 16.5 cm). Printer: Delpech. Series/Portfolio: Collection of Sketches Drawn in Rome by Jules Boilly and Lithographs by His Father(Recueil de Croquis dessinés à Rome par Jules Boilly et lithographiés par son père). Date: 1826. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Habit of a Spanish gentlman of quality. Gentilhomme Espagnol.. Beauvarlet, Jacques-Firmin, 1731-1797. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Men , Clothing & dress , SpainThree women in Spanish dress, and a man, Gerard ter Borch (II), 1647 - 1648, draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II), (mentioned on object), Münster, (possibly), 1647 - 1648, paper, h 197 mm × w 310 mmHonoré Daumier (1808-1879). "Cabriolets in shares". Colored and erased lithography. 1836-1838. Paris, Balzac house. 56111-18 A will, convertible, check, horse, gommee, lithography coloie, characterA Janisary in his common dress in 1700. Janissaire en habit ordinaire.. Ferriol, Charles, marquis d'Argental, comte de, 1637-1722. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Men , Clothing & dress , Turkey , 1700-1799Current state of the King of Prussia. (IT)Dlle, Henriette Carl as Antonina in the opera Belisar costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artistThe unlucky sans The intrepid without one: why shed a blood formerly ... ".La Course, from "Hero and Leander" 1801 Louis Philibert Debucourt. La Course, from "Hero and Leander". Louis Philibert Debucourt (French, Paris 1755-1832 Paris). 1801. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. PrintsEnchantments lately seen upon the mountains of Wales - or - Shon ap-Morgan's reconcilement to the fairy princess , Rulers, Nobility, Couples, Kissing, Goats, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and DrawingsThe coat of arms of the Academic Legion, Carl von Borkowsky -, Drawer, Hermann Engel, EditorPhillippe the famous magician from Paris costume picture No, to the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist Gulliver alarms the Lilliputians when he starts to move. Date: First published: 1726Trois principicules tirés d'un tableau Philippard... , Rulers, Joinville, François-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans, prince de, 1818-1900, Nemours, Louis-Charles-Philippe Raphaël d'Orleans, duc de, 1814-1896, Orléans, Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Charles-Henri, duc d', 1810-1842. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). LithographsHabit of the Duke of Burgundy in 1700. Le Duc de Bourgogne.. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Men , Clothing & dress , France , Burgundy , 1700-1799, SpainStop your wishes, green-green is no longer worth it. (IT)Forget thee A ballad. ,Go so ..... taupe! (registered title) | The metamorphoses of the day. (title of all)Leuven, Zilverb, Galerie Historique. No. 2, A tous les coeurs bien nés que la patrie est chère!!!!, Cartoon on the departure of William I to Prussia, 1840, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the departure of the former King William I to Prussia after his abdication on 7 October 1840. At the border, William says goodbye to his fatherland while Imperial Countess Henriëtte d'Oultremont de Wégimont pulls him across the border to Prussia. The carriage is waiting in the background. With two-line caption in French., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 551 mm, width 327 mm, Belgian, print maker, printmaker, 1840 - 1840, paper, lithography (technique)Enkartingen Désiréé, Hofmarsalk Coyet. Thorup August 1848. "Watercolor by Fritz von Dardel. NordicPlate 4: Recruiting, 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." Three scenes: at top, an officer converses with a young woman outside of an inn, while two other men look on with jealousy; at middle, a horseman stops at a gypsy camp, where he embraces a woman who stands alongside his horse; below, a young couple in conversation while seated on a fence, a hilly landscape and sea shore in the background.. Plate 4: Recruiting, from "World in Miniature". "World in Miniature". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1816. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Printsstudies after nature, Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove, D. Abrahams, 1800 - 1880The Civil Delegate - Delescluze / N ° 2No. 18 / Along as he is polished today not'Conseire General ... (IT)Achilles and Patroclus Artist's working dates 1775-1826 England. Pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper . John FlaxmanThe middle ground gets dung Charles Joseph Travies of Villers, says Traviès (1804-1859). Press cartoon. "The middle middle is dung". Board published in "caricature" of March 8, 1832. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.Italian noble youth fashions from the late 15th century. They wear doublet and hose with many cutout panels, slits and slashes. From an oil painting by Bernardo Pinturicchio. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.Count Simon De Montfort. Simon Comte de Montfort.. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Men , Clothing & dress , France , 1200-1299, Montfort, Simon de,Plate 2: four street vendors from Madrid selling garlic and onions, cucumbers, fine crockery, oil, from 'Los Gritos de Madrid' (The Cries of Madrid) Miguel Gamborino Spanish Publisher Imprenta Real, Madrid Spanish 1809-17 The second in a group of eighteen hand-coloured engravings with a total of 72 figures representing the cries (trades/street vendors) of Madrid. Their occupations are many, and include everything from fish mongers, fruit and sweet vendors to those selling household items (chairs, pots, matts etc). This set is the first edition before each sheet was cut into four and the figures individually numbered and enclosed within a border. Each figure in the present set is accompanied by a title pertaining to their occupation. The set is notable for its delicate hand colouring. Images of cries were immensely popular from the sixteenth century, especially in Italy and France. In Spain few are known, and this group is of particular interest, for, in addition to identifying the tradLluís Masriera / Figurín para teatro, siglo XIX. Colección privada. Author: LLUÍS MASRIERA I ROSÉS.Figure studies (first leaf), 1833, Christiaan Andriessen, 1833 print Leaf with figures: Left a man sleeping on a wooden sofa and a man with a barrel organ. Part of a series of six magazines with figure studies of Dutch traditional costumes, street figures and tuiks, 1833. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper folk costume, regional costume. street-traderThe Theatrical Atlas May 7, 1814 George Cruikshank British. The Theatrical Atlas. George Cruikshank (British, London 1792-1878 London). May 7, 1814. Hand-colored etching. Hannah Humphrey (London). Edmund Kean (British, 1787-1833). PrintsSilvester Budes, a mercenary leader from Brittany, beheaded in Mascon on the orders of Antipope Clement VII. Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's "Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV," George Routledge, London, 1868.But doctor I am in my bath. (registered title) | The embossed metempsychosis. (title of all)Hubrecht, Mr. Van Culemborg. Hubrecht van Beusechim, (second) Lord of Culemborg. Full of feet with the arms of Beusichem. Part of an illustrated handwriting with the genealogy of the men and digging Culemborg.Ecluiting Francetti. / 5The Great Exhibition "Wot is to Be", Probable Results of The Industry of All Nations in The Year '51, Showing What is to be Exhibited, Who is To Exhibit, in Short How Its All Going to Be Done 1850 George Augustus Sala British. The Great Exhibition "Wot is to Be", Probable Results of The Industry of All Nations in The Year '51, Showing What is to be Exhibited, Who is To Exhibit, in Short How Its All Going to Be Done 395548The Burlesque / N ° 3 / Sentenced to ... Wait the billions (IT)Circe. Circé.. Ripa, Cesare, 1560-1645. Prints. 1757 - 1772. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , History, Circe (Greek mythology)Model for the flag of the Batavian Marine, 1796, Dirk Langendijk, 1796 drawing Design for the allegorical emblem that is added for the flag of the Navy of the Batavian Republic to the left corner of the existing flag of the Batavian Republic, starting March 1, 1796. Emblem in which the Dutch Virgin and the Netherlands Lion Together with the Hold freedom. Netherlands paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. (military) flags and standards (+ naval force) NetherlandsMay 1793 Italy. Color stipple engraving on paper . Francesco BartolozziPortraits of Lord Melcombe and Lord Winchelsea. Artist: After William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). Dimensions: plate: 5 13/16 x 7 5/16 in. (14.8 x 18.5 cm)sheet: 11 x 17 3/8 in. (28 x 44.2 cm). Etcher: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728-1815 Lisbon). Publisher: Published London by Richard Livesay (British, 1753-1823 Southsea). Date: December 22, 1781. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Mr, Wilhelm Kunst as a Boromanano in the pirate king and as a Bibar the assassin prince costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artistThe Graces in a High Wind. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1810. Dimensions: 245 × 344 mm (image); 255 × 355 mm (plate); 275 × 372 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Letters w, v an Z, company Joseph Fulz, 1829 - 1880 print Leaf with 4 performances to cut out and bind together to book about the alphabet. Three imaginations of the letters W (Wolf), V (father) and Z (Ziege). At the bottom left the title print with a mother who puts her daughter a wreath on her head. Under each image a caption in German and in Dutch. Numbered bottom left: No. 109. publisher: Mainzprint maker: Europe paper letters, alphabet, scriptTwo dancing male figures in a landscape 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Two dancing male figures in a landscape. Anonymous, French, 18th century. 18th century. Gouache on paper. Framing lines in pen and brown ink. DrawingsGardes-du-Corps de Roi, tenue de quartier, 1820-30 Artist: Eugene TiteuxUniformen van de Amsterdamse schutterij in 1783. De nieuwerwets Amsterdamsch Burgerij zoo als in het Jaar 83 (title on object). Draughtsman: S.G. Casten. Dating: 1795. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 197 mm × w 310 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Personnages Veintiens de 1480-95. D'après des peintures Debrera a Milan, et du Musée Correr a Venise. Page. D'après Vittor Carpaccio. Homme d'Armes. D'après un Venitien anonyme. Noble. D'après un imprimé de 1485. Patricien. d'après Viranini. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Women , Clothing & dress , Italy , Venice , 1400-1499, Men , Clothing & dress , Italy , Venice , 1400-1499Mort de Malek-Adhel / Death of Malek-Adhel; Mathilde et Malek-Adhel / Mathilde and Malek-Adhel. Leaf with a large representation of the death of Malek Adhel, from the play of Mathilde and Malek Adhel (the Cross Ridders) by Hendrik Kraaijeijn. Under the show the title. Numbered in the middle of: (4), numbered at the bottom right: No. 87.Graces. (registered title) | Mythological gallery. (title of all)72 / News / Some members of the National Assembly in Versailles (IT)Ten figures in historical clothing. Leaf with 10 shows of men and women in historical clothing. Numbered at the top right: No. 63.Ferdinand III, King of Castille, with helm, hauberk, tunic, sword, pennant, shield with coat of arms, and Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon, wife of Robert of Clermont, 1257-1310, from her tomb effigy in Cordeliers Convent de Champagne. Ferdinand, Roi de Castille, Beatrix de Bourgogne, epouse de Robert, fils de Louis IX. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1829.Edmund Kean as Richard III, A. Park, London, England, Hand-colored engraving, embossed foil, fabric on paper, Horizontal format. Figure of actor Edmund Kean playing the character of Shakespeare's King Richard III. Dressed in elaborately decorated costume and holding a sword, he reclines on a grassy lawn in the foreground with a concerned expression. In the background, an elaborate domed tent, flags, and soldiers., England, 1839, figures, Print, PrintGEORGE, DUKE OF CLARENCE with DUCHESS ISABEL the daughter of Richard Neville, with whom the Duke rebelled against his brother, King Edward IV. Later executed. Date: 1449 - 1478Concerto Spirituale ca. 1803 () After Henry William Bunbury This early 19th century print reissues an image first published in 1773, a decade when concerts of religious music were performed regularly at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. The viol da gamba player likely represents Carl Friedrich Abel, or possibly Johann Christian Bach. The oboe player has been identified as Johann Christian Fisher, and the French horn player as Giovanni Punto (born Jan Stich). These men came to London from the Continent hoping to take advantage of the patronage of George III-the British king was also prince-elector of Hanover, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and enjoyed German music.. Concerto Spirituale. After Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750-1811 Keswick, Cumberland). ca. 1803 (). Hand-colored etching. Probably represents Carl Friedrich Abel (German, Cöthen 1723-1787 London). PrintsKrakow dwellers (chart 12 in the Album Costumes Polonais). Lemercier, Rose Joseph (Paryż ; zakład litograficzny ; 1827-post 1899), lithography atelier, Desmaisons, Emilien (1812-1880), graphic artist, Gerson, Wojciech (1831-1901), draughtsman, cartoonist, Daziaro, Franciszek (Warszawa, Paryż, Moskwa ; wydawnictwo ; ca 1850-1900), publisher. .Coloured illustration entitled 'After the baptism everyone returned to the palace'. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), a French British naturalised magazine and book illustrator.Skachka na doskakh.. Passek, Vadim, 1807-1842. Illustrations, Prints. 1840. General Research DivisionThree Clerical Scholars, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1789, Watercolor with pen and back and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, laid paper, mounted on, thick, slightly textured, beige, wove support, Sheet: 8 15/16 x 11 3/16 inches (22.7 x 28.4 cm) and Mount: 10 15/16 x 13 5/16 inches (27.8 x 33.8 cm), caps, clericals, genre subject, men, robes (main garments), scholarsUn soi disant Negociant victime de ses victimesfrom Les Parisiens. Artist: Honoré Daumier, French, 1808-1879Women in exotic outfits of fabric and metal, Carthage, 3rd century BC. They wear transparent robes, and headdresses of birds, metallic jewelry, and hold snakes and crocodiles. Based on costumes of Salammbo and Potiphars wife. Puis vinrent les tissus et les metaux, Putiphardes et Salamboos. Handcoloured engraving by Gilloy after an illustration by Alfred Grevin from Les Filles dEve, Album de travestissements plus ou moins historiques, Typographie Eugene Plon, Paris, 1850.Ah! Pear scailure Why are not you a truth! Charles Joseph Travies of Villers, says Traviès (1804-1859). Press cartoon. "Ah! Pear scoundrel why are not you a truth!". Board published in "caricature" of April 12, 1832. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.Bernbrunn, Karl.German costumes of the late 15th century. Woman in dress with long hanging sleeves holding a bird, and man in doublet with jagged sleeves and skirts, red hose, feathered hat. From figures in miniature paintings in the court library of Darmstadt. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.Apparators of Gozo Island; Costume de Ghozo; Voyage and Italy, and Sicile et à Malte - 1778. Drawing from the album 'Voyage and Italy, and Sicile Et à Malte', 1778.The old style. An old woman showing a young dandy and merveilleuses old-fashioned scenes with a magic lantern. The images are artist without pretension, the studious young man, the hardworking girl and the instructive mother. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.Boy is put as a punishment at Aap in Kooi, Jan Lucas van der Beek, after Isaac van Haasterert, 1781 - 1799 print paper etching mischief-making play. earning money with monkeyImperial Botany-or a Peep at Josephine's Collection of Engilsh Exoticks, vide the Champion Jany 30, 1814 March 1, 1814 Attributed to Charles Williams British. Imperial Botany-or a Peep at Josephine's Collection of Engilsh Exoticks, vide the Champion Jany 30, 1814 670146Roman actor called Maccus. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1798).Armi difensive still image. 1823 - 1838. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Helmets , To 499, Armor , To 499The pretext. (IT)Three Loafers (Trois Originaux) 1836-41 Alfred E. Baker American. Three Loafers (Trois Originaux) 388721. .Old woman trying on a pink bonnet in front of three young shopgirls, "Women appear to have sworn to lie about youth up to their last breath." Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.Bayees or Dancing Boys; from Twenty four Plates Illustrative of Hindoo and European Manners in Bengal. Artist: Alexandre-Marie Colin (French, Paris 1798-1875 Paris); Jean Jacques Belnos (French, active 1933); after Mrs. Belnos. Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (24.7 × 31.4 cm). Date: 1832. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Diverse nations of the Russian Empire: Siberians, Tongusians, Kalmyks, Tartars, Finns, Cossacks, etc. Illustration from Andrew Swintons Travels into Norway, Denmark and Russia, 1792. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.Noble woman lounging on a Byzantine bed of the 9th century (from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Royale). The bed is decorated with gilt and a large bolster pillow. Lit Grec du IXe Siecle (Bibli. Roy). Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827."Vegetarian Odd Fellows: or, Carrott and Pa-Snip" 1837-64 John Leech British. "Vegetarian Odd Fellows: or, Carrott and Pa-Snip". John Leech (British, London 1817-1864 London). 1837-64. Watercolor, pen and brown ink, over graphite. DrawingsMohamed Ben Abdulmate K, Bassa by Tanger Ambassador, from Morocco in Africa zu Wienn ,Monnier, Henry Bonaventure (N.1799-06-07-D.1877-01-03), Enforcement Evenings (registered title (letter)). Colored lithography, woven paper. Balzac house.Edmund Scott, c.1746-1810, The Angry Farmer.The Flying Philosopher ca. 1800 Unknown. The Flying Philosopher 651627Chinese seller of paper kites, Qing Dynasty. Kites in the shape of winged men, birds, snakes and a great bell. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by William Milton after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824.A young mother dandles a baby, while a little girl with a doll leans against her lap. "A glance at these engravings is enough to see what one can say about this subject, the prettiest thing in the world. A young mother in the bloom of health playing with her children. Wbat a picture!" Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.Fashionable habits of the 15th century. Men in doublets, mantles with slit sleeves, hose and feather caps, women in net headdresses and long robes. Cortoisie inviting LAmans to join her with other couples in a dance from the illuminated manuscript Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, c.1490, Harley MS 4425, f.14v. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.Series Neue Wiener Bilderbogen, small edition, sheet No, Wiener Type - Haderweib, Street sweepers street sweeper, Fleischhauer, Handelsjude, Verlag G, Freytag , Berndt, later Kartogr, Institution G, Freytag , Berndt -, publishing house, Ladislaus Eugen Petrovits Petrowitsch -, Artist