Illustrated Allegories and Caricatures

Artworks combining humor and mythology, showcasing whimsical characters and social commentary through illustration.

Anquetin, Louis (n.1861-01-26-D.1932-08-19), the rider and the beggar, lithography published in the original print-First delivery (January-March 1893) (Main title), 1893. Lithography. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Private Collection Graphic arts 38x28,4 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Illustration for the poem The Dead Souls by N. Gogol

Look out for the light!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, April 5, 1870 April 5, 1870 Honoré Daumier. Look out for the light!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, April 5, 1870. 'News of the day' (Actualités). Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). April 5, 1870. Lithograph on wove paper; second state of two (Delteil). Arnaud de Vresse. Prints

Bliżej Kultury Wyspiański, Stanisław (1869 1907)

The New Neapolitan Buffoon. "- Polichinelle, Polichinelle, you have cudgelled the others long enough... now it's your turn. We will bring you to reason...," plate 221 from Actualités. Honoré Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 240 × 223.5 mm (image); 359 × 275 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880) originally published 1880 Thomas Nast Santa dressed in a fur suit with a wide belt into which are tucked pieces of mistletoe, holds hands with Mother Goose to dance in an interior. The "Cat and the Fiddle" provides music and a "Little Dog" seated next to roaring fire laughs to see such fun. The related wood engraving appeared on the cover of Harper's Weekly, January 3, 1880.. A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880). Thomas Nast (American (born Germany), Landau 1840-1902 Guayaquil). originally published 1880. Relief print and electrotype. Prints

Pencil, feather, and ink drawing by Hans Schließmann from 1886 depicting a scene titled 'Viennese air: ZechPreller', showing figures and interior activity.

The public is obliged to take the opinion of the others / to have one itself, rushes enthusiastically / on the Tables of Mr Barnab Gogo. ... 37 figure added in manuscript on the letter (title registered) | The adventures of Gogo. (Title of the whole)

Design for a publishing vignette from J.M. Bredée, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1905 drawing Design with a man with a stick and backpack that runs up over a path along a rocky wall. Under the show the motto 'Almer courageous uphill', above that the initials J.M.B. paper. India ink (ink) brush walking. walking-stick, staff

Anquetin, Louis (n.1861-01-26-D.1932-08-19), the rider and the beggar, lithography published in the original print-First delivery (January-March 1893) (Main title), 1893. Lithography. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Ernst Barlach, The Assault, published 1915 The Assault

23./Feach finds excellent fishing. (Registered title (letter)) | Mr. Vertepar in the countryside. (Title of all)

Édouard Manet, Perched Upon a Bust of Pallas, 1875, lithograph on paper.

Zd. Kratochvíl: Karikatury z Letáků, 'Nová Edice' 1910 a 1911.. Periodicals. 1911 - 1913. General Research Division. Modernism (Art), Czech literature , 20th century, Art, Arts , Czechoslovakia

Terraces at the San Marco Square in Venice. Leaf 62 Recto from a sketchbook with 73 sheets.

Drawing, Woman; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903); USA; graphite on wove paper; 16.9 × 10.9 cm (6 5/8 × 4 5/16 in.)

Allegory of March. Thoma, Hans (1839-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848 - 1903). Breton Women at a Fence (Bretonnes à la Barrière), 1889. Lithograph on yellow wove paper.

The triumphal way. Riot drawing.

Three ornaments in the periodical: Hrabia Wojtek": 1. satirical composition with the figure of Napoleon, 2. Heads of three clergymen, 3. four dancing monks.. Wojtkiewicz, Witold (1879-1909), graphic artist

Schmalz Otto (1861-1915), commemorative publication for the 100th anniversary of the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg. Dilment designs (1899): Book decoration. Ink, pencil on paper, 14.4 x 32.2 cm (including scan edges)

Afrika, Etienne Claude Voysard, Charles Le Père & Pierre -Michel Avaulez, After Jean Charles Delafosse, 1772 - 1779 print Two trophies with shields, weapons, African drums and leopard sheets. Paris paper etching / engraving trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament. Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa)

Quadrille (Quadrille) from the series Petites scènes familières. Dimensions: 21.6 cm x 33.4 cm, 23.4 cm x 11 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: PIERRE BONNARD.

Cursed

Drawing (Italy); Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); pen and brown ink with brown wash (iron gall ink) and traces of graphite

The Tammany Farmers' Club Prepares to March to Houston, Pen and black ink, graphite on illustration board, Cartoon for The Chicago Tribune on June 26, 1928. The Tammany farmers are gathered in a room, with their tiger hiding under the table, attempting to be coaxed out by one member., USA, 1896, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Zum sammeln, board 13; Erler, Erich (1870-1935), Verlag von P.H. Beyer & Sohn (Leipzig; Publisher; 1897-), Wetteroth, Heinrich (Munich; Graphic Zak 1860-1925); 1918 (1900-00-00-1950-00-00);World War I (1914-1918), Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław-1880-1945)-collection, cycles, front (war), German graphics, German (culture), war, World War (1914-1918), band

The Alton General continued by the patriotic reverbes. (IT)

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, For You (Pour toi!), 1893 For You (Pour toi!...)

46./In the day mr.Llacelasse reads an unprecedented work ... (title registered (letter)) | History of Mr. Lamelasse. (Title of all)

Cartoon for the Dutch Spectator: Design for a monument in South Africa. .

Bismarck, Tsar Alexander, Gortschakow, Melancholic history cartoon sequence from humorous leaves, Karl Klic -, Caricaturist

Caricature of the Art of Painting 1800-1866 Hippolyte Bellangé French. Caricature of the Art of Painting 334467

Playing Card; red and black ink, paper

Ink, spring, pencil, and pastel drawing by Anton Faistauer from 1926 depicting members of the Tafeling Society.

Hi Ear, But I do Hothead’ - unidentified illustration. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Sketchbook Peter Frederick Rothermel (American, 1817-1895). Sketchbook, 1857. Graphite with ink and watercolor on cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper, 5 11/16 x 8 5/8 x 3/8 in. (14.4 x 21.9 x 1 cm). This forty-two-page sketchbook contains drawings by the history painter Peter Frederick Rothermel of scenes in Genazzano, Italy, forty miles east of Rome. He documented the local architecture, sculpture, landscape, and people, while also including sketches for narrative subjects. The costumes and daily life of the townfolk are captured in several skillful figure studies, including this image of a man leaning against a stone wall. American Art 1857

Five scenes with boys. Five designs for book illustrations with: two playing boys on a beach, two boys at a doorway, twice a standing boy and a seated boy on a couch.

Cartoon on slow handling of cases in the Lower House, 1873, 1873 print Cartoon on slow treatment of matters due to the division in the Lower House. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 30, 1873. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper

The museum-man or the garden of the beasts. / The Count of Paris / The Crocodile. What frying if it bit.

Old and young man. Nowodworski, Henryk (1875-1930), draughtsman, cartoonist

My dear whoever she new ... / (3)

Bezuinigingen op de pensioenen en op de marineuitgaven. De Marine en de Pensioen-debatten (title on object). Draughtsman: Patricq Kroon (signed by artist). Dating: 1920. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 248 mm × w 214 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Cartoon on the First and Lower House, 1873, 1873 print Cartoon in the Senate and Lower House who will bathe as a respectively old and young woman in Scheveningen. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 34, 1873. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper in or beside the water (on the beach) Scheveningen

Esterhazy acquitted/ Germany and England on Rokendocht, Anonymous, 1898 paper political caricatures and satires. historical persons China

Study for Title Page from Punch, Volume 81. Charles Keene; English, 1823-1891. Date: 1881. Dimensions: 157 × 259 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and touches of white gouache, over black chalk, on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Charles Samuel Keene.

A Visit to the Salon. Obviously all the sculptors are a naughty bunch, plate 1 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra. Honoré Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1847. Dimensions: 268 × 215 mm (image); 330 × 250 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on white wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Monnier, Henry Bonaventure (n.1799-06-07-D.1877-01-03), Le Savant. (Registered title (letter)), 1828. Maison de Balzac.

Velasquez / Daumier / Delacroix / Mr Tadema / Nymph

1893 Art Work - For You!... - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

"Pencil and feder drawing by August Xaver Karl von Pettenkofen representing the travel adventure of Monsignor L. Brunner, using dark brown laved washes to show figures and landscape, 1846."

Pile of peasks if I did so much so only one of these morveous .... (IT)

Political cartoon about Egypt, 1882, 1882 print Political cartoon about European intervention in Egypt. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 7, 1882. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper Egypt

What benefit candles and glasses, if the owl don't see and want, Willem van Konijnenburg, 1896 print The Hague paper politician, e.g. party leader. political caricatures and satires South Africa

For You!... Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; French, 1864-1901. Date: 1893. Dimensions: 276 × 197 mm (image); 326 × 253 mm (sheet). Color lithograph on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Sea Star II; Gory, Wiktoria (1902-1945); 1936 (1936-00-00-1936-00-00);

Vredesconferentie van Genève, 1930. De Doofpot van Genève (title on object). Draughtsman: Patricq Kroon (signed by artist). Dating: 1930. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 318 mm × w 248 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Bacchus seated in a winged chariot still image. 1844 - 1861. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Mythology, Dionysus (Greek deity), Chariots, Gods, Containers , To 499, Drinking vessels , To 499

Julian Fałat, From a watercolour exhibit. unknown, publisher

Design for advertising brochure `Overhead cranes with driving and Hysch engines'. Draughtsman: Reijer Stolk. Dating: 1906 - 1945. Measurements: h 105 mm × w 95 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Folio Cover, from Die Rauber. George Grosz (American, born Germany, 1893-1959); published by Malik-Verlag (German, 1917-). Date: 1922. Dimensions: 715 x 500 x 10 mm. Portfolio cover. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Frieze of Four Dancing Figures, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915, French, between 1910 and 1915, Brushed black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (14.6 x 45.1 cm), abstract art, dance, figure, figure study, frieze (entablature component), study (visual work), Vorticism

Napoleon sells stolen well, 1813, Thomas Rowlandson, 1813 print Cartoon on the fall of Napoleon after the lost battle of Leipzig in 1813. Napoleon as an auctioneer who sells the stolen crowns of European countries. Central the French General Berthier keeps the Spanish crown up. Right representatives of European countries. In the foreground a British sailor and a thick Dutchman. Behind it the king of Württemberg, a Russian Kozak and a Prussian hussar. A standing Spaniard reaches to the crown. On the ground a pile of crowns and documents that will still be offered for sale. Behind Napoleon is his wife Marie Louise with their son Napoleon II, the king of Rome, with a monkey's head. The print includes a separate explanation. print maker: Englandpublisher: Londonpublisher: Netherlands paper etching auction sale, public sale

40./The Morning Mr. Lamélass puts his boots. (Registered title (letter)) | History of Mr. Lamelasse. (Title of all)

Woman makes a fist to a boy, Gillis Bernhard Mulder, 1885 - 1938 drawing A boy is sitting in a corridor with a dog next to him. The two look up at a loft, where a woman makes an angry fist to the boy. At the end of the corridor a man comes in the door. paper. India ink (ink) pen corridor. hand made into a fist. dog

Colijn en de vlootwet van 1912. De Nederlandsche Leeuw (title on object). Draughtsman: Patricq Kroon (signed by artist). Dating: 1912. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 278 mm × w 215 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

George Augustus Sala, 1828-1895, British, Sketches: Nude Man, Standing Man, Two Profiles, and Box, 1888. Pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper.

Pour Toi! (Foryou!). Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864-1901

Album Adventures and Disappointments of Mr de la Bubbi�re: Plate # 8 Jean-Victor Adam, said Victor Adam (1801-1866), French painter and lithographer. Album Adventures and Disappointments of Mr de La Labini�re: Plate # 8. Lithograph, nineteenth century.

Reproduction of a photo collage with different portraits, Carl Anton Schulz, After Anonymous, c. 1894 - in or before 1899 photomechanical print paper historical persons. photograph

Woman on a bench in a park offers a man cherry, c. 1907 - c. 1909 print The man is wearing a folder under his arm probably must present an artist or print trader. paper drypoint park. monument, statue. artist in non-work situation

Film plants Wiener Type, Fruit dealer, Rudolf Kristen -, artist

A doctor's front door, with a chimney sweep, in the snow. Drawing by John Leighton ("Luke Limner").

Program for "Théatres l'Athénée". Dated: 1881. Dimensions: plate: 23 x 15 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 27.5 x 18.4 cm (10 13/16 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: drypoint on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HENRY SOMM.

For German Right and German Morals (Für Deutsches Recht und Deutsche Sitte) George Grosz (American, born Germany, 1893-1959). For German Right and German Morals (Für Deutsches Recht und Deutsche Sitte), 1919. Lithograph, Sheet: 25 1/16 x 18 5/8 in. (63.7 x 47.3 cm). American Art 1919

Unwilling I look up to heaven!.... Blake, William, 1757-1827. text. Prints, Illustrations. 1794. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Nudes, Wrestling

Do you know the Louchard-Gros-Bag .. [Plate N24 (Title Title)

Cartoon about the literary tract with Germany, 1885, 1885 print Cartoon about the literary tract with Germany, 1885. Plate appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 30, 1885. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper

20./mr. Labelass went to black soap. (Registered title (letter)) | History of Mr. Lamelasse. (Title of all)

Bullfighting. Draughtsman: Patricq Kroon (signed by artist). Dating: 1920 - 1930. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 240 mm × w 275 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A great lady ...

43./mr labelass having the precaution of squeezing the legs ... (title registered (letter)) | History of Mr. Lamelasse. (Title of all)

Départ cinq heures...Retour à six heures du soir.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Men drive a car against a fence, F. Ockerse, c. 1930 - c. 1940 drawing Two men drove a car against a fence. One of the men is in the car and opens the door to view the damage. The other man stands at the broken fence and scratches his mind. paper. paint (coating). pencil brush accident with automobile. fence, wall, paling

"The Lion ate some of the porridge". Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915. 1900. Drawings, Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919. Wizard of Oz , Pictorial works

Caprichos: Thou Who Canst Not. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Etching and aquatint;

Albrecht Dürer, The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) (plate 5 of 8), 1523 (Latin ed) The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I (The Great Triumphal Car) plate 5 of 8

Campers on a waterfront. Draughtsman: unknown (signed by artist). Dating: c. 1930 - c. 1970. Measurements: h 241 mm × w 151 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

French cartoon depicting events surrounding diplomatic efforts to convene the Algeciras Conference of 1906 took place in Algeciras, Spain, and lasted from 16 January to 7 April. The purpose of the conference was to find a solution to the First Moroccan Crisis of 1905 between France and Germany, which arose as Germany responded to France's effort to establish a protectorate over the independent state of Morocco

Mixed media sketches by Alexander Rothaug around 1928 in pencil, ink feather, and color pencil showing figures, objects, and compositional studies on paper.

Without titles two women, one man, Karl Wiener -, artist

Gortschakow-Posa , Fürst Gortschakow-Posa, arm in arm title page of Der Floh , Friedrich Graetz Grätz -, Caricaturist, Angerer , Göschl, Printing Press

The three peoples disease , Karl Wiener -, artist

Cartoon on all cases that must be treated by the new States General, 1861, 1861 print Cartoon in which all the bills and other things that must be treated by the new States General in a parade are discussed. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 37, September 14, 1861. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper

Design for a political cartoon: the prediction for 1917, Albert Hahn (I), 1887 - 1919 drawing Design for a print. paper. deck paint. ink. chalk pen / brush political caricatures and satires. card games (+ sportsman, player, etc.)

Fishing in earnest.. Fishing in earnest.

Bullfighting, Patricq Kroon, 1920 - 1930 drawing Arena for bullfighting in which a bull fighter fights against a bull referred to as Cuba, while a much larger bull is referred to as Jinco (possibly 'Jingo', English Chauvinism) is killed at him. Representatives from different countries in the public. Above the entrance John Bull (England) turns to Uncle Sam (United States). Design for a political cartoon. Netherlands paper. pencil. ink pen personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. political caricatures and satires. bullfight Cuba

The King was in his counting-house. Sing a song for sixpence.. Caldecott, Randolph (1846-1886). Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Nursery rhymes, Eavesdropping

Christmas exhibition of the bomb , Christmas exhibition of the bomb, articles, including Cajetan Felder as Mandlstrauf from Wipplingerstraße from Die Bomb , Unknown

A dream picture, Mayor Andreas Zelinka appears because of his monument someone in a dream from Zeitgeist , Unknown

Cover for 'Archibald the Cat', Printed in black ink and red ink on blue paper, Left; seascape. Upper left, three owls perched on a branch; upper right, man in sky with saw in the right hand, string tied around him. Lower left, tail of serpent extending into horizon; center left, setting sun smiling in the horizon. Right, cover for Archibald the Cat. Wind said, with inscription, black cat behind sail, left., USA, 1878, albums (bound) & books, Ephemera, Ephemera

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