Political and Social Commentary Art

A collection of lithographs and engravings illustrating political themes and social reflections through expressive figures and scenes, capturing historical contexts from the 19th to early 20th century

A man wearing a hat sits on a stone with his right hand under his chin, turned to the right,, Man sitting on stone Study sheet with beggar, print maker: Hermanus Fock, Amsterdam, c. 1781 - c. 1822, paper, counterproof, etching, h 100 mm × w 83 mm

Traquenards politiques. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Die Eroberung von Mexico: Illustration, 1919. Max Slevogt (German, 1868-1932). Lithograph;

Lost Illusions. Dated: probably 1918. Dimensions: overall: 33.2 x 50.3 cm (13 1/16 x 19 13/16 in.). Medium: black crayon and brush and gray ink on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.

Domestic Philosophy, 1863. George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (British, 1834-1896). Wood engraving;

Three Farmers, Pieter Jansz Quast (Possible), After Pieter Jansz Quast, 1615 - 1647 print Three farmers in an interior near a wooden sofa, two of which play a game. On the right a fire. Netherlands paper etching / engraving farmers. camp-fire; watch-fire

Stanisław Dębicki (1866-1924), a symbolic scene depicting the flogging of Polish children through the invader; H.A.L. (publishing house); around 1905 (1900-00-00-1910-00-00);

David kills a lion and a bear, Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon, after Jacob Jozef van der Neer, 1772 - 1773 David's sculpture fighting with a lion, a bear is defeated on the floor. Image made by Jaques Vander down to a model by Verbruggen. Numbered in the top left of the plate: 18. Part of the collection of figures and statues made of snow in the streets of Antwerp in January 1772. Southern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Antwerp David's sculpture fighting with a lion, a bear is defeated on the floor. Image made by Jaques Vander down to a model by Verbruggen. Numbered in the top left of the plate: 18. Part of the collection of figures and statues made of snow in the streets of Antwerp in January 1772. Southern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Antwerp

Aquellos polbos.. Goya, Francisco (1746-1828). Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. 1799. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Satires (Visual works), Judicial proceedings

Salvator Rosa, The Wounded Soldier, Philip Henry Delamotte, 1855 - 1858 Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 49. paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print Photo production of drawing in 'The Reveley Collection of Drawings at Brynygwin', Fig. 49. paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print

A man wearing a hat sits on a stone with his right hand under his chin, turned to the right,, Man sitting on stone Study sheet with beggar, print maker: Hermanus Fock, Amsterdam, c. 1781 - c. 1822, paper, counterproof, etching, h 100 mm × w 83 mm

Lawyer pouring wine into the nose of a drunken vicar. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) from Human Passions Delineated, John Haywood, Manchester, 1773.

'Well-Known Folly' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities, Plate A) ca. 1815-19 (published before 1877) Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish One of the four additonal plates prepared for the set but not included in the posthumous first edition published by the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid in 1864 under the title 'Los Proverbios',. 'Well-Known Folly' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities, Plate A) 334243

English ordinary , Eating & drinking, Quarreling, Fighting. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Scene from play Inspector General by Pyotr Mikhaylovich Boklevsky, Color lithograph, 1858, 1816-1897, Russia,, Moscow, Russian State Library

The pen markers. Draughtsman: Pieter de Josselin de Jong. Dating: 1885. Measurements: h 426 mm × w 308 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Arrival of the Body of Citizen General Manuel Gonzales Jose Guadelupe Posada (Mexican, 1852-1913).. Relief engraving on type metal, 4 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (11.4 x 20 cm). Arts of the Americas

Satirical illustration from the L'Assiette au Beurre magazine; the Colonisons! series; "To colonise is to throw two misfortunes together, one on top of the other"; a rather violent scene of the subjugation of African colonial subjects.

Lazio Viterbo Viterbo S. Maria della Verita, Cloister1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Extensive coverage of 12th c. church, renovated between 14th and 15th c. Exterior views of facade, flank and portal. Interior views of altar, gothic transept, ciborium. Views of Cappella Mazzatosta, its ceramic floor and frescoes by Lorenzo da Viterbo. Comprehensive coverage of gothic structure, including views of garden, well, and portico where antiquities are stored. Single print stored in Hutzel a duplicate of one in Medieval. Antiquities: Sarcophagi; sculpture; architectural fragments General Notes: Two sets of prints fused into single numerical sequence. Cloister has separate numerical sequence and record. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of th

A feather drawing by Friedrich König depicting painters traveling, showing figures in motion and travel-related elements.

Album Drawing, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, undated, Graphite and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (22.2 × 16.5 cm) and Binding: 8 3/4 inches (22.2 cm)

Boarding people and crew on a ship; Domestiques & marines à plate; Voyage and Italy, and Sicile et à Malte - 1778. Drawing from the album 'Voyage and Italy, and Sicile Et à Malte', 1778.

Lackey peeking at colonels wife through a keyhole. Grévin, Alfred (1827-1892), draughtsman, cartoonist

Realizing Nationalism and Militarism, Patricq Kroon, 1920 - 1935 drawing The corpse or mummy, the spirit of nationalism and militarism, stands out from a coffin. A dead digger with a spade referred to as 'Dutch people' is ready to sell him a blow. Design for a political cartoon. Netherlands paper. ink. pencil pen / brush political caricatures and satires. the corpse. coffin. grave digger. mummy. militarism The Hague

Menipo/1778. Museum: CALCOGRAFIA NACIONAL MADRID ESPAÑA. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA.

Album Drawing, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, undated, Graphite and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (22.2 × 16.5 cm) and Binding: 8 3/4 inches (22.2 cm)

circus acrobatics tightrope walking breakfast on the rope woodcut Bern circa 1830 private collection,

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Album Drawing, undated. Graphite and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Salon of 1855. Monkey painter, painting by M. Decamps. engraving 1855

Burden carriers , Containers, Lifting & carrying. Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940). Prints

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Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), a chic man (title given by the author), 1903. Black ink and blue pencil on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Flier from the Young Turk Revolution period - caricature of sweeping out the traitors. unknown, graphic artist

Drawing, Death of Count Ugolino and his Sons; Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

The impeachment, or "The father of the gang turned Kings evidence". British Cartoon Prints Collection . Burke, Edmund,1729-1797. , Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,1751-1816. , Fox, Charles James,1749-1806. , Impeachments,Great Britain,1790-1800. , Law & legal affairs,Great Britain,1790-1800.

Goya, Francisco de, Spain, Los Caprichos, Unos à otros, One against the other, recto top right - handwritten, A man disguised as a bull is attacked by two men with lances. They ride like picadors on the backs of two other men., print, prints, Cosa rara, pero ay mas, recto bottom - pencil, 77, height 215 mm, width 150 mm, Spanish, 1746-03-30 - 1828-04-16, print maker, printmaker, 1797 - 1799, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, aquatint, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, after own design by

Illustration depicting Maurice Sand in local costume. Maurice Sand (1823-1889) a French illustrator, writer and son of George Sand. Dated 19th Century

Pencil, feather, and ink drawing by Hans Schließmann showing a guest room and an adjacent room, depicting furniture and interior elements.

Tooth Extraction. Dated: 1840s-1850s. Dimensions: sheet: 22.23 × 13.65 cm (8 3/4 × 5 3/8 in.). Medium: black ink wash over graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Tylee Ranney.

Giovanni Battista Cipriani depicted three erotes in a landscape using pen and ink with lavings, showing interaction and movement among figures.

Cruel tale of woe!, plate 48 of 'The Disasters of War' - 1810/14 - 15,1x20,8 cm - etching, burnished lavis and burin. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Lincoln & Altgeld , Presidents, Governors, Slaves, Prisoners, Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Album Drawing, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, undated, Graphite and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (22.2 × 16.5 cm) and Binding: 8 3/4 inches (22.2 cm)

The genius of France extirpating despotism tyranny & oppression from the face of the earth Or the royal warriors defeated. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8143, Exhibit loan 4161-L, Print contains some erasures. Louis,XVI,King of France,1754-1793. , Catherine,II,Empress of Russia,1729-1796. , Maria,I,Queen of Portugal,1734-1816. , Frederick William,II,King of Prussia,1744-1797. , Marianne (French emblem),1790-1800. , France,History,Revolution, 1789-1799.

Lincoln & Altgeld , Presidents, Governors, Slaves, Prisoners, Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

A 1799 etching and scraped aquatint by Francisco Goya from Los Caprichos depicting 'Pixies', showing small mischievous figures in a detailed composition.

The evolution of pieces of pork into a pig into a man seated at his dinner table, his plate and cutlery evolved from a skull and crossbones; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.

A skeleton in a torero costume turning away from a kneeling skeleton in a shawl and dress, from the broadside entitled, 'El Gran Panteon Amoroso,' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. ca. 1880-1910 José Guadalupe Posada. A skeleton in a torero costume turning away from a kneeling skeleton in a shawl and dress, from the broadside entitled, 'El Gran Panteon Amoroso,' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.. José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). ca. 1880-1910. Etching on zinc. Prints

Cooper, someone who makes wooden, staved vessels, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, Anonymous, 1635 - 1685

Une Promenade conjugale. Dated: 1852. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Cartoon on the deployment of the ship's Cyclop in the prosecution of the mayor of Urk, 1862; How the "Cycrop", proceeding to that end, mayor of Urk ferved. Cartoon on controlling the steamship 'De Cycroom' in the persecution of the mayor of Urk. A large cycle picks up the mayor of the island of Urk. Plate appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 12, March 22, 1862.

Ballet of Javanese dancers during the 1879 World Expo. A.F. of PARYS. "Ballet of Javanese dancers during the 1879 universal exhibition". Pencil, lavis, ink of China and Gouache.

Drawing book by Josef von Führich for Joseph Führich dated December 10, 1806, containing pencil sketches and compositional studies.

'Jacob at Isaac's Bedside', 1913.Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Feasting peasants. Piotrowski, Antoni (1853-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

Paysan russe, 1914. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918). Woodcut;

Two Paths, from the Magic Changing Cards series (N223) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Magic Changing Cards" series (N223), issued in a set of 50 in 1889 by Kinney Tobacco Company. When held up to the light, a hidden image is revealed on each card.. Two Paths, from the Magic Changing Cards series (N223) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Two Builders, c 1686 1688 Two Builders

To you the handkerchief .... enough (Ti)

A child tipping over a table, his mother rushing to stop him ca. 1890-1910 José Guadalupe Posada. A child tipping over a table, his mother rushing to stop him. José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). ca. 1890-1910. Metal-plate engraving. Prints

Six Men Lined up Before a Painting, c. 1910 print paper drypoint criticizing and discussing art, art criticism

Cartoon commenting on the barbaric methods in the West Indies.

Chocolat Dansant ca.1896 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901 French) Drawing Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France

Sadeler, Aegidius, Gheeraerts, Marcus (I), Praag, Fable of the Farmer and the Mice, A farmer runs after two mice. In the background, his farm is on fire and the farmer looks at the burning house. The fable describes how a drunken farmer accidentally sets fire to his house during a big party. A mouse rushes out of the burning house, but is caught by the farmer and thrown back into the fire. The moral of the story is that friends are hard to find when luck is against you., print, book illustration, prints, height 96 mm, width 112 mm, South Netherlandish, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Work conception, English, 1520 - 1590, after print by, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 14 cm x 22.5 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Old Mr. Salford was a crab-apple of an old gentleman who wandered all day in the Gardens.. Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939). Illustrations. 1913. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937. Peter Pan, Memorial arches, Fairies, Older people , Men , 1900-1909, Albert Memorial (London, England)

Three studies of a standing man, to the left. .

Honoré Daumier, Les Malheurs du chimiste Dumas, 1851 Les Malheurs du chimiste Dumas

Caricature of the treacherous Lord Bute receiving a reward while the old patriot Englishman is taxed until he is bent double. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration by John Collier (Timothy Bobbin) in Human Passions Delineated, John Haywood, Manchester, 1773.

Cartoon on Thorbecke's measures in combating the beef plague, 1865, 1865 print Cartoon in which Van Zuylen and others try to throw tons to minister Thorbecke, which is prevented by Van Nierop. In connection with funds used to combat the beef plague. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 40, 7 October 1865. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket

EL MELONERO - SIGLO XIX - DIBUJO N 4. Author: ALENZA, LEONARDO. Location: MUSEO ROMANTICO-GRABADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Last Moments of Maximillian, Emperor of Mexico, June 18, 1867, Photogravure Print from the Original 1882 Painting by Jean-Paul Laurens, The Masterpieces of French Art by Louis Viardot, Published by Gravure Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1882, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883

Girls Coming from School (Gamines sortant de l'ecole). Dated: 1911. Medium: etching (copper). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: TEOPHILE STEINLEN.

Three Figuren, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing paper. ink pen standing figure

Coppersmith, Hendrick van Beaumont, after Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1696, Sheet 61 recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets., draughtsman: Hendrick van Beaumont, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1696, paper

Lazio Roma Rome S. Ignazio di Loyola05. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Church was built 1625-50, based on a project by Maderno. Exterior photos of facade, rooftops and portal, with details of capitals. Interior views of the nave; however, the majority of the photos are of the paintings in the vaults and chapels. Frescoes include the Entry of S. Ignatius into Heaven and the Four Parts of the World. There are also frescoes of Samson, David, Judith and Joel. In the transept are frescoes relating to St. Louis and to the Glory of S. Ignatius. Other, unidentified rooms in the complex are also photographed. Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign notes are undated. See also Marburger Index, no. 395. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etrusc

Study for "Bar Italia". Paul Cadmus; American, 1904-1999. Date: 1949-1959. Dimensions: 318 x 381 mm. Pen and black ink, over graphite, on ivory tracing paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Claude Joseph Vernet (14 August 1714 - 3 December 1789), French painter, here his work, Eight Studies of Figures and a Ship at Sea, Sketchbook page, Eight Studies of Figures and a Ship at Sea, Painting, Reproduction of the painting, Work of art, Historical

Representation of Bacchic festivals or Bacchanalia, festivals of Bacchus, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Filippo Morghen from a drawing by Vanni, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume IV, plate 45, 1757-1787, Naples.

Honoré Daumier, Les Tritons de la Seine, 1864 Les Tritons de la Seine

Satire. Nowodworski, Henryk (1875-1930), draughtsman, cartoonist

THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT

DA-SC-87-02846. Country: Unknown

Demonstration. Gede, Kazimierz (1909-1937), graphic artist

GRABADO-CARICATURA JUGANDO A LOS BOLOS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sawing boy with cap, draughtsman: Ary Johannes Lamme, 1835, paper, brush, h 259 mm × w 202 mm

Allons lancez vous père goutot... Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Regents of the Orphanage in Haarlem, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, after Jan de Bray, 1777 - 1786 print The regents of the orphanage of Haarlem gather around a table. The messenger is in the background. paper etching board, esp. governors, trustees, etc. (Dutch: 'regenten'). table

Hand-painted lantern plate with dancing people, slide plate slideshope images glass paper, Hand-painted slides with top and bottom edges of white-red checkered paper. Image of dancing people: two couples and bagpipe player optics magic lantern magic lantern slide toy projecting

Two gentlemen and a boy with a donkey. Draughtsman: Patricq Kroon (signed by artist). Dating: 1900 - 1935. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 202 mm × w 252 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

UK, England, London, British Museum, For Having Jewish Ancestry, by Francisco de Goya, Inquisition Album, circa 1808-14

Bismarcks Denkmal in der Giesserei, woodcut from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900

De Takkelloop, Johan Braakensiek, 1910 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. historical persons. torch

Front man, draughtsman: Guillaume Anne van der Brugghen, 1821 - 1891, paper, brush, h 240 mm × w 325 mm

Three fishermen on the Kade, Jean Emile Laboreur, 1924 print paper fisherman. pier, quay, wharf The Croisic

They already have a seat; Ya Tienen Asiento; Los Caprichos. Two young women with bare legs and a short cloak, each wear a chair on their heads. A man and a woman laughing out. Twenty-sixth print from the Los Caprichos series.

A man, held by two Chinese torturers, has the soles of his feet beaten with a stick. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.

Workers of All Countries Unite, by Jan de Waardt, 1990. Dutch Art Nouveau drawing on cardboard. In Central panel is a man, stripped to waist, with a white hammer in his raised right hand. Another man in the group holds a wooden club. Background is filled with industrial chimneys emitting smoke. In the border coins pours down from money bags. (BSLOC_2016_1_13)

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