Political Caricature Prints

Humorous and satirical prints from the 18th and 19th centuries, illustrating political figures and social commentary through exaggerated depictions and lively scenes.

A convention of the not-ables, engraving 1787, Lord North, Edmund Burke, Charles Fox, the Prince of Wales, and others attempting to break into the royal treasury.

Oddities January 1792 Thomas Rowlandson British. Oddities 392699

St. Martins in an Uproar, Charles Williams, active 1796-1830, British, 1801, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 1/2 x 14in. (21.6 x 35.6cm)

Improvement in Weights and Measures. - or - 'Sir John Seeclear Discovering e/y Ballance of e/y Flag' (from: Caricature, vol. 1), James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1798, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 5/8in. (34.3 x 24.4cm)

An Unexpected Application to John Bull !!, unknown artist, 1802, Etching, hand-colored

Caricature of the blessing of a Wijnton, Honoré Daumier, 1843 Paris paper bottling of wine. river. caricatures (human types) Seine

Noah's Ark improved, or an attempt to land in the teeth of the wind, Holland, William, active 1782-1817, en sanguine engraving 1790, British satire on Charles Stanhope's Toleration Bill of 1789 which was an attempt to remove the yoke of religious obligations on persons seeking public office (cf. Test and Corporation Acts). Despite the fact that a person seeking a position in the clergy was bound by the same obligations, the clergy was opposed to passage of Stanhope's bill, as is shown in this i

The Sorrows of Werter-The Last Interview March 29, 1786 Thomas Rowlandson. The Sorrows of Werter-The Last Interview. After Samuel Collings (British, active 1784-95). March 29, 1786. Etching. Elizabeth Jackson (British, active 1785-87). Prints

Title and plate 1 depicting the cries (trades) of Rome, here including vendors of goldfish, Milanese swords, hats etc, from the 'Descrición de las artes que se llaman para los calles de la ciudad de Roma' Publisher Remondini Italian After Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla Italian ca. 1770-1800 This is the first of a group comprising seventeen sheets of thirty-five hand-coloured engravings depicting the cries (trades) of Rome. The series was produced in Bassano (Veneto, Italy) by the Remondini publishing firm for the Spanish market. The first sheet carries the title in Spanish, whereas the descriptions of each of the 198 figures and their occupations in Italian (Roman dialect Romancino), run along the bottom of each plate. The figures are copied from a 1582 engraving by Ambrogio Brambilla published by Claudio Duchetti: Ritratto de quelli che vanno vendendo et lavorando per Roma con la nova agionta de tutti quelli che nelle altre mancavano sin al presente. The Remondini group comprises more th

The sailor and the quack doctor!! , Sailors, Quacks. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Miseries of human life, 'Getting up early on a cold gloomy morning' , Waking, Cleaning, Women domestics. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, A Uniform Whig ---, 1791. Etching, hand-colored.

John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, The Prodigal Son Returns Reclaim'd (1 of 5), c. 1775. Mezzotint.

Magnus - Major - Maximus caricature on Robert Blum, Unknown

La Femme Hercule Hercules strength illustration from the Series Saltimbanques Gaukselwerk games unknown, Peller

A Bankrupt Cart, or The Road to Ruin in the East! November 5, 1799 Thomas Rowlandson A family drives in a rough two-wheeled cart drawn by a clumsy carthorse. The man drives, wearing a cocked hat and his wife wears large feathers in her small straw cap and holds up a fan. A boy and girl are squeezed in the back. A grinning footman rides behind them.. A Bankrupt Cart, or The Road to Ruin in the East!. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). November 5, 1799. Etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

London, Holland, William, England, Boyne, John, Falstaff & his Prince, Fox and the Prince of Wales, 1783, verso - stamped, Cartoon with Charles Fox as Falstaff shaking hands with the Prince of Wales, 1783., print, cartoon, prints, cartoons, English cartoons, height 210 mm, width 195 mm, English, print maker, printmaker, 1783 - 1783, paper, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, 1757 - 1815, publisher

No. 10. Borders for rooms & halls , Soldiers, Animals in human situations, Cats, Skeletons, Camels, Conversation. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

George Moutard Woodward, ca. 1760-1809, British, The Royal Rush Light, Undated. Watercolor, pen and ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Devils - Parson Shooting, John Cawse, 1779-1862, British, 1800, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 5/8 x 15 1/4in. (21.9 x 38.7cm)

'Mr Jorrocks's Bath', 1845. Artist: Unknown

Characters, from Jack and the Giant Killer, Plate 5 for a Toy Theater. Dimensions: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 8 7/16 in. (17 × 21.4 cm). Publisher: Benjamin Pollock (British, 1857-1937). Date: 1870-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Isaac Cruikshank, The Martyr of Equality, 1793 The Martyr of Equality

The Bull and Mouth 1808-09 Thomas Rowlandson At left there is an elderly overweight man sitting an an armchair. His wife stands behind him and motions to signify horns above his head, while she slips a letter into the hand of a handsome military officer standing in the doorway at right.. The Bull and Mouth. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1808-09. Hand-colored etching; reprint. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls. Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827); after George Moutard Woodward (English, c. 1760- 1809); published by Rudolph Ackermann (English, born Germany, 1764-1834). Date: 1799. Dimensions: 356 × 452 mm. Etching in black, with hand-colored additions, on cream wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Le Sans collects genéreux. (Ti)

N ° 10 / Ah! Pignouf, you forced me to drive you despite me. ... (IT)

Punishment. / (N ° 4)

News by Camille. / So you do not understand unhappy that this road is forever forbidden to Bonaparte

Europe, Mainz, Scholz, firm Jos., Bilder ABC, Buch., Prenten AB, Book, Letters S, R, U and T, verso - stamped, Sheet with 4 images to cut out and bind together into a booklet about the alphabet. Images of the letters S (Key), R (Rijden), U (Ueberfall = robbery) and T (Theodor). Below each image a caption in German and Dutch. Numbered lower left: No. 108., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 340 mm, width 422 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, German, publisher, 1829 - 1880, paper, papier, lithografie (technique), kleuren, print maker, prentmaker

press/media canstora singer ""You were my first love"" coloured lithograph by Rosetti Germany circa 1850 G. Boehmer Collection,

English tourists dancing after taking laughing gas at a Paris dentist, 1820. Intoxicated patients at le Charlatans salon. Doctor Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Williams from Doctor Syntax in Paris; or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque, W. Wright, London, 1820.

News / The Three Larrows. (IT)

King Joe on his Spanish Donkey. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London); After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 11/16 in. (25.5 × 37.3 cm)Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 9/16 in. (24.5 × 34.5 cm). Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Subject: Joseph Bonaparte (French, 1768-1844). Date: August 27, 1808. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

2 Poor Sir

Every body uses Scull's Champion Coffee. So they do. Who said da dont. Every body uses Scull's Champion Coffee. So they do. Who said da dont

London, Holland, William, Engeland, Byron, Frederick George, England, Pettit, John, The Amorous Traveller, De Lustige Reiziger, verso - stamped, Cartoon in which a traveller in the bedroom of an inn abuses a young woman. The woman holds a burning candle against the man's wig in one hand and a copper hat in the other. On the right a servant leaves the room., print, cartoon, prints, cartoons, English cartoons, height 248 mm, width 310 mm, British, print maker, printmaker, 1789-08-01 - 1789-08-01, paper, etching, hand colouring, English, 1764 - 1792, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1757 - 1815, publisher

Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist, Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, 1834, Hand colored soft-ground etching, Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8in. (13.3 x 20.3cm)

The rival gardeners. King George III of England and Napoleon I tend to their respective plants on opposite sides of a stream labelled 'The Channel.' A cudgel marked 'British Oak' floats down it.

Cartoon published 1827 demonstrating tensions in the British cabinet of Prime Minister George Canning between Protestants and Catholics. The Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1829 passed uder the governme

Sergent Recruiteur. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 16 5/16 in. (26.8 × 41.5 cm)Plate: 10 5/16 × 15 7/8 in. (26.2 × 40.3 cm). Publisher: Samuel William Fores (British, 1761-1838). Date: October 24, 1789. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The old womans complaint or the Greek alphabet , Students, Teachers, Complaining. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Fall of Francois II. (IT)

Bath Races, from Tegg's Caricatures no 49 Published 1810 England. Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper . Thomas Rowlandson

An apothecary riding a velocipede (bicycle) in the form of a pestle and mortar. Coloured etching, ca. 1819.

Le Bon Genre: Observations sur les modes et les usages de Paris. Designer: Designed by Horace Vernet (French, Paris 1789-1863 Paris); Designed by Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, Nancy 1767-1855 Paris). Dimensions: Overall: 16 5/16 x 11 1/4 x 1 9/16 in. (41.5 x 28.5 x 4 cm). Engraver: Engraved by Georges Jacques Gatine (French, Caen, ca. 1773-after 1841); Engraved by Louis-Marie Lanté (French, born 1789). Printer: Printed by Vassal et Essling , Paris. Published in: Paris. Publisher: Published by La Messangère , Paris. Date: 1827. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The moment of imagination, engraving 1785, Edward Topham, a pen in his hand, has just kicked over his circular writing table in frenzied inspiration. He raises his clenched fist. An inkstand and fragments of paper inscribed Epilogue Mrs. W... Wells Hay-Market, Epilogue Mrs. S...s Siddons Drury-Lane, and Prologue for Miss F... Farren Covent Garden lie on the floor. On the wall hangs an oval bust portrait of Mrs. Siddons. Over Topham's head is a small parrot in a cage, saying, Bravo Cptn. Pr

A Worthy Alderman and his Friends Canvasing or Strong Recommendations for the mem'br of Parl'ament, Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, 1795, Etching

The Pic-Nic Orchestra. Artist: James Gillray (British, Chelsea 1756-1815 London). Dimensions: plate: 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm)sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 9/16 in. (26.7 x 37 cm). Publisher: Hannah Humphrey (London). Date: April 23, 1802. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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

Stop Thief!, Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797-1868, Irish, Printed by Charles E. P. Motte, 1785-1836, French, Published by Thomas McLean, 1788-1875, British, 1831, Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 3/8 inches (29.8 x 44.1 cm), Image: 9 3/16 x 13 9/16 inches (23.3 x 34.5 cm), and Image: 9 1/16 x 13 9/16 inches (23 x 34.5 cm), bill, caricature, chancellor, chasing, exchequer, historical subject, hourglass, legislation, newspaper, parody, political, politician, running, sandglass, satire, satirical, scrolls, scythe, sketches, thief, time, toga, top hat, treasury, wings

News / N ° 78 / For road costs please.

Wasp // Savieur

New broom ./ hope it will be the last one !!

The stone virgin, Magic game of the same Gallerie Droller Scenen to the theater newspaper, st year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Napoleon and the question of Spanish succession

Honi. Soi. Qui. Mal. Y. Pense: The Caricature Shop of G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London August 12, 1821 Theodore Lane British A crowd of boisterous Londoners is shown inspecting satires critical of Queen Caroline, the estranged wife of the recently crowned King George IV. These are displayed in the bow-front shop window of George Humphrey, a print publisher who inherited a successful business from his aunt Hannah in 1818. Humphrey supported the king in the dramatic period between 1820 and 1821 when Caroline returned to England from the Continent hoping to be recognized as consort, but was sued for divorce, barred from the coronation, collapsed and died. From the mid eighteenth century, print publishers placed newly issued satires against the panes of their shop windows to draw customers. Humorous, topical images drew viewers from all social classes and encouraged lively interaction.. Honi. Soi. Qui. Mal. Y. Pense: The Caricature Shop of G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, Lond

Veneration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions) January 21, 1800 Thomas Rowlandson British. Veneration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions). Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions. After George Murgatroyd Woodward (British, 1765-1809 London). January 21, 1800. Hand-colored etching, printed in brown ink. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

France, Paris, Fables (The cobbler and the financier) by Jean de La Fontaine, engraving

(No. 4) / punishment. (IT)

Cartoon at J.C. Backer, C. Seyn and S. van der Paauw, 1839. Cartoon on the Leiden Klerken J.C. Backer and C. Seyn who samples from the city's cases for their fans. The peacock refers to exaggerated self-sufficiency of the Leidse Architect S. van der Paauw with the modest park with dome designed by him. At the top of justice standing in the middle of a major circle of people. The thefts were discovered on October 10, 1838, judgments pronounced on April 22 and September 27, 1839.

End of a session (IT)

Sr. Samuel House 1780 reissued 1786-91 Thomas Rowlandson British. Sr. Samuel House. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1780 reissued 1786-91. Hand-colored etching with roulette; second state of second version. Henry Brookes (British, active 1786-95). Prints

Taking his Breakfast, from "The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome" 1815 Thomas Rowlandson Johnny and Teague picnic beside a stream. Teague carves cheese at left and Johnny holds a ham at right.. Taking his Breakfast, from "The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome". "The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1815. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Patrick Martin & Co (British, active London, 1813-15). Prints

The Royal Society, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1786, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 3/4in. (24.1 x 37.5cm)

The King of Brobdingnag, and Gulliver. Vide - Swifts Gullivers voyage to Brobdingnag , Kings, Emperors, Optical devices, Inspections, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Knives or Scissors to Grind, undated. Watercolor with pen and black and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

A Game at Put in a Country Alehouse. Artist: After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 12 5/8 in. (26 × 32 cm). Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Date: August 10, 1810. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

London, McLean, Thomas, Heath, William, Looking grave in the new appointment, Cartoon on the Duke of Sussex, 1830, Cartoon on August Frederick, Duke of Sussex, after his appointment as superintendent of Hyde Park and St. James's Park in London, 1830., print, cartoon, prints, English cartoons, height 373 mm, width 256 mm, English, 1795 - 1840-04-07, print maker, printmaker, 1830-07-06 - 1830-07-06, paper, papier, etching, etchings, hand coloring, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Champion of the People. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/16 × 14 1/8 in. (26.2 × 35.8 cm). Published in: London. Publisher: William Humphrey (British, 1742-before 1814). Subject: Charles James Fox (British, 1749-1806). Date: March 11, 1784. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Opinions on The Divorce Bill!! June 2, 1800 Thomas Rowlandson Six men and six women's opinions on the divorce bill.. Opinions on The Divorce Bill!!. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). June 2, 1800. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

By Authority. Persons and Property Protected November 24, 1785 Thomas Rowlandson A mail coach overturns because the back wheel has fallen off. The passengers fall out of the coach, and one of them accidentally shoots a pistol at an elderly woman's posterior.Possibly a reprint.. By Authority. Persons and Property Protected. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). November 24, 1785. Etching. S. W. Fores (London). Prints

My museum of sovereigns // Henry III. / 7

The Hartford Convention or LEAP NO LEAP. Artist: William Charles, American, born Scotland, 1776-1820

A diving belle, 1818 - 1830, etching, hand-colored, 1 print

The Moderé or People's Advocate (IT)

A Two O'Clock Ordinary June 4, 1811 Thomas Rowlandson A group of men sit around a table and gorge themselves on feast, some fighting the others for food. A man seated at the head of the table at left lifts a large goblet to his mouth. Two men, apparently late to the feast, enter through the door at left with shocked expressions.. A Two O'Clock Ordinary. June 4, 1811. Hand-colored etching; reprint. Prints

John Bull and His Friends Commemorating the Peace ca. 1801 Piercy Roberts British. John Bull and His Friends Commemorating the Peace 392571

The Sagacious Buck or Effects of Water Proof 1811 Thomas Rowlandson A man holds his shirt out towards a woman who is washing clothes. He asks her why it is still dirty and mentions that he had it waterproofed. The woman replies that she couldn't get the dirt out because it is waterproofed.. The Sagacious Buck or Effects of Water Proof. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1811. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Production of the artist community Averino costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

The Arabs from the Sahara desert, The large column of Pompei representing , the Graffina brothers, The older one occupies the so -called Chinese breakfast costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

The Great Cole de Capet the groin The great anger of capet the eldest ". Print.

Title Page, The Caricature Magazine, or Mirror of Mirth. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (34.7 × 23.9 cm). Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Date: November 19, 1808. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cartoon on the deliberations of the Congress on the choice of king, 1831, anonymous, 1831, Cartoon on the deliberations of the National Congress on the choice of a king for Belgium, February 1831. A Dutch farmer pulls the horns of the Belgian cow while a Belgian rebel pulls her tail. Meanwhile, the cow is milked by an Englishman., draughtsman: anonymous, Netherlands, 1831, paper, pen, brush, h 236 mm × w 377 mm

Scene from Pefroen with the sheep head. Draughtsman: Jacobus Buys. Dating: 1734 - 1801. Measurements: h 271 mm × w 220 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

An Eating House 1815 () Thomas Rowlandson An eating house with men seated at tables with their hats hanging on hooks above them. Two begging dogs at center.. An Eating House. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1815 (). Hand-colored etching; reprint. Prints

......... Ah! Heat! ......... / N ° 15.

Entertainment for Man and Horse October 25, 1788 Thomas Rowlandson A carriage stands outside of a "Half-Way House." A man and woman embrace inside at the window, while the horses eat hay outside.. Entertainment for Man and Horse. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London) . October 25, 1788. Hand-colored etching. S. W. Fores (London). Prints

Shipping the Casks' 1826, Artist: Amelia Alderson Opie. From 'The Black Man's Lament; or How to Make Sugar'. (London, 1826).

National contrasts or Bulky and Boney

Gentleman fencer in the half-round or bounding turn of the Body called the Demi-Volte. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr. Domenico Angelo's The School of Fencing, London, 1787.

Counsellor O.P.-Defender of our Theatric Liberties December 5, 1809 James Gillray British. Counsellor O.P.-Defender of our Theatric Liberties. James Gillray (British, London 1756-1815 London). December 5, 1809. Hand-colored etching. Hannah Humphrey (London). Prints

Grotesque Borders for Screens, Billiard Rooms, Dressing Rooms, &c &c 1799-1800 Thomas Rowlandson. Grotesque Borders for Screens, Billiard Rooms, Dressing Rooms, &c &c. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1799-1800. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

The Minister Endeavouring to Eke Out Dr. Pr--ty-----n's Bisho-Prick, James Sayer, 1748-1823, British, 1787, Etching & aquatint, hand-colored, Sheet: 12 x 9 1/8in. (30.5 x 23.2cm)

The Tree of Liberty - with the Devil tempting John Bull, James Gillray, 1798. Serpent, tail in Cap of Liberty, face of Charles James Fox, coiled round dying oak, offers damaged apple reform to John Bull, pockets full of golden fruit.

Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, The Union Coach, 1799. Etching, hand-colored.

The Secret History of Crim Con, Fig 1 August 18, 1808 Thomas Rowlandson. The Secret History of Crim Con, Fig 1. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). August 18, 1808. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Unknown, Le suprême bon-ton, No. 15: Les nageurs, 1815, etching, colored by hand (and à la poupée), on paper.

Woodward, Active 1801-1802, nationality unknown, Prayers & Journals, 1801-1802. Etching, hand colored.

The Contrast December 1792 Thomas Rowlandson. The Contrast. December 1792. Etching. Prints

Three poor men burdened with barrels of alcohol, being freed by a man from the Temperance Society, while a woman looks on. Wood-engraving by S. Barr, c. 1840, with letterpress.

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