Political Caricatures and Satire

Engaging prints from the 18th and 19th centuries, depicting satirical scenes of politics, societal norms, and revolutionary themes.

Sansculots nourish Europe with the bread of freedom, 1793, James Gillray, 1793 print Cartoon in which the French sansculots let the various European countries eat the French bread of freedom in five separate scenes, 1793. John Bull (England) is, in the middle, lined by two sansculots with Hoodpen Bread. The same thing happens to the Netherlands, Savoie, Germany and Italy around it. At the top left, the Dutchman gets the bread pushed through the throat on a bayonet while he is robbed of his money, the River Scheldt between his legs. London paper etching political caricatures and satires. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.
Sansculots nourish Europe with the bread of freedom, 1793, James Gillray, 1793 print Cartoon in which the French sansculots let the various European countries eat the French bread of freedom in five separate scenes, 1793. John Bull (England) is, in the middle, lined by two sansculots with Hoodpen Bread. The same thing happens to the Netherlands, Savoie, Germany and Italy around it. At the top left, the Dutchman gets the bread pushed through the throat on a bayonet while he is robbed of his money, the River Scheldt between his legs. London paper etching political caricatures and satires. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.