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Political Caricatures and Satire

Cartoons and illustrations depicting political themes, caricatures of historical figures, and satirical commentary on governance and society.

Cartoon of a hoax petition which included the signatures of Queen Victoria, seventeen (!) Dukes of Wellington and others!

Coffee stall set up in London by the Temperance Society in order to combat drunkenness.

'Baines,'The Leeds Mercury', Instructing Young England', 1847. Artist: Unknown

The American ambassador presenting himself with .... / 20 (registered title) | In China (set of all)

Characteristics of the Saxon Garden Place of men according to Henryk Pillati. A clipping of ears 1867 (1) 288 Monogramist F.Z., monogramist J.Ch., Pillati, Henryk (1832 1894)

News // To supplement, in heat, to the insufficiency of the glass of sweet water.

Alabamians receiving rations / sketched by A.R. Waud.. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 11, p. 509. Consumer rationing, Alabama, 1860-1870, Poor persons, Alabama, 1860-1870.

SATIRA - REVISTA LA FLACA - 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1870. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. GENERAL JUAN PRIM Y PRATS (1814-1870).

A good to do everything that will not stop in front of the book. (Registered title) | News. (Title of the set)

United States. New York. 18th century. Protests by the Stamp Act 1765 ordered by the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the thirteen colonies of British America. Engraving. The American Revolution.

Direct telegraph line between Newcastle and London for the Newcastle Chronicle. R: Reporter handing in copy for transmission. L: Operator sending a dispatch.

Cartoon about the cutbacks, 1883, 1883 print Cartoon about the cutbacks of the cabinet, 1883. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad de Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 46, 1883. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper

American trade card for Baking Powder, c1900.

Is Not This Only Another Form of Monopoly , from Puck 1886 United States. Color lithograph on newsprint . A. B. Schultz

These illustrations show scenes of congestion in Shoreditch and Whitechapel where the housing problem was most acute. Included are a congested street in Shoreditch, a street corner in Shoreditch, a fried-fish shop or the 'communal dining room' of these overcrowded areas and a staircase in a house in Whitechapel. Date: 18/10/1919

Telegraphing under difficulties as floodwaters rise during the 1882 New Orleans Flood

Advantage of "famine prices" | Library of Congress

The white constitutional revision, Johan Braakensiek, 1907 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. historical persons. law and jurisprudence. dominoes. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. (+ nation; national)

Madame the Maintenon and Philip V kneel for Louis XIV, 1706; Prophetise dream of the sun-eclipse / prognostication de l'Eclipse du Soleil; 8. The louis smell shortly after the sun eclipse; Bycup to the Koninglyke Almanach, called the Gulde-Year of Allies, 1706 / 't Lusthof by MoMus. Madame The Maintenon and Philip V handing a request to Louis XIV. Top left the solar eclipse on 12 May 1706 during the loss of Barcelona. In the plate verses in Dutch and French. In the plate 2 columns in Dutch and French. Leaf No. 8 (numbered at the top right) in the series of 25 blades entitled: Bycup to the Koninglyke Almanach, called the Gulden-Year of Allies, 1706. Part of the print work issued under the collective title: 't Lust-Hof van Momus, with The bundled Series of spot prints during the 1901-1713 of the Spanish Succession War.

CHORUS: "HE'S GOING TO DROWN IT!", RELIEVING OFFICER: "GOING TO DROWN IT NONSENSE!", GINX: "I AM!", 1876

'Parcel Post Department, General Post Office, St Martin's le Grand, London. Dispatching boxes of parces which have been raised from the sorting room by means of an hydraulic lift. Parcel Post introduced in 1882.'

Cartoon about the budget of the Ministry of War, 1871, 1871 print Cartoon on the deliberations on the budget of the Ministry of War by Thorbecke and Fransen van de Putte. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 18, 1871. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper

'Franking the stamps on letters, General Post Office, St Martin's le Grand, London, 1886.'

The arrival of letters and newspapers. / No. 2. (Registered title) | The castle life. (title of all)

As we dinner in Paris./28./a the chance of the fork. (Registered title (letter)) | As we dine in Paris. (Title of all)

A Chartist activist armed for conflict. Cartoon from 'Punch', London, 1848.

Cartoon depicting Isaac Pitman as a 'spelling bee'. Isaac Pitman (1813-1897) an English teacher who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. Dated 19th century

Sketches showing scenes and different types of apparatus used at the Central Telegraph Establishment at the General Post Office, including the type printing telegraph, the 'direct writer' or autographic telegraph, the single needle and the automatic. Date: November 28th 1874

The suspected consequences of the elections, Petrus van Geldorp, 1901 Amsterdam paper historical persons. politician, e.g. party leader. tailor, dressmaker. political caricatures and satires

Mail ship, mail shipping from Europe to New York, distribution of mail in letter bags, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original, exact original date unknown

BANQUET AND MEETING held by ONCE A YEAR CLUB OF INSURANCE JOURNALISTS at NEW YORK PRESS CLUB;MORTON BUILDING;NY ("OTHER,(CLUB);"). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1901. Rare Book Division

'Buck' taking the 'pot' , Presidential elections, Politicians, Secession, Soups, Buchanan, James, 1791-1868, Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890, Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Illustration showing a number of scenes at the 'Old Bailey', more officially The Central Criminal Court, in London, 1920. The images show (clockwise from top left): A prisoner arriving at the court; Prisoners assembled in a corridor; a lawyer in the Criminal Records library; the study of a High Court Judge; The Women Warders' Room; a Prisoner in his cell; and (at centre) a prisoner on the stairs from cell to dock. Date: 02/10/1920

Eclipse / eighth year / n ° 326 / Sunday 24 January 1875 / Languages to dogs, by Gill.

Cartoon on Kuyper's application for a refund of school fees, 1875, 1875 print Cartoon on Kuyper's application for a refund of school fees, 1875. Plate appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 16, 1875. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper

Henry FAWCETT - 1833-1884. Postmaster General - Introduced parcel post 1882.

Sketches showing scenes from the first day at the General Post Office in 1883. Date: August 11th 1883

The Senate and the Bill on Higher Education, Johan Braakensiek, 1904 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. circus. historical persons

The national honor and credit in good hands, by Louis Dalrymple, 1866-1905, artist 1894. President Cleveland holding papers labelled 'National Honor and Credit' behind his back, as he faces a group of newspaper editors and legislators labelled 'Tribune, N.Y. Sun, Tom Reed, Hill, World, Teller, Stewart, Vest, Peffer, and Hoar', and Charles A. Boutelle holding a paper labelled 'Boutelle Resolution', and an unidentified man at the back of the group. The U.S. Capitol is in the background.

Preferential Treatment': The Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, in the guise of a policeman, holds up traffic bearing various demands for funding so that Lloyd George, Chancellor the Exchequer, can wheel his Budget into the House of Commons. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne from 'Punch', ondon, 21 February 1909.

Cartoon to raise the tax on gin and sugar, 1863; New tax plans / The last snowball!. Cartoon on raising the tax on gin and sugar and the reduction in the tax on fuels. Two jenecrinkers in a cafe. Plate appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 41, October 10, 1863.

Cartoon about Schaepman on the nutrition exhibition, 1887, 1887 print Cartoon with Schaepman on the scales at the nutritional exhibition in Amsterdam, 1887. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 30, 1887. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Haguepublisher: The Hague paper Amsterdam

Price current | Library of Congress

Let's eat the Prussian by Gill.

Left on Base, from the Talk of the Diamond set (N135) issued by Duke Sons & Co., a branch of the American Tobacco Company 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Talk of the Diamond" series (N135), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards in 1888 by W. Duke Sons & Co., a branch of the American Tobacco Company, to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco.. Left on Base, from the Talk of the Diamond set (N135) issued by Duke Sons & Co., a branch of the American Tobacco Company. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.) ,

Student in law passing his thesis under the obligatory service. / 614

A Thrilling Incident During the Voting, 18th Ward, Philadelphia, October 11 1864 Harley American. A Thrilling Incident During the Voting, 18th Ward, Philadelphia, October 11. Harley (American, active 1860s). 1864. Lithograph. Prints

Article felling entitled On Discovering Szymanowski (Aut. Oliver Daniel) from the magazine SATURDAY REWEW of 24.06.1967 (photocopy)

Cartoon - A Hint From The Waiter Rostap (1866-1949)

Auswanderer, ein Auswandererzug in Berlin im 19. Jahrhundert, Deutschland, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch

Contraportada del semanario La Doménica del Corriere, editado en Milán (Italia). Revuelta estudiantil de estudiantes italianos y austríacos en la universidad de Graz (Austria). Noviembre 1907.

N ° 2 / Some types of delegates and commission members charged / to deepen GRRR ... social issues. (IT)

Grand Presidential Auction Sale, from Puck Published 1888 United States. Color lithograph on newsprint . C. Jay Taylor

Man hands over money to two soldiers under a street lamp, Mihály Biró, 1920 print Presentation of the harsh conditions in Hungary at the time of white terror under the shock of Miklós Horthy. Title on object in Hungarian, French, German, English and Russian and text in German on Verso. paper letterpress printing reign of terror. bribery

A PAPER CHASE IN JAPAN

Two men read 'Le Charivari'. Text on verso.

All my drinks 3 cents - An everyday scene near the Water Street Mission in New York City, circa 1890

Settin' on a rail | Library of Congress

13 / Decidedly, it has too good heart! ... (registered title) | To the devil the servants! (Title of the whole)

Ha! Ha! Van Stan's Stratena is on papa's chair. All genuine has the full name blown in the bottle. Ha! Ha! Van Stan's Stratena is on papa's chair. All genuine has the full name blown in the bottle

Caimac Vogorids, stating that it is impossible .... / 434 (registered title) | News. (Title of the whole)

Cartoon depicting long periods at sea on the BLAKE and poor pay for supporting family. From 'Scrap Book Hydrographic Inspector's Office', 1881

News. / 24 // The ideal of some newspapers. / 69.

Cartoon - A Promissory Note Rostap (1866-1949)

Den Haag, Nijhoff, Martinus, Netherlands, Spanier & Zn, widow Elias, Schmidt Crans, Johan Michaël, Tax plans, Cartoon about the tax plans, 1885, The Hague, Cartoon about the tax plans of the cabinet. Plate published in the weekly De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 3, 1885., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 275 mm, width 215 mm, Dutch, 1830-04-30 - 1907-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1885 - 1885, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1826-12-26 - 1894-09-24, publisher

Martin / Mr. Ernest Picard not grant us the authorization to publish his charge ...

Taking the Census. The head of an oversized, extended family has difficulty remembering the names of his kin and servants let alone how many there are! Date: 1851

Sundry Amusements in the Mines c. 1850 California Lettersheets The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

Leaf with twelve rarekic plates, 1855-1865, 1864 - 1865 print Leaf with twelve pictures in the form of rarekic plates with comic representations of national and international events, 1855-1865. See also the second leaf. Netherlands paper

Eclipse / eighth year / n ° 348 / Sunday 27 June 1875 / Union makes peace, by Gill.

The move / of / Mrs. Carlin born strong. / Pl.60 March 1841. / 4th year. (Registered Title) | Ridiculous Modes Bulletin. (IFF 13) (Title of the whole)

A Thimble-rigger encourages unwitting gamblers to lose their money in a game of chance involving guessing which thimble a pea is hidden under. Date: 1842

Progress and poverty - a decoration day study, circa 1895

'The Hospital where damaged and badly packed letter and packets were repaired before being sent to their destination General Post Office, St Martin's le Grand, London. Engraving, London, 1884,'

The bull roasted: or the political cooks serving their customers. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 765. George,III,King of Great Britain,1738-1820. , North, Frederick,Lord,1732-1792. , Bute, John Stuart,Earl of,1713-1792. , Sandwich, John Montagu,Earl of,1718-1792. , Banquets,England,1780. , Eating & drinking,England,1780. , International relations,1780. , Politics & government,England,1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

Monarchical writer (IFF 45). (registered title)

Ha! Ha! Van Stan's Stratena is on papa's chair. All genuine has the full name blown in the bottle , People, Glue, 19th Century American Trade Cards

A receipt for courtship. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Courtship,England,1800-1810 , Couples,England,1800-1810.

Cartoon depicting John Bull distracted from the arguments of a suffragist. Dated 20th century

. Cartoon on the English Lord George Gordon, the instigator of an anti-Roman riot in London in 1780. Lord George Gordon in despair his hands wringing into prison, sees by the bars that romons are suspended for punishment. Under the plate a statement from the show.

Waiting for admission to the Divorce court 1889. Would find it very exciting to watch the process of issuing writs, entering appearances, and so on. Nor are any of the multitudinous preparatory proceedings, which are conducted here, particularly enlivening except to the lawyers.

La Musique populaire , Vol. 2, no. 25. text. Periodicals. 1882-04-06. Music Division. Music

An artist's rambles in Washington. No. 1: First impressions / from sketches by a staff artist. | Library of Congress

HªCATALUÑA-FOTOGRAFIA DE CUADRO-CU-CUT-EL MITIN-DIBUJO DE OPISSO-1903. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID.

The State of Ireland: sketches in Galway, 1880. 'A pipe of peace; A family suite; the general state of affairs; the Fish Market, Galway...Our Special Artist, who has lately visited the distressed parts of the country, furnishes some characteristic sketches of the general appearance of the rustic people about Galway, including some disconsolate groups outside the door of the offices where the local relief committee is deliberating upon the grants it can afford to bestow on many poor applicants for public bounty. A scene in the Fishmarket at Galway, which he has also sketched, is rather lively a

Commissioner issuing licenses to dig for gold on the banks of the Turon river, Australia. Date: 1853

Rappen, Aussortieren der Weintrauben in einem Weingut in Frankreich im Jahre 1875, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage...

A man is extracting a corset on which is inscribed "fair trade" from a briefcase on which is written "conservative programme". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 17 December 1887.

Our exposure of the swill milk trade- scene at the Offal Dock. Dissecting the cow, the right side in a putrified state, before the City health wardens and Frank Leslie. Forty-Fifth Street on the East River, N.Y. City. Woodcut, May 23, 1858.

Cartoon with the Rochussen and Van Hall ministers, 1860, 1860 print Cartoon in which Baron van Hoëvell shakes the hand of Minister F.A. van Hall. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 40, October 6, 1860. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper shaking hands, 'dextrarum junctio'. Lower House, Parliament, Chamber

Extreem Geweld Tegen Arbeiders, Mihály Biró, 1920 print Presentation of the harsh conditions in Hungary at the time of white terror under the shock of Miklós Horthy. Title on object in Hungarian, French, German, English and Russian and text in German on Verso. paper letterpress printing reign of terror. racial discrimination, segregation. violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death

Beer Vault of a Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Originally published in April 1881 edition of Harpers New Monthly Magazine

Isaac Merrit Singer (1811-1875), American inventor, while his friend George Zieber holds the candle, adjusting tension on his sewing machine in a last desperate attempt to make it work (August/September 1850). Machine patented 1851. From 'Genius Rewarded or the Story of the Sewing Machine', New York, 1880.

Postal ship, Mail ship, mail shipping from Europe to New York, distribution of mail in mail bags / Postschiff, Postschiffahrt von Europa nach New York, Verteilung der Post in Briefsäcke, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

The buried Bormund. (Ti)

Different ministerial existences,

Socialist meeting demonstrates on behalf of an EIGHT-HOUR WORKING DAY, London

The 'Ostend Doctrine,' practical Democrats carrying out the principle , Ambassadors, Robberies, Criminals, Intervention International law, Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Imperial Granum Medicinal Food , Older people, Children, Food, 19th Century American Trade Cards

'Next!' , Barbershops, Prisons, Prisoners

Cartoon about the sugar excise duty, 1884, 1884 print Cartoon about the sugar excise. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 24, 1884. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper

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