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Political Caricatures of the 19th Century

A series of satirical illustrations showcasing 19th-century political themes, depicting conflicts, caricatures of figures, and social commentary through humor.

The red-haired moon / exceptional number / Monday 13 August 1877 / Leon Gambetta, by Gill.
The red-haired moon / exceptional number / Monday 13 August 1877 / Leon Gambetta, by Gill.
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The knob strike front. (IT)The great modern devil. (IT)Caricature: King tearing his robes above his head. Scholtz, Julius (1825-1893), draughtsman, cartoonistGosso Ludigman; Gosso Lvdigman Potestatvm VI; Frisian rulers.Le Charivari, March 16, 1854-December 31, 1857 March 16, 1854-December 31, 1857 Honoré Daumier French Twenty-three bound volumes of Le Charivari, from 1854 to 1857. A daily satirical periodal issued in Paris between 1832 and 1937, Le Charivari began publishing caricatures satirizing daily life after the 1835 ban on political satire. Artists including Honoré Daumier and Cham contributed lithographs and wood engravings.. Le Charivari, March 16, 1854-December 31, 1857 347361Republican Subscription / To offer a handkerchief and a boot of onions of honor to Mr. Thiers.No. 4 / Archi-Monseigneur. (IT)Uncorking old sherry , Politicians, Government officials, Authors, Bottles, Heads Anatomy, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844. James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and DrawingsMoves for the next term. (IT)The r l cock and chickens - or the father of his people!!!. British Cartoon Prints Collection . George,IV,King of Great Britain,1762-1830. , Adultery,England,London,1820. , Politics & government,England,London,1820. , Britannia (Symbolic character)William Hogarth,English, (1697-1764), The Company of Undertakers, 1736-1737, etching and engravingProfiles and binettes / n ° 11 / -Teyons, Small Republic ...Cartoon about cremation and Maastricht, 1887, 1887 print Cartoon about cremation and Maastricht. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 7, 1887. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Haguepublisher: The Hague paper MaastrichtCartoon on the repair of Gorkum, Gouda and Delft, 1873, 1873 print Cartoons on the repair of Gorkum, Gouda and Delft. Jhr. De Brauw, Heemskerk and Nierstrasz like the three witches from Shakespeares Macbeth. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 25, 1873. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper Gorinchem. Gouda. DelftBanquet of desigible guests in Wilhemshoehe. (IT)The Present State of Europe, Or - John Bull on his Last Legs, Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, 1795, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 5/8 x 13 1/4in. (21.9 x 33.7cm)Manicques / Vom Good Populves, Vo ... Dumolise !! (You)News. / 648 // After the blood pump, the pump with gold. / 45.Honoré Daumier, Regrets Superflus!, 1851 Regrets Superflus!Awakening. 4th year (2nd series). N ° 3. Sunday, August 1, 1880.Fragments from the tomb opposite the Sint-Sebastian outside the walls in Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1756 - c. 1757 print Fragments from the tomb opposite the Sint-Sebastian outside the walls in Rome. Title and list of explanatory letters in STUDMARGE. Numbered above: Tom. Ii. / XLVI. print maker: Romeprint maker: Italyafter own design by: Rome paper etching inscription. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. base (~ column, pillar)Known air (Offenbach music) Here is the sword (ter) of my uncle you can put it on your side ...Cartoon about the tenth Dutch Language and Literary Congress in The Hague, 1868, 1867 print Cartoon the tenth Dutch Language and Literary Congress in The Hague. The Stedsmaarden of The Hague is getting ready for the congress. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 33, 15 August 1868. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper personification of a city, town-patron(ess) The HagueUncorking Old Sherry. Gillray, James (1756-1815). Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones) (1814-1886). Caricatures, Prints, Cartoons (Commentary). 1805-03-10. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Pitt, William, 1759-1806Widow Ducker and her nymphs. Woman and children bathing in the sea with dolphins and bathing machines. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after a sketch by J. Green from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, Ackermann, London, 1813.News by G.Gaillard Son./N°2, March 1871 / What awaits them! ... / Delivery.Men around a table look at a print or drawing. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1775 - c. 1825. Place: England. Measurements: h 112 mm × w 157 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Tax on oil / n ° 2.Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879). M. Cobden celebrant son triomphe..., 1857. Lithograph on newsprint paper. Image: 196 mm x 259 mm (7.72 in. x 10.2 in.). Second of two states. DE SPAANSE KLEINE MESS DON MIGUEL ZORRERO TUERTO, CA. 1710, 1705 - 1715 The one -eyed Spanish little man Don Miguel Zorrero Tuerto. In the caption under the title a four -line verse in German. Numbered at the top right: 11. Part of a loose -leaf edition from around 1710 of a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf tone. Augsburg paper etching / engraving The one -eyed Spanish little man Don Miguel Zorrero Tuerto. In the caption under the title a four -line verse in German. Numbered at the top right: 11. Part of a loose -leaf edition from around 1710 of a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf tone. Augsburg paper etching / engravingLe Diable-Boiteux. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1806. Dimensions: 329 × 244 mm (image); 340 × 246 mm (plate); 355 × 275 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.Return of the fair, by Gill.Une Gloire éteint l'autre. Dated: probably 1849. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.Te-nex-ine - yes, fellow citizens, as long as there is a bottle of Tenexine in the land, you will find me sticking to the post. , Men, Glue, 19th Century American Trade CardsNews / Return Speech.Laughter (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions). Artist: After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 13/16 in. (28.5 x 22.4 cm). Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Series/Portfolio: Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions. Date: January 21, 1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879), O qu'ils sont laids!, 1836, hand-colored lithographA Hard Passage, or Boney Playing Base on the Continent September 24, 1808 Thomas Rowlandson. A Hard Passage, or Boney Playing Base on the Continent. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). September 24, 1808. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). PrintsThe free voter / 11From day to day (2)James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, Retribution; - Tarring and Feathering; - or - The Patriots Revenge, - Nay You'll Stop Our Mouths, Beware Your Own, 1795. Etching, hand-coloring.THE RIGHTS OF MAN; ,orTOMMY PAINE, the little American Taylor, taking the Measure of the CROWN, for a new Pair of Revolution -Breeches. Humbly dedicated to the Jacobine Clubs of France & England!!! by Common Sense ,. Gillray, James (1756-1815). Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones) (1814-1886). Caricatures, Prints, Cartoons (Commentary). 1791-05-23. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809, Tailors, JacobinsVue prise au Père Lachaise. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.Chez le tailleur chez le coiffeur. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.A Witch, Upon a Mount's Edge - Vide: Fuzelli, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1791, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 1/4in. (27 x 18.4cm)Stephan v, Bitto, Hungarian globe title page of Der Floh, Carl von Stur -, Artist, Johann Tomassich, ZincographerA shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.Cartoon on the creation of two new newspapers, 1861; The new journalism of the residence. Cartoon on the establishment of the two new new newspapers' Dagblad van Zuid-Holland 'and' New Dagblad van 's Gravenhage'. The two initiators like quacks opposite each other. Plate appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 40, 5 October 1861.The king is having funMademoiselle monarchie , Kings, Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). LithographsMemorial medal for the April movement, 1853, 1854 print Both sides of a Protestant memorial medal in 1854 following the April movement of April 1853. With an explanation of the origin and meaning of the medal. The Hague paper medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function)The Parisian Barber (TI)Wierd Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon.. Gillray, James (1756-1815). Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones) (1814-1886). Caricatures, Prints, Cartoons (Commentary). 1779 - 1805. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print CollectionThe imperial eagle, by Alfred the little newspaper supplement La Charge n ° 7. (IT)Comment, Mylord remonte / (35)Eh! ben.....camarade....., from En Chine, published in Le Charivari, December 17, 1858 December 17, 1858 Honoré Daumier French. Eh! ben.....camarade....., from En Chine, published in Le Charivari, December 17, 1858. En Chine. Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). December 17, 1858. Lithograph on newsprint. Aaron Martinet (French, 1762-1841). PrintsQUEEN VICTORIA Cartoon: With her nephew Wilhelm. Date: 1819 - 1901Moltke and Mac Mahon, - Mac mahon and moltke, 'Flight of Gaius Gracchus', 1852. Artist: John Leech.Karikatury s izobrazheniem Benningsena Satirical caricature of Benningsen. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1884 - 1890. Rare Book DivisionPassez au large! , Politicians, Historians, Lawyers, Government officials, Health care personnel, Authors, Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877, Berryer, Pierre-Antoine, 1790-1868, Véron, Louis Désiré, 1798-1867, Molé, Louis-Mathieu, comte, 1781-1855. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). LithographsIced Water Vendor; Venditore d'acqua Gelata. Saviero Xavier della Gatta (1777-1829). Pencil and bodycolour on paper. Signed and dated 1803. 32 x 24cmDe little mens Veith Knollinger von Pinklfeldt, approx. 1710, 1705 - 1715 The little man Veith Knollinger von Pinklfeldt, bag wearer. In the caption under the title a four -line verse in German. Numbered at the top right: 44. Part of a loose -leaf edition from around 1710 of a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf tone. Augsburg paper engraving The little man Veith Knollinger von Pinklfeldt, bag wearer. In the caption under the title a four -line verse in German. Numbered at the top right: 44. Part of a loose -leaf edition from around 1710 of a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf tone. Augsburg paper engravingTwo matois purposes.Baron Schwarz, the watermaker, Building entrepreneur Karl Freiherr von Schwarz, The watermaker , pumps participation money from the deep source of his cash registers for his advertising makers title page of Die Bomb , László frecskay -, caricaturistDutchman April 1808 Thomas Rowlandson. Dutchman. A Lecture on Heads. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). April 1808. Etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). PrintsCartoon, Boche idealism -- a fat German with food and drink on the table and portraits of two German philosophers (Leibniz and Kant) on the wall. Date: 1915Illustration for Punch, January 9, 1929 A Brush at the Masthead. A brush at the masthead; The Dutch Invasion of London: "In Matters of Painting The Charm of the Dutch, Grudging So Little and Lending SO Much is". Announcement of an exhibition of Dutch seventeenth-century painting at the Burlington House in London: a man on the quay greets a sailing ship with sailing the names of the painters and the "Dutch Art" banner. Design for a print.Thiers 1, King of the Capiturards / To the Commune, project of monument designed to replace the Vendôme column.The Redhead Moon / Third Year - N ° 139 / Sunday 3 August 1879 / In contravention, by Gill.The imperial ere.J. Phil. Delmas de Grammont. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). LithographsLa prochaine distribution de prix à L'Academie... , Politicians, Government officials, Health care personnel, Authors, Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte de, 1810-1870, Véron, Louis Désiré, 1798-1867. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). LithographsRussian State Library, Moscow Kukryniksy (Art Group) (20th century) Book Art Illustration for the novel "The History of a Town" by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin Mythology, Allegory and Literature 18863 Colour lithograph Book design'The Cheshire Cat looking down at the Red King and Queen having an argument', 1889. Artist: John Tenniel.What will Augusta say [... (IT)Giboulées de mars a Sébastopol. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.When the devil becomes old he is hermitic. (IT)Le Petit Corporal The Spirit Prevails Matter, from: M. Thiers: Caricature by Gill First Series, Paris, [1877 [Repetition of the compoposition from the cover The Eclipse 1872, No 200, 26 August Lefman, J. (18 .. 18 ..), Gill, André (1840 1885), L’Eclipse, F. AURE IMPRIMERIE DE LAGNYThe satirical mountain / political grass (IT)Italy. 20th century. Electoral Reform. Lithography by Dalsani, 1911. "Il Fischieto", 1911. Political satire maganzine italian.People's Justice / The CommunePlate 14: Robert Macaire bookseller, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires 1838 Honoré Daumier - Bertrand, I adore industry.... - If you like we'll set up a bank!... but a real bank. With a capital of hundreds of millions, with thousands of millions of shares. We'll smash the Bank of France, we'll sink the bankers, the charlatans... we'll beat everyone! - Yes, but what about the police - Don't be silly, Bertrand. Whoever heard of a millionaire being arrested. Plate 14: Robert Macaire bookseller, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires. 'Caricaturana'. Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). 1838. Color lithograph on wove paper; second state of two (Delteil). PrintsActualités: Comment! on ne fera pas des processions pour faire changer ce temps là...... Clémente Pruche (French, 1831-1870). Lithograph;Protest of Badinguet. (IT)The features. (IT)Portada del diario satírico La Mosca. Dibujo jocoso sobre la situación política entre Alemania e Italia. Barcelona, año 1882.Before and after from Cartoons of Our War with Spain by Charles Nelan, Stokes: 1898, frontispiece. Although Nelan was generally supportive of the United States during the Spanish-American War, this cartoon reflects his concern about the countrys expansionist policies.The dwarf Ursula Schleglin, ca. 1710; Ursula Schleglin, Maijr Mensch im Herren Hoff zu Bluntzingen Welche Nunmehro Ihre Waijsen Jahr aus behavior; Il Callotto Resurcitato Oder Neu Eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet. The Dwarf Ursula Schleglin as a farmer's. In the caption under the title a six-line verse in German. Numbered at the top right: 37. Part of a loose-leaf edition from approx. 1710 of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as the dwarling tongue.Pierre Bonaparte / The Assassin of Auteuil. / Be cursed like those of your race be cursed new mandrel !!! / N ° 11Pigtail Modish Esqr, Miss Coquetilla Sparrowmouth, Abigail Comb-brush, Miss' Waiting Maid. Prints, Cartoons (Commentary). 1730 - 1739. George Arents Collection. Courtship, Servants, Couples, SnuffElla Adajewska Titelblatt von die Bombe, László Freskay -, ArtistThe National Parachute. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1802. Dimensions: 337 × 240 mm (image); 352 × 250 mm (plate); 372 × 280 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Feather drawing by Hanuš Johann Peter Paul Schwaiger, one of 40 illustrations on 32 boxes, showing scenes from the Bremen City Musicians, created in 1891.......... Ah! Heat! ......... / N ° 15.Image supplement to Saphirs magazine The German Horizont, Portrait of a cholera preservative man, Franz Wolf -, artistEspaña. Siglo XIX. Dibujo satírico alusivo a la política española. El canciller alemán Bismarck intentando conseguir la alianza con el imperio ruso. Interior de la revista La madeja política, editado en Barcelona, octubre de 1874.Denis-PapinShe is beautifulThe medicine; La Fontaine Fabel; Imagerie Artistique / Série 8. Leaf with a large representation from Jean de la Fontaine Fabel, from the doctors. At the top right a text block with fresh rules. Numbered top left: Série 8. - No. 11.