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A selection of caricatures and political cartoons from the 20th century, using humor to comment on societal issues and political figures.

Den Haag, Nijhoff, Martinus, Netherlands, Spanier & Zn, widow Elias, Schmidt Crans, Johan Michaël, Troonrede, 17 September 1883, Cartoon about the throne speech, 1883, The Hague, Cartoon about the speech from the throne of 17 September 1883. Plate published in the weekly magazine De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 38, 1883., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 275 mm, width 215 mm, Dutch, 1830-04-30 - 1907-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1883 - 1883, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1826-12-26 - 1894-09-24, publisher
Den Haag, Nijhoff, Martinus, Netherlands, Spanier & Zn, widow Elias, Schmidt Crans, Johan Michaël, Troonrede, 17 September 1883, Cartoon about the throne speech, 1883, The Hague, Cartoon about the speech from the throne of 17 September 1883. Plate published in the weekly magazine De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 38, 1883., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 275 mm, width 215 mm, Dutch, 1830-04-30 - 1907-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1883 - 1883, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1826-12-26 - 1894-09-24, publisher
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Whoopin' things up , Vomiting, Motion sickness, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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CARICATURA DE VITAL AZA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. SPAIN.
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Wuxtry!. Abramovitz, Albert (Russian painter, active 1911-1912). 1939. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Night, City & town life, Newspaper vendors
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Cartoon - September Morn. John Collins (1917-2007)
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Theatre programme for Boubouroche by Georges Courteline and Valet de coeur by Maurice Vaucaire (Théâtre Libre, 27 April 1893). Dimensions: 24.3 cm x 31.9 cm, 23.5 cm x 31.3 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: HENRI GABRIEL IBELS.
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Cartoon - Washington Dovecote. John Collins (1917-2007)
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Anonymous Private Collection ca 1928 Lithograph Caricature Russia History
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Kind tussen Democratie en Rooms-Katholieke Staatspartij. De Oude Domper (title on object). Draughtsman: Patricq Kroon (signed by artist). Dating: 1926 - 1935. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 228 mm × w 276 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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MAURA , ANTONIO. POLITICO ESPÀÑOL. PALMA DE MALLORCA 1853 - 1925. CARICATURA DE SILENO , EN UNA REVISTA DE LA EPOCA.
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Eight Bells, Irish
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'Wellington', 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson.
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Cartoon - Ottawa Museum. John Collins (1917-2007)
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Gulliver Cleveland and the Wall Street Brobdingnagians. Illustration shows Thomas F. Ryan, J. Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Edward H. Harriman as sheikhs listening to a diminutive Grover Cleveland, labeled "Insurance Arbiter", standing at a desk, shaking a stick at them. Political cartoon, 1906
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Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jack and Jill. Jack continues his journey out of London to try to find Jill. Date: 1914
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Cartoon - Sitting this One Out. John Collins (1917-2007)
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Funnigraphs. Maxfield Frederick Parrish (1870-1966). Tempera and collage and pen and black ink on board laid down on prepared panel. 48.2 x 60cm.
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Hartford Building and Loan Association: Hamlet. Artist: Wilbur Macey Stone (American, 1862-1941). Designer: After J. & W. Beggarstaff (British, active 1893-99). Dimensions: Sheet: 27 × 15 in. (68.6 × 38.1 cm). Printer: R. S. Peck and Company, Hartford, Connecticut. Date: 1897.This advertisement for a Connecticut loan society demonstrates how ubiquitous Hamlet's image had become by the late 1890s. To promote business, the prince's slim, black-clad form holding Yorick's skull has been copied from an 1894 poster created in London by the Beggarstaffs (the design partnership of James Pryde and William Nicholson). The British original promotes a touring production starring Edward Gordon Craig. The prince's identity may be unmistakable, but the colloquial phrase attributed to him here cannot be found in Shakespeare. Rather, "A man's house is his castle" was published by Sir Edward Coke in "The Institutes of the Laws of England" (1682). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.