Political Satire and Pantomime

Colorful etchings capturing humorous and satirical scenes from political history, depicting exaggerated characters and theatrical events.

The enraged son of Mars and timid tonsor , Barbers, Barbershops, Shaving, Monkeys. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The merry accident, or a print in the morning a chair, a chair, for the lady.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Women,Social life,England,1750-1770. , Horseback riding,England,1750-1770. , Accidents,England,1750-1770.

Unknown, January, c. 1820, color aquatint on paper.

J. DOYLE: JOHN GILPIN, MAY 13, 1831

Charles Williams, active 1796-1830, British, St. Martins in an Uproar, 1801. Etching, hand-colored.

'Card with Letter ""'. 1814. Dimensions: 8,3x11 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Ivan Terebenyov.

Cartoon on the deception of the company C. de Bruyn & Zonen, 1834, 1834 print Cartoon on the deception with a false scales of the company C. de Bruyn & Zonen, 1834. The company owned the first steam sugar refinery on the Lijnbaansgracht in Amsterdam. On January 8, 1834, they were caught using a balance that an arm had been extended. Centrally the false balance hanging on the steam clouds that come from the factory 'the five brothers' and on which boxes with sugar are weighed. Left C. de Bruyn with his two sons. A Bible quote in the clouds. Sticked the cut out of Cornelis de Bruijn Mz., 28 June 1834. Netherlands paper scales. sugar. industries ~ food, drink, stimulants. fraudulence, swindling Lijnbaansgracht

Hundred Days of Napoleon by Anonymous painter, copper engraving, watercolor, 1814, Private Collection, 18, 9x22, 7

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Plymouth Dock, 1817. Watercolor with pen and gray ink, pen and red ink, and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beig, laid paper.

A Rake's Progress, Plate IV: Goes to Court, William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, 1735, Line Engraving, Sheet: 12 3/8 x 15 1/4in. (31.4 x 38.7cm)

A wherry-man helps an obese man from the quay on to his wherry boat, who then sinks it with his weight. The passengers include ladies with fans and parasols, men in top hats with canes. The scene is Horseferry on the River Thames in London. The way to fill a wherry Handcoloured wood engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from W. H. Harrisons The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside, Rudolph Ackermann, 19 Strand, London, 1831.

State Butchers January 28, 1789 Thomas Rowlandson. State Butchers. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). January 28, 1789. Etching. Prints

The night of 9 to 10 thermidor year II.

Sees! The Visscher are standing in his fireplace (...), 1861 - 1929 print Leaf with 9 performances of different nature, such as performances of a fisherman, of a lime oven at Valkenburg and a man who smokes a pipe. A four -line verse under each show. Numbered in the top left: No. 46. maker: Netherlandsmaker: Netherlandsmaker: Netherlandsprint maker: Europepublisher: Leiden paper letterpress printing fisherman. pipe ~ tobacco. street-trader. drunkard

Death of the Property Tax!!. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by J. Sidebotham (English, active 1802-1820). Date: 1816. Dimensions: 245 × 348 mm (image); 252 × 350 mm (plate); 255 × 360 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Capitulation of Ulm by Grenier de Saint-Martin, Francisque-Martin-Francois (1793-1867) / Private Collection /France / Etching, watercolour / History / 51,4x39,8

Grille des tuileries (ti)

The political raree-show: or a picture of parties and politics, during and at the close of the last session of Parliament, June 1779 , Politics & government, Commerce, Peepshows, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806

Leopold II, Roman emperor before Minos Richterstuhle allegorical representation after the death of Leopold II on March , Johann Hieronymus Deleteenkohl -, publishing house

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, Set of twelve Scenes in the Life of Master George, 1823. Hand colored soft-ground etching.

Porters and fishwomen (poissardes) of Les Halles market dancing around the statue of Henri IV. In the centre is the Marquis, dressed like a French noble, followed by a drummer and organ grinder. Handcoloured aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from "A Tour through Paris," William Sams, London, 1825.

Capitulation of Mack and Ulm through bribery

Cockney Sportsmen Recharging. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1800. Dimensions: 240 × 344 mm (image); 254 × 360 mm (plate); 282 × 390 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Spafields Orator Hunt-ing for Popularity to Do-good!!!. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by J. Sidebotham (English, active 1802-1820). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 230 × 343 mm (image); 247 × 350 mm (plate); 261 × 432 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Watercolor by an anonymous artist depicting a scene of torture, with figures in various positions.

Edward Bell, active 1794-1847, Fox Hunting. 4. The Death, 1800-1801. Mezzotint, printed in color and hand colored.

Renewed friendship between the Netherlands and Great Britain, 1813, Anonymous, 1813 print Cartoon on the renewed friendship between the Netherlands and Great Britain, which revives the Commerce, December 1813. A Dutch sailor with Orange Cocked cheerfully drinking on a Brit lap. Behind them the British flag and the Dutch flag 'Orange above 1813'. The French troops from the Netherlands are driven away in the background. Napoleonic laws are burned in the foreground. At the top a banner with 'Eendragt makes Magt'. London paper etching alcoholic drinks. merchant shipping, shipping trade

'The friend of the people' & his petty-new tax-gatherer paying John Bull a visit , Politicians, Nobility, Tenement houses, John Bull Symbolic character, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863. James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings

Boney Turned Moralist May 1, 1814 Thomas Rowlandson British Napoleon is shown in three ways: "A Cruel Tyrant...What I was"; as "A Snivelling Wretch...What I am"; and "Hung for a Fool...What I ought to be.". Boney Turned Moralist. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). May 1, 1814. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Paris, Aubert, Gabriel, Delaunois, Nicolas Louis, Daumier, Honoré, Les honneurs du Panthéon, Caricature of the heads of government, verso - stamped, In front of the Panthéon, the 'temple' for the great French, various members of the government of King Louis Philippe I of France hang on the gallows., print, cartoon, prints, height 257 mm, width 345 mm, French, 1808-02-26 - 1879-02-10, print maker, printmaker, 1834 - 1834, paper, lithography (technique), 1805-02-06, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, 1784-07-24 - 1847-03-16, publisher

Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Watercolour after J. Gillray, 1802.

Hand-coloured etching titled 'King Joe's retreat from Madrid' by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) English artist and caricaturist. Dated 1808

Newspapers. (IT)

The former vice-king Yeh, witness of unanimous regrets .... / 501 (registered title) | News. (Title of the set)

The True Method of Sitting a Horse, Mathematically Delineated 1809 Thomas Rowlandson A pair of compasses atop a telescope at top. A man atop a horse below, with his legs extended like those of the compasses.. The True Method of Sitting a Horse, Mathematically Delineated. "Annals of Sporting". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1809. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Grrrrrandes maneécées survesonbris of the Grande-Law, by Les Deux Villayes, parilliers de rodes de roded et de Zumalacargui. Benjamin Roubaud, said Benjamin (1811-1847). Press cartoon. "Grrrrrrrrrrands Maneuvers executed on the mountains of the biscay, by the two valiant armed with Rodil and Zumalacarregui". Board published in "caricature" of October 9, 1834. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.

The set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought with unabated vigour for nine rounds & yet undecided. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11420. Kemble, John Philip,1757-1823. , Boxing,Great Britain,1800-1810.

The Vicar in company with Strolling Players, from "The Vicar of Wakefield" May 1, 1817 Thomas Rowlandson The Vicar of Wakefield was written by Oliver Goldsmith between 1761-62, published in 1766, and later illustrated with twenty-four designs by Thomas Rowlandson in 1817.. The Vicar in company with Strolling Players, from "The Vicar of Wakefield". "The Vicar of Wakefield". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). May 1, 1817. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Italy - 19th century - Five Days in Milan, 18-22 March 1848. Pasquale Sottocorno at the onslaught on the Palace of the Genius, 21 March 1848. Painted by Pietro Bouvier.

Only one do the three. (IT)

The Spanish bull fight - or - the Corsican matador in danger , Rulers, Clergy, Bulls, Bullfighting, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844, Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, John VI, King of Portugal, 1767-1826, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823. James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings

Plate Four, from A Rake's Progress. William Hogarth; English, 1697-1764. Date: 1735. Dimensions: 317 × 390 mm (image); 359 × 410 mm (plate); 487 × 615 mm (sheet). Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Balance of Justice, Charles Williams, active 1796-1830, British, 1802, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 3/4in. (23.8 x 37.5cm)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, The Minister's Ass - Vide Gazetteer - November 11, 1784. Etching, hand-colored.

Dance of death, 1660 - c. 1687 draughtsman: Zwolleafter design by: Europe paper. watercolor (paint). ink brush draughtsman: Zwolleafter design by: Europe paper. watercolor (paint). ink brush

Tapecu Gauthier. "The Tapecu". Water-loud colored. 1815.

ASESINATO DE LA EMPERATRIZ ISABEL DE AUSTRIA (SISSI) POR UN ANARQUISTA ITALIANO-1898. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France. SISSI. LUIGI LUCHENI. AUSTRIA ISABEL-SISSI. WITTELSBACH ISABEL.

J. L. Marks, (), active 1787-1799, Going to the Levee, c. 1821. Etching & aquatint, hand-colored.

African family is separated by European slave traders, John Raphael Smith, after George Morland, 1791 print Slave trade on the West African coast. On the left, two European men hit an African man. On the right, a slave trader takes his wife and child with them. In front of the right, a rowing boat is brought in in which a African man made a slave keeps his hands in front of his face. London paper etching slave-trade. slavery; serfs and the enslaved. slaveholder ~ enslaved person. abolition of slavery, fighting slavery. Europeans. Africans. coast. rowing-boat, canoe, etc. West-Africa

A cart for transporting the dead in London during the great plague. Watercolour painting by or after G. Cruikshank.

Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, Hell in an Uproar: or an Express from the Committee, c. 1790. Etching, hand-colored.

Mechanical powers!!! : Or the wonderful invention of the cock-crane!!! , Fraud, Stock market, Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860. George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Prints and Drawings

The skeleton of Death leads greedy children to the trunk of gold of a miser, who lies dead on a bed clutching a will and bag of money. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

The Volcano of Opposition, () Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1791, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 1/4in. (26 x 33.7cm)

Racing set of six: 2. Weighing, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, after Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1799, Hand colored etching, Sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 1/4in. (26 x 33.7cm)

Plate 8 depicting the trades of Rome,here including vendors of coral, images, lemons 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 See comment for 2022.71. View more. Plate 8 depicting the trades of Rome,here including vendors of coral, images, lemons etc., from the "Descrición de las artes que se llaman para los calles de la ciudad de Roma". After Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla (Italian, active Rome, 1575-99). ca. 1770-1800. Engraving with hand coloring. Remondini (Bassano, Italy). Prints

Cockney-Sportsmen marking game, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, after Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, 1800, Hand colored etching, with etched borders, Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8in. (25.7 x 35.9cm)

Candlestick. A clip from a German magazine unknown

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 2 - "Ah me! that thou the Freshman's-Guide should'st read, yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread", 1806. Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

The cowpox tragedy. Funeral procession showing coffin labeled 'Vaccina aged 12 years' on which stands a golden calf; four vignettes, two on each side, present realistic scenes related to cow pox. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, artist; London 1812

Punishment of a false interpreter, Qing Dynasty. The executioners tread on a bamboo pole across the kneeling man's legs. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824.

A large John Bull being held down and force-fed by Peel and Wellington; representing the idea of the Catholic emancipation as a breach of the constitution. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.

Removal of Egypt wounds Removal of the wounds of Egypt, destruction of revolutionary crocodiles. Engraving of James Gillray (1757-1815).

The spirit moving the Quakers upon worldly vanities!! Yedis, invt.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Quakers,1810-1820. , Friends' meeting houses,1810-1820. , Bicycles & tricycles,1810-1820.

The handles of a machine are being turned by small people as a figure in the machine is flattened and stretched. Coloured etching by G.A. Sasso after himself.

New morality; or The promised instalment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite by James Gillray, 1756-1815, artist. Published August 1st 1798, by J. Wright, No. 169 Piccadilly, for the Anti-Jacobin Magazine & Review, 1798. French politician and Theo philanthropist Louis Marie la Révellière-Lépaux standing on a three-legged stool perched upon a stone dais reading Religion de la Nature to surrounding caricatures of people and animals, including the Duke of Bedford as Leviathan. 1798

Manipulation of England by Talleyrand

'Card with Letter ""'. 1814. Dimensions: 8,3x11 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Ivan Terebenyov.

Piété filiale , Fictitious characters, Macaire, Robert. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Study for 'Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Tipu Sahib'; Sir David Wilkie, R.A., Scottish, 1785 - 1841; about 1834 - 1836; Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and black chalk; 41.6 x 27.9 cm (16 3/8 x 11 in.)

Digitally restored, The caught adulterer, man caught woman at adultery and finds her lover in the washtub, French engraving, 17th century, publication from the year 1882, Digitally improved:, The caught adulterer, man caught woman at adultery and finds her lover in the washtub, French engraving, 17th century, publication from the year 1882

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, The Market Place, Brackley, Northamptonshire, undated. Watercolor with pen and black, gray and red brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper.

The people forced Louis XVI to wear the red cap in 1792. This immediately revealed the revolutionary zeal and plebeian solidarity of the Parisian sans-culottes. France. digital reproduction of a historical model.

Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration, or Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands in Consequence of Exporting All Our Own to Australia!!!!! from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks 1835-1853 Made 1851 England. Steel etching in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collÈ) . George Cruikshank

Size of 10 cent cut of Star Plug, best chew on earth.. Size of 10 cent cut of Star Plug, best chew on earth.

The deplorable state of America or sc--h government , Politics & government, Pandora's box, Britannia Symbolic character, Indians of North America, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Great Britain. Stamp Act 1765

The Magic Lantern Artist Unknown Museum for the History of the City of Leipzig

The Castle in the Moon. A New Adventure, Not Mentioned By Cerventes, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1782, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 7/8in. (23.2 x 32.7cm)

Constitution of France.

Interior of 16th century farm, 17th century French engraving

Robert Macaire professeur d'Industrie , Fictitious characters, Macaire, Robert. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Hunt-ing the Bull!!. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by J. Sidebotham (English, active 1802-1820). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 212 × 335 mm (image); 240 × 347 mm (sheet, cut to plate mark). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Return From The Vintage, Bartolomeo Pinelli, Roman, 1781 - 1835, Pen and gray ink with watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper, Five 'Mozzatore,' a young man and a boy dance. The pose of the main girl is a variation of that, plate 4, loc. cit. A group of girls in the central distance. Mountainous landscape., Italy, 1807-08, Drawing, Drawing

The Prussian prize-fighter and his allies attempting to tame imperial Kate, or, the state of the European bursiers, engraving 1791, Catherine II and Frederick William II as pugilists, stripped to the waist with fists raised, on either side stand other European heads of state (behind Prussia are George III standing with Holland, Selim III and Leopold II represent Turkey and Germany, behind Russia are Christian VII and Gustavus III representing Denmark and Sweden), other figures, reduced in size a

Paintings of Paris - The baths at home Marlet. Paintings of Paris, number 57: the baths at home. Engraving.

May-Day in London, William Blake, 1757-1827, British, after Samuel Collings, active 1784-1795, British, 1784, Hand colored engraving

The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west. 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. 625. Sculpture,1760-1770. , Economic policy,England,1760-1770. , Great Britain,Stamp Act (1765) , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783,Causes.

Sketch of the Interior of St. Stephens, As it Now Stands. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1802. Dimensions: 345 × 252 mm (image); 355 × 256 mm (plate); 372 × 280 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a grieving widow, war, and the Duke of Wellington rejecting Harriet Winter ?. Coloured lithograph, c.1839?.

The Hay-market Place in Saint Petersburg by Shternberg, Vasili Ivanovich (1818-1845) Museum of Private Collections in A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow 1837 Watercolour on paper 22,9x28,4 Russia Russian Painting of 19th cen. Genre Painting

O July sun, come and a cookie !!, the caricature, no 231, pl. 481 Grandville Gérard, Jean Ignace (1803 1847), Desperet, Auguste (1804 1865), Lithograph Delaunois, Imprimerie Aubert (Pary)

The apotheosis of Hoche Js Gy, fect.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Hoche, Lazare,1768-1797,Death & burial. , Heaven,1790-1800. , Supernatural beings,1790-1800. , France,History,Revolution, 1789-1799,Military personnel. , France,History,Revolution, 1789-1799,Destruction & pillage.

William Blake, 1757-1827, British, May-Day in London, 1784. Hand colored engraving.

Vue prise a Argenteuil (Octobre 1856). Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

THE MARTYRDOM OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE, OCTOBER 16, 1793 Cruikshank. "The martyrdom of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, October 16, 1793". Paris, mus�e Carnavalet.

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

The National Bank, Caricature, Austrias nationalities are sitting together on the National Bank, which is supported by folk confidence, income tax and abolition of the monasteries, Josef d, Lanzedelly Lanzedelli, Lancedelli -, Lithographer, Jakob Loder, Printer, Anton Paternos widow, publishing house

After Thomas Worth, Between Two Fires, c. 1879, Hand-colored lithograph.

The Pludvesthal Rose (TI)

MARRUECOS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Publisher: Currier & Ives, American, active 1834-1907, Snap AppleNight, lithograph, Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

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