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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 enraged son of Mars and timid tonsor , Barbers, Barbershops, Shaving, Monkeys. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
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Watercolor painting by an anonymous artist depicting the preparation of porcelain items before firing.
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A robber holding a cudgel is leaning against a wall waiting to attack and rob a man who is walking along a path under a full moon. Colour lithograph.
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James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, Doublûres of Characters; - or - Striking Resemblance in Phisiognomy, 1798. Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.
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Le chèf de la grande nation dans une triste position , Generals, Rulers, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844, Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825. George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Prints and Drawings
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Prostitutes in Bern (Berne) being punished by collecting night-soil in the streets. Engraving by Warren, ca. 1790.
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Allegorical figure of Europe seated on a throne in a purple robe with books, globe, palette, sceptre, lyre and owl. After a painting by Andrea Appiani.. LEuropa come figurata dallAppiani. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1842.
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'Apparatus triremium' Procurement of food and water in galleys. 18th c. Copper engraving by Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) after drawing of Jacques Rigaud (1680-1754). Early Modern Era. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum.
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Mort de Montcalm The Death of Montcalm at Quebec, September 14, 1759 late 18th-early 19th century Jean-Baptiste Morret French. Mort de Montcalm The Death of Montcalm at Quebec, September 14, 1759. Jean-Baptiste Morret (French, active 1790-1820). late 18th-early 19th century. Aquatint, hand colored. Prints
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Scottish traveller John o Arnha fighting a Kelpy or monster with a cudgel. Three witches flying on broomsticks. A stalwart monster, huge in size, Did streight frae out the river rise, His legs were horn, wi joints o' steel, This body like a crocodile...Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Beatties John o Arnha, Montrose, Scotland, 1826.
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Musical instruments of the Aztecs, including types of sacred drums (vertical Huehuetl and horizontal Teponaztli) and percussion instruments (Ajacaxtli rattle). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
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Third Performance: A Bas le progrès!, Mademoiselle Julie, Le Ménage Brésile, for Le Théatre Libre. Henri-Gabriel Ibels (French, 1867-1936); printed by Imprimerie Eugène Verneau (French, 19th century-1906). Date: 1892-1893. Dimensions: 235 × 314 mm (image); 241 × 320 mm (sheet). Color lithograph on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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As Natural as Life, from Puck Published 1888 United States. Color lithograph on newsprint . Joseph Keppler
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Shakers Near Lebanon Ca. 1850 Currier & Ives (1834-1907 American) Chalk lithography
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Unknown, L'Europe, 1700-1899, hand-colored lithograph on wove paper.
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The Deplorable State of America or Sc,h government.. 1765. Prints, Caricatures. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Great Britain
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The Blackman's Lament on how to make Sugar', 1813. Artist: Amelia Alderson Opie. Amelia Alderson Opie (1769-1853) was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic Period of the early 19th century.
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A railway speculator (James Plush, Jeames de la Pluche) sitting at a table handing out railway share certificates to people (). Wood engraving, 1845.
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Stone mason carving a stone with mallet and chisel on a bevel. In the background, another mason cuts a block of stone with a saw. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810.
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Essex-Calve-Lry for Internal Defence, unknown artist, eighteenth century, 1794, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 9 5/16 x 13 7/16in. (23.7 x 34.1cm)
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Winter face on the Buiten-Amstel in Amsterdam; Prospect Der Amstel Außerhalb der Stadt Amsterdam, Zu Winters Zeit Anzusehen; Amsterdam. Ice skating and sledding groups figures. In the background the mills on the saw millsloot and the high residue. Leged at the top right: 276. Left number numbered: 68.
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Signal Fires On The Slievenamon Mountains Currier & Ives (1834-1907 American) Color Lithograph Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA
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Fire and taken by the troupe of the Docks of the city. / N ° 18
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Set of twelve Scenes in the Life of Master George, Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, 1823, Hand colored soft-ground etching, Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm)
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Washingtons Inauguration at Philadelphia: Washington (1732-1799) First President of the United States of America (1789-1797) arriving at Congress Hall , Philadelphia, 4 March 1793. After the painting by J.L.G. Ferris (1863-1930)
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Progress of Cotton: # 11 -Dying. Artist: James Richard Barfoot, British, 1794-1863
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The colossus at Rhodes, ancient lighthouse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792.
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Artist: John Warner Barber, American, 1798-1885, Death of Capt. Ferrer, the Captain of the Amistad, July,1839, 19thcentury, Woodcut and watercolor, sheet: 20.64 × 46.99 cm (8 1/8 × 18 1/2in.), In a desperate effort to return to the homes from which they had been kidnapped and sold into bondage, a group of West Africans led by Sengbeh Pieh, or Joseph Cinqué, mutinied aboard the schooner Amistad during their voyage to the Caribbean in July 1839. The Amistad and its passengers drifted up the American coast until the U.S. Navy took them into custody in Long Island Sound. The Africans were jailed in New Haven, Connecticut, where their struggle for freedom became a cause célèbre in America’s debate over slavery. The Amistad insurrection inspired a torrent of popular responses, including this woodcut by John Warner Barber, which served as the frontispiece of his pamphlet, A History of the Amistad Captives, recounting the mutineers’ legal battles.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schem
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Butcher. Mid-18th century. The Encyclopédie by Diderot and d'Alembert. Engraving. Later colouration.
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'The victorious knight' Berry Brothers hard oil finish vanquishes the field and receives the guerdon of merit. , Adults, Oils & fats, 19th Century American Trade Cards
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Second design for the cover of Amsterdam, from Johannes Ter Gouw, 1865..
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Seven members of the French committee on vaccination rail against Tapp, who resists the new discovery. Line engraving, c. 1800.
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Der Tod kommt zum Soldaten, Totentanz, dance of death, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Nöller a. other painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Napoleon Bonaparte touching the bubo of a plague victim at Jaffa in 1799. Coloured wood engraving by Thiébault.
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Cartoon depicting members of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) was founded in 1804 in London, England, as the Horticultural Society of London
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The funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik, plate no. 13; Begreffseis from Syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick. Luxury colored edition of the prints of the funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik in 1647.The funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik, Plate No. 13. Colored print in a picture frame decorated with gold and stuck in the luxury edition from approx. 1755 of the book 'Begraijdisse van Syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick 'by Pieter Post, published in Amsterdam in 1651.
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MIrror seller, Qing Dynasty. The mirrors are made of highly polished copper. 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.
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'Captain Cook Landing in Australia', 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson.