Satirical Illustrations

Humorous and critical engravings addressing social themes, showcasing characters, and narratives reflective of their historical contexts.

Valencian farmer, Comunidad Valenciana. Spain, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo en la Mano 1878

In 1812, the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, published Children and Household Tales, a collection German fairy tales. This illustration accompanied the tale "The Three Little Men in the Wood" (also Three Dwarfs) and shows the three little men with the stepdaughter, whom the wicked queen had dressed in paper and told to go pick strawberries. She befriends and is kind to the men who, in turn, help her marry a king. This image is from Grimms Eventyr (Grimm's Fairy Tales) by Carl Ewald, published in 1922. The frontispiece has the llustrations by Philip Grot Johann and R. Leinweber. Johann was a well-known German illustrator and did pieces for Goethe, but he considered his pieces for Grimm's tales very important. He died young and Leinweber succeeded him as illustrator for later editions of the tales.

Settlers working the land, 12th century. Engraving after a miniature in a manuscript called "de la Sainte-Chapelle". "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

The billet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

With return of Liberal government in Britain, December 1905, Free Trade was the policy, rather than the Conservative policy of protection by Tariff. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne from 'Punch London 24 January 1906

Engraving depicting a bee-keeper protecting a beehive from extreme temperatures by means of an awning. Dated 19th century

Garçon donnant lavoine à un cheval dételé (A Boy Giving Oats to a Hitched Horse). Artist: Théodore Géricault, French, 1791-1824

THE WRECKER'S CHRISTMAS BY GUSTAV MICHE. LGustave Fr_d_ric Michel (1851_1924) was a French sculptor. Wrecking (shipwreck) is the practice of taking valuables from a shipwreck which has foundered near or close to shore.

Arthur Balfour (1849-1920) British Conservative statesman, defending the House of Lords against the Liberal Prime Minister, Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908). Cartoon by Linley Sambourne from 'Punch', London, 5 December 1906.

Illustration titled 'Lynch Law - California' for the short story 'In the Tules' by Bret Harte (1836-1902) an American short story writer and poet. Dated 19th Century

Court of Miracles of Paris. / Rolin trapu, king of polisons

Auguste Lepère, Le gueux des campagnes, 1895 Le gueux des campagnes

Kreupele with fly gif, 1796; So the children of men!. Cartoon of disabled man with a wooden leg and stools that holds up a bottle with fly poison where a swarm is flying down.

ESCENA DE LA PATA DE CABRA POR ANTONIO GUZMAN.

JACK THE GIANT KILLER AND THE TWO-HEADED GIANT BRITISH FAIRY TALE

FRANK HOLL English artist of the Social Realist school 1845 - 1888

Good vinegar, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.

''The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday March 8, 1890', 1890.

Illustration of Feliks Sypniewski to a collection of folk sketches and fairy tales from the shores of Nida gathered by Walery Przyborowski. Cleastle from the Ilustrowany weekly 1870 (2) 320 Szymborski, Franciszek ( 1872), Sypniewski, Feliks (1830 1902)

Defeated gladiator appeals to crowd for mercy. After a mid-19th century illustration by an unidentified artist.

'The Ruling Passion', 1872 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier

Lumbering in Winter Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). , 1871. Wood engraving, Image: 12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (30.8 x 23.2 cm). Our artist presents an effective picture of lumbermen engaged in their winter work. The scene represents the first stage of lumbering,felling trees and cutting them into logs of the desired length. While the narrative accompanying this illustration discusses the image in the context of the commercial lumber industry, the art historian David Tatham has suggested that Homer actually here depicted “farm cutting,” or the felling of trees on a family’s land (here the Baker farm) for its own use. The artist has telescoped two eventsfelling a tree and splitting logs into dangerously close proximity. American Art 1871

D. R. Loosley, periodicals & Stationery, New London, Conn.. D. R. Loosley, periodicals & Stationery, New London, Conn.

Cottrets!, 1737-1742.Artist: Bouchardon

'The Chief Imperial Nightingale Bringer', c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson.

This guide is called Ro-No, vintage engraving. This guide is called Ro-No., vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659736

JOHN N'DOUALL STEWART Australian explorer Date: 1815 - 1866

SHRIMP - A Victorian fisherman shrimping below cliffs. Date: 1867

Historical illustration from the 19th century, from Dilesa di Dante by Gaspero Gozzi, 1713 - 1786, an Italian poet

Engraving depicting an Eskimo hunting a seal. The Eskimo are the indigenous peoples who traditionally inhabit the northern circumpolar regions. Dated 19th Century

Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood (1867-1928) for 'Rujub the Juggler', by G. A. Henty (1832-1902) published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1893

The youth, vintage engraving. The youth, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673265

Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (17401799), Swiss physicist and Alpine traveller

Le Vigneron (The winegrower), Jean-Charles Levasseur, etcher, 1749-1797, France, engraving, This etching/engraving is after a painting by the Flemish artist David Teniers the Younger (1610-90), then in the impressive collection belonging to Gilbert-Antoine Ligier de la Prade, in Paris. Teniers was famous for his luminous - and often humorous - depictions of local peasantry. One such - and surely better off than most - is this happy winegrower, who raises his Martini-style glass to the viewer, with a squat bottle of the latest vintage in his other hand.

The decision, two paths of life by Paul Gottlieb Theodor Friederich Spangenberg (1843-1918) German painter, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

LINKED NAMES, FROM THE PICTURE BY R.W. MACBETH, 1872 engraving

Scene from Adam Bede by George Eliot, c1885. Artist: William Small

Roger Williams in the Forest

Fables Gellert, Till Eulenspiegel, vintage engraving. Fables Gellert, Till Eulenspiegel, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678235

Money, finance, counterfeiting. "Kipperer und Wipperer", Germany, Munich, 1620. Demon of Counterfeit.

Peasants cleaning outside. The Historia Mundi Naturalis by German artist Hans Burgmair, 1512. Later colouration.

MARION FAY

The figure represented here is a German fool, or jester, between 1500 and 1550. The illustration dates to 1882.

Steuermann Robert Hook vom Rettungsboot Samuel Plimsoll aus Lowestoft, das mehr als zweihundert Menschenleben rettete, Seemann, Lebensretter, 1880, England, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903343

JEFFREY HUDSON dwarf of Queen Henrietta Maria Date: 1619 - 1682

Franz Kirchbach, New substance, historic illustration from the year book of Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900

The lash. (see page 203). Illustrations. 1864. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Slavery, Whipping

History of Spain, 19th century. Aragonese vendor of peaches. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894) after a painting of 1883 by Manuel Yus y Colás (1846-1905). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish painter and engraver.

At table, Van Muyden, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.

William II (Rufus) d1100, King of England from 1087. William shot and killed while hunting in the New Forest. Colour-printed wood engraving 1864.

The Crows: Wounded Curassier lying in the snow, still clutching the Tricoleur, fighting off carion crows. llustration of Franco-Prussian War after Beauquesne. Le Petit Journal, Paris, 6 December 1890.

Lumbering in Winter Published 1871 United States. Wood engraving on paper . Winslow Homer

The macaroni eater, engraving by G Duroi, 19th century

An Eagle shot one day before the Revolution. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I) (rejected attribution). Dating: Nov-1813. Measurements: h 226 mm × w 187 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Jean Cascabel, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.

I am a political outcast, vintage engraving. I am a political outcast, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659716

Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823) Italian explorer and antiquities seeker, examining the ruins of Karnak in Egypt.

THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION: THE MODERN GULLIVER AND THE CITY OF PARIS, US, U.S., U.S.A., UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1876

Bored hangman with guillotine, French Revolution, historic engraving from the Buch denkwuerdiger Frauen or book of memorable women, published by Otto Spamer, 1877

Julius Payer (1841-1915), Austro-Hungarian arctic explorer and landscape artist, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Dibujo popular de tipos españoles. Vascos. Litografía Paluzie, de Barcelona, años 1910.

Janet-Langge (1815-1872) and Jean-François Provoyeur. "La Skin de Chagrin", novel by Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), illustrated edition. "The German grabbed a blacksmith hammer, threw the skin on an anvil, and with all the strength that anger gave, unloaded on the most terrible blow that had mugi of his workshops. ''. H. Delloye and Victor Lecou, 1838. Paris, Maison de Balzac. Steel engraving, illustration, the skin of sorrow, illustrious work, novel, litter work

Illustration from a nineteenth century edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' a novel by Daniel Defoe. The book was first published on 25 April 1719. It relates the story of Robinson Crusoe, stranded on a desert Island for 28 years and his subsequent fight for survival.

Bannik with ushat by Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)/ Private Collection/ 1934/ Russia/ Lithograph/ Book design/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Engraving of a settee sail, a lateen sail with the front corner cut off, giving it a quadrilateral shape. Dated 19th Century

'The Great-Little Random, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain

HOMBRE EN REPOSO ABANICANDOSE - COLIMA - ART TARASQUE - MEXICO OCCIDENTAL - G. MEDIONI. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.

"His brow was sad" Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). "His brow was sad," 1878. Wood engraving, Image: 2 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. (5.7 x 6.7 cm). American Art 1878

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