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Satirical Political Art

Humorous illustrations reflecting political themes, featuring characters engaged in witty dialogue and commentary on events from the 18th century.

News. / 102. / Sad hunting ... (registered title) | News (1854) (title of all)
News. / 102. / Sad hunting ... (registered title) | News (1854) (title of all)
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Mocking not bad from the batsy ships. (Registered title) | News. (Title of the whole)
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On the right, a festive Death pulls back a drunk's head and pours a flagon of red wine down his throat as his companions look on and cheer. At front, another drunk vomits on the floor, and a third drunk at left is seen deep in his cups. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.
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Cover of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, late 19th century. Artist: Unknown
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Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792 - 1845). Il Faut en Rire, ca. 1830. Lithograph on wove paper. Image: 245 mm x 175 mm (9.65 in. x 6.89 in.).
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Comic Travest / Academician / 21
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Man and woman of Naples, Italy, 1818. The man carries a tray of grapes on his head, while a boy holds a box and shawl on his head. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton, Harvey and Darton, London, 1818. Venning wrote educational books on geography, conchology and mineralogy in the early 19th century.
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Archimède riant des efforts impuissants que font les Anglais pour mettre à flot le Leviathan, from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, December 5, 1857 December 5, 1857 Honoré Daumier French. Archimède riant des efforts impuissants que font les Anglais pour mettre à flot le Leviathan, from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, December 5, 1857. Actualités. Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). December 5, 1857. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). Aaron Martinet (French, 1762-1841). Prints
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Le grand eunuque...allant rendre compte au Sultan... , Sultans, Abdülmecit, Sultan of the Turks, 1823-1861. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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The dance of death: death, who has only one foot, and a lame man who also has only one foot. Etching attributed to J.-A. Chovin after the Basel dance of death.
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Fables anciennes et modernes..., -page. Godwin, William, 1756-1836. Spilsbury, Charles. Prints, Title pages. 1806. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Aesop's fables
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N ° 6 / O Clement! O You, my last support !! What would I become, if you too, you were suspended ...... (IT)
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Fresco from Pompeii: The nypmh Yphtima being ravished by Mercury in chlamys, winged sandals and sun hat. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Delvaux from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a catalog of the collection of erotic paintings, bronzes and statues excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum and stored in a Secret Cabinet at Naples.
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Le barbillon entraine.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Honoré Daumier, Le czar a Sébastopol, 19th century Le czar a Sébastopol
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Une séance de magnétisme.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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James Bretherton, ca. 1730-1806, British, A pair: 1. Symptoms of Rearing, 2. Moses, 1783. Etching.
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THE ANARCHY Villeneuve. The anarchy.
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Young man and woman making an offering; in the middle, an altar with the statue of a deity, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Carlo Nolli from a drawing by Vanni, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume IV, plate 14, 1757-1787, Naples.
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The embellments of Paris. / The Cascades Fountains of the Place de la Concorde. (Registered Title) | The embellishment of Paris (title of all)
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Lithograph by Auguste Raffet from 1836 titled 'Setpoint', created using lithographic techniques on paper, showing a figure in poised stance.
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Un effet de crinoline au bord de la mer. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Je commence à croire qu'il me sera...difficile.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Shipwruit, Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter, After Charles Rochussen, 1853 print Two men, each with a child, jump from a small sailing ship that makes water. The coast can be seen in the background. Above the image the title and author of the work, below the impressum. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving shipwreck
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Great tremolo executed by the young avortolini
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Honoré Daumier, L'enseignement mutuel, 19th century L'enseignement mutuel
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Print (France)
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Southern Netherlands, unknown, Je n'en mange pas, Dutch lion rejects the laws of the Jesuit, 1828, verso - stamped, The Dutch lion rejects the laws that a Jesuit offers him, 1828. The Jesuit has crossed the border with France into the Southern Netherlands entered, behind him stands a boundary post with three French lilies. Cartoon on the reactionary legislation that the arrival of the Jesuits brought with it., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 296 mm, width 470 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1828 - 1828, paper, lithography (technique)
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Set of Five: Studies of Laborers, George Morland, 1763-1804, British, 1791-1795, Hand colored soft-ground etching, Sheet: 15 1/2 x 20 1/4in. (39.4 x 51.4cm)
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Published by Matthew Darly, active 1754-1778, Mr. Sharp and Mr. Blunt, 1773. Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.
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Paille d'Avoine - Paille d'Avoine, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1786, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 7 x 6 3/4in. (17.8 x 17.1cm)
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PL. 357 / Ah! I know you bench! (IT)
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The rack, The punishments of China, Dadley, J., Mason, George Henry, Stipple engraving, hand-colored, 1801
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Aussi forte que le chinois de l'hippodrome la paix.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Japanese traveling chair, 19th century illustration
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Tiens! Moi qui croyais que nous venions de décrouvrir.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Du Desarmement sur le Coup de Quarte ou de Seconde Paré de Prime, James Gwin, 1700-1769, 1763, Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Contemporary drawn border: 10 3/8 × 15 1/16 inches (26.4 × 38.3 cm) and Sheet: 8 7/8 × 14 1/16 inches (22.5 × 35.7 cm)
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Statua per un Simbolo dell'Oceano con le Figure Sedenti; di Gio. Bologna; guardata dallo Stradone in declivio, che conduce all'Isolotto in Boboli.. Vascellini, Gaetano, 1745-1805. Soldini, Francesco Maria. Prints. 1789. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Sculpture , Italy , Florence
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Guerriers chinois. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Siamese twins from Hungary, 1708, 1708 print A Siamese twins of two girls from Hungary, Judith and Helena, shown at the Haagse Kermis in 1708. In the album a description and explanation in 2 columns in Dutch and with an application to the war situation in the year 1708, in the middle verses In Latin and French. Part of a series of 7 cartoons on the French and allies from the year 1707 (and 1708). Part of the print work published under the collection title 't Lust-Hof of Momus with the bundled series of cartoons during the years 1701-1713 of the Spanish War of Succession. Amsterdam paper etching Siamese twins
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Anonymous artist depicted a sculptor forming the god Pousa using watercolor, showing the figure and the sculpting process.
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News. / 103. / Leaving Valachie. (Registered Title) | News (1854) (set of all)
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The Finish by John Tenniel, cartoon, from 'Punch', 17 July 1886
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Steel engraving and etching by Karl Rahl the Older after 1816 depicting Emperor Franz I of Austria, showing royal attire and detailed portraiture.
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unknown artist, Vault under the North-Wing in the Hall of Crosby Place; page 81 (Volume One).
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Pierre Paul Émile Roux. Lithograph by J. Veber.
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Death and the warrior. Coloured aquatint.
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Triumph of restoration. (IT)
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. Cartoon on the cooperative of the Prinsbids in Utrecht, possibly following the election of Sichterman, 1785. In a cooperry, the Dutch lion and vessel in which the monster of aristocracy destroys itself. In the office the foreman (Prince Willem V) drinks herself drunk. On the right, Petrus Hofstede grinds and kat mussel. From Aachen the Duke of Brunswijk watches with binoculars. From the clouds a hand reaches a hand with seven guns of people. On the leaf under the plate a fresh in two columns.
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Winter Landscape. Artist: Johann Christoph Erhard (German, Nuremberg 1795-1822 Rome). Dimensions: plate: 4 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.sheet: 7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.. Date: 1818. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Johann Christoph Erhard.
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Punch, or the london charivari // Not lose yet.(TI)
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The skeleton of Death in cloak and cap dances with a lantern before a dandy in uniform and two beauties in muslin dresses and shawls. The Careless and Careful. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.
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You will not go further ...
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Le rajeunissement du Constitutionnel , Journalists, Authors, Étienne, Charles-Guillaume, 1777-1845. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Title page of IllustrationNouvelle. Artist: Ferdinand Roybet, French, 1840-1920
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Perfume bill. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Hair preparations,1770-1780. , Taxes,England,1770-1780. , Defecation,1770-1780. , Feces,1770-1780.
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Truth and the Two Soldiers. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1891. Dimensions: 240 × 310 mm (image); 272 × 432 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone, on cream wove paper (paper appears laid but is machine-made wove). Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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The Skeleton Re-animated (Plate IX, on calligraphic title page). A naked male angel blows a trumpet at a reclining skeleton under a shroud next to a burning funeral pyre. Copperplate engraving by Louis Schiavonetti after an original drawing by William Blake from Robert Blairs The Grave, T. Bensley for Rudolph Ackermann, 1813.
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London boatman saving a talking parrot belonging to King Henry VIII of England. The boatman brings the bird to the king at a window in his apartments in Westminster Palace on the River Thames. From an anecdote by English ornithologist Francis Willughby. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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Caps. (IT)
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A Financial Department, Wijnand Esser (Attributed To), 1789 - 1860 drawing A white bear breaks out shares while a man watches in despair. Left hope shares, with inscription: Tiers, Spain, Metallic. Up to the top left hangs pants: here the bear hangs his pants. Under the bear: I already swallow it, but I have to throw it up!; Above the man: Voila Toute Notre Bonne Chère Dans La Boue! And bottom right the jug goes into the water for so long to hy berst! paper. ink. watercolor (paint) brush / pen loss (~ commerce). financial panic. speculation in trade and finance, stock-jobbery
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The shepherd's boy and the wolf: November 22, 1963. Godwin, William, 1756-1836. McMillan, Buchanan, fl. 1784-1834. text. Illustrations, Prints. 1807. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Fables
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The skeleton of Death in a duel with a noble gentleman. The artistocrat points to his coat of arms and pedigree, but the skeleton grabs his throat and beats him with a thigh bone. Der Ahnenstolze. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from a series of Dance of Death, originally published in the Lavenburg Calendar in 1792. Reprinted in Totentanz from the original copperplates by Walther Nithack-Stahn, Eigenbrodler Verlag, Berlin, 1926.
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Raphael, Raimondi, Marcantonio, Delessert, Benjamin, Marc Antoine Raimondi, Danse de Faune et de Bacchantes, Photo reproduction of an engraving of a dancing faun and two dancing Bacchantes as children by Marcantonio Raimondi, photograph, photo, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 171 mm, width 276 mm, French, 1817 - 1868, photographer, 1848 - 1853, photographic paper, photo paper, salted paper print, salt print, Work conception, Italian, 1482 - 1534, after a print by, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, intermediary draftsman
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'Coursing-(1)', (1924). Creator: Unknown.
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This illustration shows Sir John Mandeville on his Travels. It is from a manuscript in the British Museum. Mandeville is the supposed author of The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, a travel memoir which first circulated between 1357 and 1371. The earliest surviving text is in French. By aid of translations into many other languages, the work acquired extraordinary popularity.