Satirical Political Cartoons

Humorous and biting political cartoons from different eras, reflecting societal issues and characters through art and satire.

Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Al Conde Palatino. (To the Count Palatine or Count of the Palate), 1796-1797. From Los Caprichos, no. 33. Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burin. Plate: 215 mm x 151 mm (8.46 in. x 5.94 in.).

A Contrast. Artist: John Doyle (Irish, Dublin 1797-1868 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 17 5/8 in. (30.3 × 44.7 cm). Lithographer: Alfred Ducôte (British, active 1830-40). Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, active London 1788-1885). Series/Portfolio: HB Sketches, No. 560. Subject: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (British, London 1779-1848 Hertfordshire); Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (British, 1778-1868); Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (British, 1769-1852). Date: November 19, 1838. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Songs: "Mary, dear Mary list awake. And take the moon thy slumbers break...". Artist: Henry Thomas Alken (British, London 1785-1851 London). Dimensions: Image: 7 7/8 × 10 1/8 in. (20 × 25.7 cm)Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. (27.3 × 37.8 cm). Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, active London 1788-1885). Series/Portfolio: Illustrations to Popular Songs. Date: 1822.One sheet of a series of satires, designed as a song book. Composed of vignette scenes, each scene illustrating in a humourous fashion a single line from a popular song of the day. The imagery derives from hunting, shooting and horses, scenes from domestic life, fashion, town and country life, military and naval life. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Six scenes narrating the fate of a cork leg, the invention of a Dutch artist. Etching by Joe Lisle.

Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Al Conde Palatino. (To the Count Palatine or Count of the Palate), 1796-1797. From Los Caprichos, no. 33. Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burin. Plate: 215 mm x 151 mm (8.46 in. x 5.94 in.).

Cartoon of Spaniards and a cook who poisons the devil, Anonymous, c. 1650 print print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper engraving political caricatures and satires. poisoning. Europeans: Spaniards. human-shaped devil

Paris, Yves & Barret, Daumier, Honoré, Actualités, Actualiteiten, Ah! Si j'étais roi d'Espagne, Four Spaniards throw their king into the air with a sheet, verso - stamped, cartoon, prints, height 424 mm, width 291 mm, French, 1808-02-26 - 1879-02-10, print maker, printmaker, 1872 - 1872, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek)

Commission des Bastonnades , Kings, Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies, 1810-1859. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Honoré Daumier, Cocher! La main de notre fille!, 19th century Cocher! La main de notre fille!

A man holding an enormous razor jumps in fright upon looking in a mirror and seeing his dressing table taking on a human form. Etching by W.C.W.

- Do what you want .... / 1. (Registered Title) | In Italy (set of all)

A marriage ". Paursstråhlre tries to set up with his future in -laws. Ink by Fritz von Dardel Nordic

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879), Je vous en prie, rentrez dans votre boite, 1869, lithograph on newsprint

Print, The Crown of Thorns; France; wood engraving on paper; 4.6 × 5.3 cm (1 13/16 × 2 1/16 in.); 1945-200-482

Vignettes of Cupids playing and working. Above, according to Visconti, this curious image shows three cupids making Vittae, small scalloped ribbons to decorate temples, victims and religious objects. Below, two genii enjoy fishing with rods. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.

The Anticque painter and sculptor. Leaf with 2 performances. Above: A monkey that paints on a large wooden tub and a monkey that paints with palette and brushes behind an easel with cloth. Below: two monkeys on the sculpture. Both performances play out in the open air with buildings in the background. Under every show a two-legged fresh. Numbered at the top right: No. 17.

Honoré Daumier, Allons, v'la encore le mouton qui a haussé, 19th century Allons, v'la encore le mouton qui a haussé

The mutilated bodies of the De Witt brothers hanging on the WIP, 1672, 1680 - 1712 print Night presentation of the mutilated bodies of Johan and Cornelis de Witt, hanging on the Wip, against a background of the trees near the Vijverberg, August 20, 1672. On the right in the foreground a man with a burning torch. Under the show a praise in two verses of four lines on the De Witt brothers. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving mutilation of the corpse Green so

Bains de Femmes. Dated: 1841. Medium: lithograph on newsprint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

La situation de l'Italie, from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, February 21, 1859. Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). Dimensions: Image: 9 3/16 × 11 1/4 in. (23.3 × 28.6 cm)Sheet (folded): 14 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (36.2 × 29.2 cm). Printer: Destouches (Paris). Publisher: Aaron Martinet (French, 1762-1841). Series/Portfolio: Actualitès. Date: February 21, 1859. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Death at Gallmayer , Josefine Gallmeyer, Death at the Gallmayer caricature from Kikeriki , Carl von Stur -, Caricaturist

Caricature (Journal) /n°168/pl.353/Parodie of the Clytemnestre Table. (IT)

Consolate my children, I will have my restoration, it's foolproof, Bonaparte and my brother have both got theirs. (IT)

Decidedly this guy will have trouble keeping on the water despite the lessons / that it has received ... (IT)

The ambition devouring England. (IT)

History of a reign, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 12, 1870 September 12, 1870 Honoré Daumier. History of a reign, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 12, 1870. 'News of the day' (Actualités). Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). September 12, 1870. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). Prints

The Fayette treats as it deserves, by the democrats and the aristocrats. (IT)

Réception académique , Politicians, Authors, Diplomats, Rémusat, Charles de, 1797-1875, Favre, Jules, 1809-1880. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

La personne...demande à monter tout de suite.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Cartoon on Sir Richard Worsley, 1782 Cartoon on Sir Richard Worsley who takes captain George Maurice Bissett on the shoulders so that he can spy his naked wife (Lady Seymour Dorothy Worsley) through the window when bathing. Next to the bath a maid with clothing. paper etching taking a bath. spying on someone. peeping, voyeur. political caricatures and satires

Aged Lovers. Artist: After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (27.1 × 20 cm). Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Publisher: Henry Wigstead (British, 1745-1800 Margate). Date: January 2, 1797. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fresco from Pompeii of the surprised nymph: a shepherdess is about to be raped by a faun in front of a statue of Minerva. Handcoloured lithograph 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.

A harmonious concert ... / 23. (title registered) | The end of my pencil. (Title of the whole)

N ° 7 / The King - Part Gagné! Death - for a moment, I'll take you as a partner an old friend who knows the cards. ...

Five Pygmies (top); two Pygmies near a small temple and another one drinking from a horn (bottom), Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Campana from a drawing by G E Morghen, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume V, plate 68, 1757-1787, Naples.

La leçon de musique. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

The dance of death: the porter's chair. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1816.

DALI Salvador(1904-1989) Tantalus Caprich-9 1977 Based on Capricho Francisco Goya's etchings etching 39x31

Commission des bastonnades. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

It is said / and all its influences (IT)

Merci, je sors d'en prendre. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Russion in the carousel. (Title) | Travel in Touraine, 24 hours of stop in Saumur. (Title of all)

DALI Salvador(1904-1989) Lads making ready! Capricho-11 1977 Based on Capricho Francisco Goya's etchings etching 39x31

MARTêNEZ COMPAîN Y BUJANDA, Baltasar Jaime (1735-1797). Trujillo del Perœ en el siglo XVIII. 1782 - 1785. Vol 2. Plate 155. 'Danza del Cavallito' (dance with horses). Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Palacio Real Library.

The dance of death: the academic degree ceremony. Etching by R. Dagley, 182-.

Historia Antigua. Egipto. Müsica y baile ante los faraones. Grabado alemán de 1863.

Sketch of four paintings. Draughtsman: Jurriaan Andriessen. After anonymous. Dating: 1777. Measurements: h 246 mm × w 198 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Scene from the Commedia dell'arte with Harlekijn, Pierrot, Pulcinello and Mezzetino, Gabriel Huquier, 1729 - 1732 print France paper etching 'art commedy'. Types in 'Commedia dell'Arte': Harlequin. Types in 'Commedia dell'Arte': Pierrot

'Carney banged the right on his jaw with all his force', 1880s (late 19th or early 20th century). Artist: Unknown

Baron Donderdronkdickdorff and Miss Quoltz: after their wedding, they quarrel and are surprised by a servant. Etching, 1810, attributed to I. Cruikshank and/or G. Cruikshank.

Design for the new gallery of busts and pictures, and so far will I trust thee gentle Kate, Henry 4th, part 1st , Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraving 1792, interior view of a portrait gallery with busts of Demosthenes and Cicero, both frowning, and between them a bust of Charles J. Fox; hanging on the wall above are two prints showing Catherine II of Russia, in one, titled Justice, she is about to stab a sultan, in the other, Moderation, she is facing a map of Moldavia, Bessarabia, and Wallachi

Metternich the Great State Bloodigel caricature, Unknown

Farce dramatique.... Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1841. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

George Combe lecturing on phrenology to a mixed audience in his Edinburgh home; presented as a monkey with a phrenological head. Lithograph.

Arlequin esprit folet (MischievousHarlequin). Artist: Claude Gillot, French, 1673-1722

Edward Innes and James Cooper losing the bet to Hamilton Bell. Copperplate engraving by John Kay from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Hugh Paton, Edinburgh, 1842.

Portrait of Maurice, Prince of Orange-Nassau, with a putto above, Jan Stolker, after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1734 - 1785, A portrait of Maurice, Prince of Orange-Nassau, above a putto with a crown and on the left a boy, fleeing from a fire., draughtsman: Jan Stolker, after: Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, 1734 - 1785, paper, pen, brush, h 258 mm × w 178 mm

Etching by Jan de Visscher depicting an interior scene with peasant groups, created between 1653 and 1712, showing figures engaged in daily activities.

Nouvelle...sonnette proposé par le Charivari!... , Government officials, Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Untitled (from "The Looking Glass", Vol. I, No. I) William Heath (British, 1795-1840). Untitled (from "The Looking Glass", Vol. I, No. I), January 1, 1830. Etching, Sheet: 16 3/16 x 10 in. (41.1 x 25.4 cm). European Art January 1, 1830

Four male figures studying a painting of an incarcerated man. Engraving by Grignion.

Joab killed by Benaja, Caspar Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching Joab killed by Benaiah

Enslaved person Congo receiving two shillings from a couple in Cork 13, and Congo drinking with Paddy OLeary and his begging gang 14. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Eliza Rotch Farrars The Adventures of Congo in Search of his Master, J. Harris and Son, London, 1823. Eliza Farrar, 1791-1870, was the daughter of a Nantucket whaling family who white several childrens books.

Le pied de Nez de Milord Pit. Cartoon shows Napoleon I, wearing laurel wreath and ermine robe, pushing down one side of a scale with his sword, which lifts two frightened monarchs, on the other side, off the ground; in the background stands a representative of Prussia, and in the upper left corner is a caricature of William Pitt.

Pauvre vieux. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

The rats = trap caricature on the arrest Robert Blums and Julius Fröbels in Vienna on November , Eduard Gustav May -, publisher

Selling mackerel. From 'Arts, Metiers et Cris de Paris' Paris, 1826. Coloured engraving.

Portrait of Maurits, prince of Oranje-Nassau, with a putto on top. Draughtsman: Jan Stolker. After Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne. Dating: 1734 - 1785. Measurements: h 258 mm × w 178 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Reflechissez, mon cherange…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Textiles: tapestry weaving, two men tensioning a loom (top), one man tensioning a loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Chaud! Chaud! Bertrand!... , Fictitious characters, Macaire, Robert. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO II E 157 - OTRA DANZA DE LAS ESPADAS - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Louis XIV (King of France), Louis XIII (King of France), Paris, Lepautre, Jean, Fountains, Fountain with seahorses, recto top right, outside the plate margin - handwritten in pen and brown ink, The seahorses are spitting water. From a series of 6 unnumbered sheets., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, 69, height 225 mm, width 150 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1628 - 1682, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1601-09-27 - 1643-05-14, granter of privilege, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01

Ah what frightful bouasque Ah what frightful bourasque ".

. Hercules bears the sky globe on his shoulders. To a classic sculpture.

Copper engraving and etching by Henri Guillaume Chatillon, created between 1800 and 1856, depicting an offering scene in front of Esculape.

Sixteenth century Italian painting : Michelangelo's frecoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Painting, Renaissance, Painting, Italian, Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)

Napoleon and Godoy complaining about their mistakes and defeats. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo de Historia.

First prize for growth - Prussia: Note: the prize winner is a bit deformed, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 13, 1867 August 13, 1867 Honoré Daumier. First prize for growth - Prussia: Note: the prize winner is a bit deformed, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 13, 1867. 'News of the day' (Actualités). Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). August 13, 1867. Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil). Arnaud de Vresse. Prints

Help ! You see checked well as you crush me. / N ° 21

Lequel Faut-il Donner 1797 Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Lequel Faut-il Donner 393873

Position pour le Garde en Tierce et le Coup de Tierce, 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 1/2 × 16 1/8 inches (26.7 × 41 cm) and Sheet: 9 1/16 × 15 3/8 inches (23 × 39.1 cm)

The sour prospect before us, or The ins throwing up State, Dent, William, active 1783-1793, publisher, England : Pub by W. Dent date illegible 1789 : Sold by W Moore, No. 308 Oxford Street, 1789., 1 print : etching with aquatint., Ministers, seven isolated figures, vomit copiously at the prospect of being turned out

The correct kind - the statue Georges-Jacques Gatine. "The good kind number 49: the statue - 1811".

J'ai vu trancher les jours de ma famille... , Politicians, Health care personnel, Authors, Véron, Louis Désiré, 1798-1867. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

The Redhead Moon / Second Year - N ° 61 / Sunday3 February 1878 / Marceau and Marseillaise, by Gill.

Banknote vignette with three putti as a shepherd, a farmer, and a sailor ca. 1824-37 Attributed to Asher Brown Durand American. Banknote vignette with three putti as a shepherd, a farmer, and a sailor 393931

Old Jack, the famous New Orleans mouser, clearing Uncle Sams barn of bank and Clay rats by Michael Williams, circa 1832. Lithograph print on wove paper. Pro-Jackson political cartoon focusing on his campaign to destroy the political power and influence of the Bank of the United States. Henry Clay and his compatriots are shown as rats trying to get at the corn.

News. / The people understand you! .. See - His strength ... (IT)

Pere-scie - Jean-Charles Persil wearing minister's robes, with long saw-toothed nose with which he attempts to decapitate Charles Philipon who is lying on a stack of "La Caricatura" volumes with his hands bound. Political cartoon, circa 1832

A spectre rising from the prone body of a knight in armour. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from The Tournament, or Days of Chivalry, William Sams, London, 1823.

A peasant sitting on a chair with a glass in one hand and a jug in the other, Seated peasant with jug, print maker: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, (signed by artist), intermediary draughtsman: Adriaen van Ostade, (mentioned on object), publisher: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam, 1763 - 1768, paper, etching, h 102 mm × w 74 mm

Ivory Medicine Case (Pharmacie ivoire) from the series Japonisme. Dimensions: 45 cm x 31.6 cm, 18.9 cm x 14.8 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Félix Hilaire Buhot.

Do you know the Louchard-Gros-Bag .. [Plate N10 (Title Title)

"The Cairn" Mural Decoration by John W. Alexander, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. | Library of Congress

Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver pushing down the threads. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

A Vestrician dish, or, Caper sauce for a goose pye Caricature. Prints, Poetry. 1781. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Vestris, Auguste, 1760-1842 , Caricatures and cartoons, Dance , Caricatures and cartoons

Honoré Daumier, Sébastopol, 19th century Sébastopol

A battle between gladiators in the circus, ancient Rome. A retiarius with net and trident fights a secutor armed with cudgel and shield. Both wear skirts and short trousers or sagulum gregale. Gladiateurs: Retiers chez les Romains. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Lantique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.

A man in Buenos Aires is knocking down the wall of a house so that a woman wearing a very large head dress can get out. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.

Egyptian agriculture: priest of Osiris with sceptre 1, following a man with plow behind two yoked oxen 2, man sowing seed 3 from a box 4, men harvesting wheat with a scythe 5,6, men carrying produce 7,8,9 and men pressing grapes while holding on to ropes hanging from a horizontal pole 10. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1843.

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