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Satirical Scenes of Society

Humorous and satirical depictions of social situations and characters, highlighting societal themes through exaggerated artistic styles.

after Thomas Rowlandson, Mr. H. Angelo's Fencing Academy, 1887, hand-colored etching
after Thomas Rowlandson, Mr. H. Angelo's Fencing Academy, 1887, hand-colored etching
237 assets in this story
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Wrestling, Charles Turner, 1774-1857, British, 1810, Watercolor over etched outline on moderately thick, moderately textured, blued white, wove paper, Mount: 11 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (29.5 × 37.5 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 8 9/16 × 11 1/2 inches (21.7 × 29.2 cm), and Sheet: 8 1/16 × 11 inches (20.5 × 27.9 cm), genre subject, sporting art
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Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Dit, 1803-1847). "The metamorphoses of the day. Monseigneur, I present my tributes to you as well as my daughter. Mylord, I offered you my duty and my daughter". Colored lithography, 1829. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 34930-6 Girl, lithography colored, morality, father, personification, fish, present, animal, caricature
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fine arts, Rowlandson, Thomas (1756 - 1827), graphic, ""Land Stores"", aquatinta, Thomas Tegg, London, 1812, Muinch Stadtmuseum,
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Opening the Sluices, Or, - Hollands Last Shift, Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, 1794, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 13/16 x 13 1/4in. (22.4 x 33.7cm)
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Each turn, or the end of the novel. (IT)
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A man and woman embrace and kiss while seated on another gentleman's back. Scene from the kissing game, The bridge of love. Le Pont d'Amour. Copied from a print by Dutailly in Pierre la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, 1814. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene dAllemagnes Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.
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Consultation. (IT)
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Charles James Fox, dangerously ill, visited by an entourage of interested factions; representing the social and ministerial conflict surrounding him. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
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Interior of the Abu Simbel rock temples to Pharaoh Ramesses II and his queen Nefertiti, Nubia, southern Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823.
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King Frederick the Great, Frederick II., Friedrich der Große, Friedrich II. 1712-1786 with the 85 years old Zieten in the hall of the castle Sanssouci, 1784, Germany, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe
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Lord Melbourne sleeps on a chair set on a chest marked "treasury", the Duke of Wellington holds a pole inscribed "magnanimity", while Lord Brougham uses his pole inscribed "faction" as a lever. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
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Princess Wilhelmina fired as a cleaning lady, 1795, Anonymous, 1795 print Cartoon in which Princess Wilhelmina van Pruisen is fired as a cleaning lady and drove away by a patriot, a keeshond barks at her. On the left, a Prussian soldier is surprised. In the background, the Scheveningen Koopman points to the sea with landesses. Following the prince's flight to England in January 1795. A text sheet belongs to the print. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving charwoman, cleaning woman
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The Great Viennese Peace Congress for the restoration of freedom and law in Europe (n °. 611). Copper engraving, colored; 17.9 x 25.4 cm (plate size) (1814/1815, Verlag Friedrich Campe Nuremberg). Dresden: Slub Talleyrand Collection III, 3.23
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The Privy Council of a King Thomas Rowlandson British Subject Ferdinand VII, King of Spain Spanish March 28, 1815 After the print by Rowlandson first published 1809 and reissued January 1, 1815. Four ladies sit at a table, two elderly and two young. The woman at left reads a newspaper and screams, "Mercy on us here is news!! They write from Hanover that when Boney part took possession of that country, he ravish'd all the Women!!" The other, holding up her fan, exclaims: "O! the Wretch". The two younger ladies at right turn to each other, and say, "It is very true Ma'am it is only a word and a blow with himYour Honour or your property", and "Well Ma'am if he should come here, at all events I will take care of my property". A younger girl, sitting a small distance away from the table at right says: "So will I Mamma!" View more. The Privy Council of a King. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). March 28, 1815. Hand-colored etching. Prints
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Two Parisian couples whirl around the dance floor Date: circa 1805
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Mrs. Blaize was always followed by suitors, even the King, Randolph Caldecott
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Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, A Panic on Both Side or Great Men in the Horrors, 1795. Etching, hand-colored.
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James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, The Royal Academy, 1786. Etching, hand-colored.
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The Scold, with News of Olivia, 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 Scold, with News of Olivia, 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
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William Pitt, wearing a regimental uniform and hat, sitting at a table with Napoleon. They are each carving a large plum pudding on which is a map of the world. Pitt's slice is considerably larger than Napoleon's. The new Emperor, and his opponent the English Minister, are helping themselvesone taking the land, the other the sea. On the overtures made by the new Emperor for a reconciliation with England in the January of 1805.
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Borders for Rooms & Halls, Plate 10 July 10, 1799 Thomas Rowlandson Three strips arranged horizontally with various scenes.. Borders for Rooms & Halls, Plate 10. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). July 10, 1799. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints
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Franz Joseph Gall examining the head of a pretty girl, while three gentlemen wait in line. Coloured lithograph by E.H., 1825.
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Awkward squads studying the graces!! , Dance, Teachers, Musicians. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
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The councilors of Gryfice or Greifenberg in Pomerania, Poland, thanking Frederick II or Frederick the Great, 1712 - 1786, King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from the royal house of Hohenzollern for the help after the great fire, historical painting from the 19th century, Europe
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Ni l'un, ni l'autre , Princes, Emperors, Joinville, François-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans, prince de, 1818-1900, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Female Politicians January 1, 1808 Thomas Rowlandson Four ladies sit at a table, two elderly and two young. The woman at left reads a newspaper and screams, "Mercy on us here is news!! They write from Hanover that when Boney part took possession of that country, he ravish'd all the Women!!" The other, holding up her fan, exclaims: "O! the Wretch". The two younger ladies at right turn to each other, and say, "It is very true Ma'am it is only a word and a blow with himYour Honour or your property", and "Well Ma'am if he should come here, at all events I will take care of my property". A younger girl, sitting a small distance away from the table at right says: "So will I Mamma!". Female Politicians. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). January 1, 1808. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints
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June - Striking a Balance from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by Pickering & Chatto (English, 19th century). Date: 1840. Dimensions: 95 × 153 mm (primary support); 223 × 286 mm (secondary support). Steel etching in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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The mirror of the truth / or the crushed tiger. (IT)
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Photos Series Theater Alt-Berlin, Fiddicke and son, a Berlin citizen learns of a price gain, since the son had secretly the father product in an exhibition / Bilderserie Theater Alt-Berlin, Fiddicke und Sohn, ein Berliner Bürger erfährt von einem Preisgewinn, da der Sohn heimlich des Vaters Produkt in einer Ausstellung hatte, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.
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Lacing a Dandy. Unknown Artist (English); published by Thomas Tegg (English, 1776-1845). Date: 1819. Dimensions: 300 × 216 mm (image); 322 × 228 mm (sheet); plate mark not visible. Handcolored etching on cream wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Thomas Tegg.
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Richard Newton, 1777-1798, British, Scotch Fencibles, 1796. Hand-colored etching.
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German fashions of the late 15th century. Young man with cape over mi-parti tunic and hose embroidered with black ribbon, the badge of the Order of the Holy Spirit. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.
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'Symptoms of Being Amused', 1822.Artist: Henry Thomas Alken
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Cartoon of equality and brotherhood, 1795; How to have KOOME DEEZE to Brotherhood. Cartoon on equality and brotherhood, 1795. Three bust images side by side. On the left an angry looking orange-minded man with an ax, probably a ship's trimmerman or a farmer. In the middle a happy-looking republicin soldier, above his head a oak wreath. On the right a gloomy-looking mayor or pastor with wig.
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Conspirators; or, delegates in council, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist, engraving 1817, three government ministers, Viscount Sidmouth, Thomas Reynolds and Viscount Castlereagh, sitting at a table with three agents or spies. On the table rests a large bag from which docketed papers protrude. John Bull looks through the window in horror at the proceedings.
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Selling Persian carpets in Le Printemps, French department store Date: 1907
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Henry Bonaventure Monnier (French, 1799/1805 - 1877). Un Promenade (Aujourd'hui), 1829. From The 18th Century and Today (Jadis et Aujourd'hui). Pen lithograph with hand coloring.