Victorian Satirical Illustrations

A series of satirical engravings from the 19th century, illustrating social commentary through humor and caricature, featuring varied scenes from novels and societal observations.

'Les Savoyards', 1818.Artist: George Cruikshank

Nicholas starts for Yorkshire. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby by H.K. Browne known as Phiz

'Les Savoyards', 1818.Artist: George Cruikshank

Illustration lamenting the suffering of the Paris Commune; the municipal government organized on communalistic principles that was elected in Paris in 1871. It was soon brutally suppressed by government troops.

Water! Water! Everywhere; And not a drop to drink' Comment on London water supply during reappearance of cholera in 1848 and 1849. Cartoon from 'Punch', London, 1849, with a mis-quote from Coleridge 'Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner'. Wood engraving

Engraving titled 'The Witches Frolic' by George Cruikshank. George Cruikshank (1792-1878) a British caricaturist and book illustrator. Dated 19th century

'No one has seen us', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 79 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

Murder of Rizzio, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators at Work in the Vaults of the Houses of Parliament

Queen Anne's (1665-1714) last progress to Parliament House, Westminster, London, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Spanish literature. "The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha", written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616). Don Quixote's assault on the wineskins in his sleep (I, 35). 19th century engraving by G. Dore. Author: PAUL GUSTAVE DORE.

Carlos VII (1403-1461), Rey de Francia, recibiendo a Juana de Arco (1412-1431), defensora y libertadora de la ciudad francesa de Orleans sitiada por los ingleses en 1429. Grabado de 1866.

Illustration for Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' depicting various characters. Illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) a British caricaturist and book illustrator. Dated 19th Century

Assassination of Philip of Swabia (born February or March 1177) (died 21 June 1208) from the noble family of the Hohenstaufen was Roman-German king from 1198 until his assassination in 1208, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Chained to the Stake. Illustration by J. Leech to the poem The Auto da Fe, a legend of Spain. From the book The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, published 1865.

Fritz Reuter (1810) (1874) Low German writer and poet, Hanne Nuete un de luette Pudel, Eine Vogel, und Menschengeschichte, Platt, Low German, dialect, language, poet, poem, literary figure, graphic, humour, satire, city, street, houses, windows, scold, catch, hate, misery, Hanne Nuete 19, North Germany, 19th century, historical illustration 1868

Europe chasing Ture, vintage engraving. Europe chasing Ture, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673969

Winter American. Winter, ca. 1800. Hand-colored etching on white wove paper, image: 10 1/2 x 9 in. (26.7 x 22.9 cm). American Art ca. 1800

Occupants of the space capsule experiencing zero gravity conditions. From Jules Verne 'Autour de la Lune', Paris, 1865. Wood engraving.

Painting Salon 1861, Sedaine stone mason by Appert, vintage engraving. Painting Salon 1861, Sedaine stone mason by Appert, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674152

Camille Desmoulins in the Garden of the Palais Royal, drawn by F. Lix, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

The Street Musicians, instrument Dietrich, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

'The Setting out of the Train Bands from London...', 1643, (19th century). Artist: Unknown

Illustration; Queen Elizabeth I knighting Francis Drake1585

Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor, 1880. Artist: Unknown

Bread distribution at the Louvre during the 1709 famine, vintage engraving. Bread distribution at the Louvre during the 1709 famine, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660135

España. Muerte de Francisco Pizarro (1478-1541) en Lima. Grabado de 1854.

Manchester Ship Canal: Edward Leader Williams (1828-1910), centre, Chief Engineer of the project, introducing Manchester to Neptune on completion of the canal. Cartoon from Punch, London, January, 1894.

Normannen, Normannische Trachten aus der Umgebung von Trouville an der nordfranzösischen Küste, 1870, Frankreich, digital verbesserte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19.Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt 1f-4999763

'Quartier Juif a Amsterdam', c1870-1910 (1924). Artist: Auguste Lepere

Black and White Illustration; The Assassination of Regent Murray, 1st Earl of Moray 1569

The college s output, vintage engraving. The college s output, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679924

The Girondins meet at madame Roland's : moderate revolutionaries, many of them will be victims of the Reign of Terror, including madame Roland herself.

King Cheer - drawn by James Godwin, 1864. Illustration to a poem by George MacDonald. 'King Cheer he reigned in Aureoland, "With a cup for a sceptre in his hand; A jolly King at trencher and cup-He ate enough, but he drank all up, Till his head began to totter and shake, And his hands and his feet to stiffen and ache. The doctors were called, but they dared not say, "Your Majesty drinks too much tokay."...And Christmas Eve had brought no mirth, And the King thought nothing was good in the earth. Up rose the fool, whose every word Was three parts wise and one part absurd...The fo

'Rival Rogues', 1880. Artist: Joseph Swain

A scene from Cervantes' novel Don Quixote -- the hero of the title relives his past glories, surrounded by objects from his travels. To dream the impossible dream ... Date: First published: 1605-15

Oliver asking for more. From the book ""The Adventures of Oliver Twist"" by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by G.Cruikshank. Published by Chapman and Hall, London 1901.

Black and White Illustration: "The Idle 'Prentice Betrayed by a Prostitute and Taken in a Night Cellar with his Accomplice". Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "Industry and Idleness". Hogarth's earlier series of painted works, "The Harlot's Progress" and "Marriage à-la-mode" which were subsequently released as engravings, "Industry and Idleness" was engraved from the outset. Hogarth's aim in this series was to illustrate the possible rewards for working hard, and the pitfalls of not doing so, a message predominantly aimed at working children.

Torture, The Whitehall Pump, Lord North pumps water into Britannia's mouth so that she almost drowns while her Indian daughter America lies beneath her. The pump head is in the shape of George III, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Black and White Illustration; The murder of David Rizzio at Holyrood House, Scotland, 1566

Fritz Reuter (1810) (1874) Low German writer and poet, Hanne Nuete un de luette Pudel, Eine Vogel, und Menschengeschichte, Platt, Low German, dialect, language, poet, poem, literary figure, graphic, humour, satire, Two men, blacksmith, hammer, anvil, iron, file, work, celebration, forge, Hanne Nuete 24, North Germany, 19th century, historical illustration 1868

A poor man loaded with mischief, or matrimony drawn by Experience ; engrav'd by Sorrow.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Relations between the sexes,England,1750-1760. , Marriage,England,1750-1760. , Intoxication,1750-1760. , Distress,1750-1760. , Brothels,England,1750-1760.

Lady Jane Grey, 1536 - 1554, briefly Queen of England, nicknamed Nine Days Queen or Queen of thirteen days, at a dinner with Mr. Partridge and Mr. Rowland Lee in the Tower, historical engraving from the Buch denkwuerdiger Frauen or book of memorable woman, published by Otto Spamer, 1877

The Minion in the bag, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Historical illustration of the Emperor shaking hands with an artist, 1870, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century art...

Juan II Comneno, emperador de Bizancio enfrentándose a los pechenegos, pueblo originario de Asia central. Grabado de 1866.

'A GAME OF FOUR-CORNERS,' BY H. CARTER, IN THE GENERAL EXHIBITION OF WATER COLOUR DRAWINGS AT THE DUDLEY GALLERY, 1869

Mary Queen of Scots landing at Leith, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Conrad V of Germany. King of the Germans, Sicily and Jerusalem. Scene of his Execution. Engraving by Germania, 1882.

Midsummer's Day, wood engraving, 1880

The man breaking stones with his fist, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 634, Volume XXV, April 21, 1855.

The Tale of a Tea-kettle'. James Watt as a boy watching the kettle boiling in the fire. Watt (1736-1819) made great improvements to the steam engine, one of the most significant being the separate condenser. In 1774 he went into partnership with Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) the Birmingham manufacturer and entrepreneur. Illustration by Ebenezer Landells (1808-1860) English illustrator and engraver, from 'Illuminated Magazine'. (London, 1844). Wood engraving.

Bauern bringen einen Mann nach Hause, der in den Bergen abgestürzt ist, Opfer, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus...

Cascabel reappeared, exclaiming: Stolen, vintage engraving. Cascabel reappeared, exclaiming: Stolen, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659808

"First Love," by Mulready, 1870. 'The picture which we engrave...is a favourable example of an interesting transitional period in the practice of that admirable English master. Painted in 1839,...it shows a paramount aim, technically considered, at beauty of colouring - an aim perfectly according with the warm feeling and idyllic sentiment of the subject...How well the artist has suggested the intense yet delicate sensibilities, the passionate yet modestly-restrained emotions proper to his theme, we need not remark. The official description in the South Kensington Museum catalogue ve

Goldoni, 25 February 1707, 6 February 1793, was an Italian comedy poet and librettist. He portrays one of his comedies in the Scotto Garden in Pisa, Italy, painting by Professor A. Catt, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Our Watering Places--Horse-Racing at Saratoga Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). , 1865. Wood engraving, Sheet: 9 3/16 x 13 7/8 in. (23.3 x 35.2 cm). The term watering place” was coined in the mid-eighteenth century to describe a resort visited by fashionable folk, either for sea bathing or for drinking or bathing in the waters of a mineral spring. Saratoga Springs, New York, was considered the premier summer resort for the social elite from the mid-1860s until the end of the nineteenth century. Then, as now, the town's tourist season reached its peak during August, when the historic track opened for racing, an event reported in the article that this engraving by Winslow Homer illustrated. Regarded as one of the great American Realists of the nineteenth century, Homer is known primarily for his large body of works in oil and watercolor. However, he also had an early career as a freelance illustrator, making drawings for wood engravings that were reproduced in mass-circulation perio

Engraving depicting the courtyard of a Spanish inn, with food being cooked in a frying pan. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a river side-street in London.

''"Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor", By S. Baring Gould, M. A.; "My poor father, I cannot remain with him while Fox is there" ', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890.

Engraving depicting a puddling furnace and shingling hammer. Dated 19th century

Black and White Illustration: Gaming House Scene. Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "The Rake's Progress"

What is this my son Tom. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Exhibited: Hair, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 2003-04. Men,Clothing & dress,England,1770-1780. , Hairstyles,England,1770-1780.

literature fairy tales ""Tales of the Thousand and One Nights"" translated by Gustav Weil published by Prof. J. M. Metzger 1928 ""Ali Addins"" image: Subeida is showing a bare arm white like silver to Ali"",

This is the woman, with wobegone face, The wife of the drunkard, in rags and disgrace, Who is served by the lady, all jewels and lace, The wife of the landlord who coins his bright gold, Out of the ruin of youthful and old, Who drink the strong liquors he sells night and day, At the bar of the Gin-shop, so glittering and gay. Illustration no. 7 of 12 by George Cruikshank to The Gin-Shop, a moralistic rhyme warning of the ruin gin can cause. Date: 1868

THE COUNCIL HELD BY THE RATS, BY GUSTAVE DOR. Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for Fables by Jean de la Fontaine, engraved by Antoine Valerie Bertrand, French, born 1823, Art, Artist, romanticism, colour, color engraving.

Finding the body of Philippe Lebon (1767-1804), murdered in the forest of the Champs-Elysees in Paris on December 3, 1804. ENGRAVING in 1873.

Charles V (1500-1558), King of Spain (1517-1556) and Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1556), picks up the brush from Titian (1488-1576). Engraving. "La Ilustracion Artistica y Americana", 1887.

Billy in the salt box Williams.. British Cartoon Prints Collection .

Sappho (650 -580AC). Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. Engraving. Artistic illustration. 1886.

Black and White Illustration: "Gate of Calais" or "O, the Roast Beef of Old England". Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)

Henry III, King of France (1551-1589) the last Valois painting by Jean Lulvès (1833-1889) was a Franco-German painter, specializing in genre painting and decorative works for large rooms such as the Coronation Hall in the Kremlin and the now-lost headquarters of the Krause bank in Berlin. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882

Socialists - painted by E. Armitage, 1850. Winter exhibition. Representation of '...a trio of disputants as to the benefits to be derived from Socialism, not the latest by several of the schemes which have of late disturbed society in France, and kept its people up to the boiling point of their vivacity...on the wall hang a military portrait and a few culinary implements - all alike characteristic of French glory - war and cookery. The party is an agreeable one; there is none of the virulence of Socialist controversy in their composition: the hirsute old gentleman and the ouvrier in sabots hav

Illustration depicting Guillaume Amontons' demonstration of his aerial telegraph in the Jardin du Luxembourg. Guillaume Amontons (1663-1705) a French scientific instrument inventor and physicist. Dated 17th Century

Arme Torheit, proverb 11 from the Follies Series - 1815/23 - 24,7x35,8 cm - etching and aquatint on paper. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Netherlands, Bendorp, Johannes Christiaan, Women and children help repel the attack on Aardenburg, 1672, Women and children help repel the attack on Aardenburg by the French on June 29, 1672. A woman is chopping stones into smaller pieces with an axe, which are collected by the children., print, picture, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 75 mm, width 59 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1766-01-01 - 1849-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1817 - 1847, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, etching, etchings

Court of Henry III of France, Ball at the Palace, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

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Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: The cock pit 1759

Business Men's Class (Business Men's Class, Y.M.C.A.) George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882-1925). Business Men's Class (Business Men's Class, Y.M.C.A.), 1916. Lithograph on wove paper, Sheet: 16 x 23 11/16 in. (40.6 x 60.2 cm). Bellows, gifted with a tall, athletic body, was a talented basketball player and semiprofessional baseball player before becoming an artist. Here he shows a comic disdain for a motley group of ungainly businessmen attempting to improve their physiques in a class at the YMCA. American Art 1916

Gin Lane or Liquor Alley, a caricature, symbolic image on alcoholism in the 18th century in England, historic drawing by William Hogarth, 1697 - 1764, a sociocritical English painter and graphic artist

The Salvator beer bar in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, historical illustration circa 1893, Europe

The Cockpit William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764). , 1759. Engraving on wove paper, 12 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. (31.7 x 38.4 cm). European Art 1759

Amabel Bloundel's body being carried from the Earl of Rochester's house into the dead cart for burial in the plague pit. Plague of London (1665). Illustration by John Franklin (active 1800-1861) for William Harrison Ainsworth 'Old Saint Paul's', London 1855 (first published 1841). Engraving

Jean du Creux Cousins, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1877.

New Excavations in Rome, Discovery of the Post of the Guardians of the Seventh Cohort, 1869, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date unknown, Europe

SKETCHES OF PICTURES IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS

Untitled (Women in Uprising) Jose Guadelupe Posada (Mexican, 1852-1913).. Relief engraving on type metal, 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (8.9 x 13.3 cm). Arts of the Americas

Statue commemorating the liberation of black slaves, World's Fair Philadelphia, USA, historical illustration, 1877, North America

Couple conversing. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1912. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on Van Gelder paper

Charlotte Corday driven to her execution, 17 July 1793. Charlotte Corday,1768-1798. French Revolutionary heroine. Engraved by Meyer-Heine after De La Charlerie. From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc.

Destruction of Printing Press in Mayence, drawn by H. Vogel, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Meissen. Albrechtsburg. Demazurism August are shown the secret resources of the porcelain manufactory

Fritz Reuter (1810) (1874) Low German writer and poet, Hanne Nuete un de luette Pudel, Eine Vogel, und Menschengeschichte, Platt, Low German, dialect, language, poet, poem, literary figure, graphic, humour, satire, craft, blacksmith, workshop, mother, son, apprentice, hammer, fire, iron, window, Hanne Nuete 5, North Germany, 19th century, historical illustration 1868

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

Black and White Illustration: "Canvassing for Votes". Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "The Election"

'Haydn's eyes filled with tears', (1907). The elderly Haydn receives an enemy officer in his home who sings one of Haydn's compositions : 'One day...when Vienna was in the occupation of the French, the faithful Elssler reported that a French officer desired to pay his respects to the composer whom France held in such veneration. The interview was granted, and the officer, before taking his leave, sang 'In Native Worth,' from the 'Creation,' with so much feeling and expression that Haydn's eyes filled with tears, and he embraced the singer with warmth and tenderness.' An episode from the life o

Cartoon depicting William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904) a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. Illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th Century

LONG SKIRTS IN THE BALL ROOM, 1872 engraving

Farewell at the harbour, historical illustration, circa 1886

Engraving showing a series of scenes from the Goat Show at the Alexandra Palace, London, 1880. Date: 2 October 1880

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