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Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.

Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows a female figure labeled "Rep. Party" trying to choose from among three suitors labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison"; another female figure labeled "Dem. Party" is walking in the background with ... More

Messieurs Delaunay, Flexelles, Berthier, Foulon, et les deux Gardes du Corps qui ont été decolés par le peuple, voudraient passer jusqu'aux Champs Eliseés en depit de Caron qui ne recoit dans sa barque que le Sr. Remy François boulanger victime innocente de la fureur aristocratique: l'infortuné Calas et autres viennent le recevoir a l'autre bord

Messieurs Delaunay, Flexelles, Berthier, Foulon, et les deux Gardes du...

Print shows Charon accepting the baker Sr. Remy, mistakenly beheaded, into his boat while rejecting several government officials and guardsmen, all who carry their severed heads atop pikes; on the opposite shor... More

Monsieur veto - A drawing of a group of people on a street

Monsieur veto - A drawing of a group of people on a street

Print shows a monstrous giant, representing monarchical veto powers, is welcomed at an entryway by a nobleman; he has scales on his hands and feet, carries a bar used to enchain prisoners, symbolizing despotism... More

The heroic Charlotte la Cordé, upon her trial, at the bar of the revolutionary tribunal of Paris, July 17, 1793 / Js. Gy. desn. et fect., British Cartoon Print

The heroic Charlotte la Cordé, upon her trial, at the bar of the revol...

Print shows Charlotte Corday standing before the judges of the Revolutionary Tribunal with the body of Marat which lying between them. She responds to the Tribunal, "Wretches, I did not expect to appear before ... More

Allegorie op de rol van de de paus in de Gulik-Kleefse kwestie, 1615

Allegorie op de rol van de de paus in de Gulik-Kleefse kwestie, 1615

Politieke allegorie op rol van de de paus en de roomse kerk in de Gulik-Kleefse kwestie, 1615. Centraal een schreeuwende paus met in de hand een met laurierbladen bedekt zwaard. Door het oplichten van de flap (... More

William Humphrey - Two New Slides for the State Magic Lantern. Caricature, England.

William Humphrey - Two New Slides for the State Magic Lantern. Caricat...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Oh qui goose-toe! [O che gusto!], British Cartoon Print

Oh qui goose-toe! [O che gusto!], British Cartoon Print

"A companion print to No. 5905. Vestris fils, as in No. 5905, on the same stage, is dancing in a similar pose, poised on his right toe, his back to the audience, looking over his left shoulder smiling ..." (Sou... More

De eklips der zuider zon doet veele in't duister zitten veroorzaakt door de onpolitike maan der brn..., British Cartoon Print

De eklips der zuider zon doet veele in't duister zitten veroorzaakt do...

"This engraving is a Dutch satire on the failure of the South Sea Company, Mississippi Company, and bubble schemes of Jonn Law and others, 1720..." (Source: Stephens) Title translated: [The eclipse of the south... More

Captain Charles Vane - Public domain dedication image

Captain Charles Vane - Public domain dedication image

Illus. in: The History and lives of all the most notorious pirates, and their crews. London, 1725. Reference copy may be in LOT 4248. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tr... More

The Duke of N- - -tle and his cook, British Cartoon Print

The Duke of N- - -tle and his cook, British Cartoon Print

"The scene of this engraving is laid in the Duke of Newcastle's kitchen, where his cook, Chloe, is pointing to the "Proclamation against Papists", and remonstrating with the Duke, "Bégar, me can no rélish dis d... More

No-body--Som-body, British Cartoon Print

No-body--Som-body, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon showing two men, a nobody and a somebody. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

A reply, for the present, to the unknown authors of Villany detected, &c., 1754, British Cartoon Print

A reply, for the present, to the unknown authors of Villany detected, ...

Print shows Dr. Robert James, inventor of a patent "fever powder," giving his medicine to a sick man as a quack doctor steals the medicine from the doctor's pocket and a ghost denounces the thief. "... Dr. Jam... More

We are all a comeing or Scotch coal for ever / Sawney McAdam, invt. et fect., British Cartoon Print

We are all a comeing or Scotch coal for ever / Sawney McAdam, invt. et...

"This etching exhibits the road "From Edinbr. to Londo[n]" and many coaches, carts, and other carriages, going southwards..." (Source: Stephens) [By the Marquis Townshend] Related to event dated 1761 in Stephen... More

Common-wealth - the colossus, British Cartoon Print

Common-wealth - the colossus, British Cartoon Print

Print shows William Pitt walking on stilts; the right stilt, labeled "Sedition", points to New York, the left, labeled "Popularity", is firmly planted in London. He uses one crutch, labeled "Pension", for suppo... More

Britain, America, at length be friends ...

Britain, America, at length be friends ...

Print shows America, as a Native woman, shaking hands with Britannia with the goddess Concord standing between them holding a globe and an olive branch. Ships in a busy port are in the background, and a lion, l... More

The Parlmt. dissolved, or, the Devil turn'd fortune teller / design'd & engrav'd by G. Terry, Paternoster Row., British Cartoon Print

The Parlmt. dissolved, or, the Devil turn'd fortune teller / design'd ...

Print shows Lord North and another minister with the Devil who has conjured a Native male figure, representing America, standing on a prostrate soldier and holding a building, representing Parliament, from whic... More

Take your choice Historic map, Library of Congress

Take your choice Historic map, Library of Congress

Print shows two designs topped with crowns, on the left, a pyramid, labeled "Natural and civil liberty", and on the right, the scaffolding which supports the pyramidal structure; from a pedestal labeled "Army",... More

Lady Betty Besom, Bath / Matt[?] Darly fect. ag fort., British Cartoon Print

Lady Betty Besom, Bath / Matt[?] Darly fect. ag fort., British Cartoon...

Caricature showing Juliana Popjoy, aka Lady Betty Besom, riding sidesaddle as she leaps over a wall, "The sacred Boundary of Discretion." We see only her enormous wig from behind. Forms part of: British Cartoo... More

Mademoiselle de Beaumont or The Chevalier D'Eon

Mademoiselle de Beaumont or The Chevalier D'Eon

"D'Eon (W.L.) dressed half as a woman, half as a man. On his right side he wears a lady's full dress, his hair in the fashionable inverted pyramid decorated by a feather..." (Source: George)

Mr. Trade & family or the state of ye nation / St--t, B--rn--d, & Co. origt. ; G--rm--e, N--h & Co. excr., British Cartoon Print

Mr. Trade & family or the state of ye nation / St--t, B--rn--d, & Co. ...

Print shows a ragged family driven to poverty probably through the policies and actions of the Earl of Bute, George Germain, and Lord North, with some able assistence by former Massachusetts governor Francis Be... More

The f--x and H--d or rival candidates - humbly address'd to the worthy electors of W--r, British Cartoon Print

The f--x and H--d or rival candidates - humbly address'd to the worthy...

Print shows Charles James Fox standing on the left and Lord Lincoln on the right, facing each other as candidates in the Westminster elections. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division ... More

The late bombardment of government castle / C. Goodnight sculp.

The late bombardment of government castle / C. Goodnight sculp.

Print shows members of the new ministry besieging a fortress where members of the old ministry, including George III, have taken refuge; the ministries are bombarding each other.

Fox's martyrs or The patriots in limbo

Fox's martyrs or The patriots in limbo

Print shows Charles James Fox's martyrs during the American Revolution. On the right, Frederick, Lord North, hangs from a devil's pitchfork and wears a large stone labeled "American War" from his neck. In the c... More

The miser's feast, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

The miser's feast, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

Cartoon shows a miser seated at a table eating a meager meal; Death stands off to the right as an emaciated and naked manservant holding in his right hand a tray with a bone on it and behind him, in his left ha... More

The way to keep him as perform'd at the Richmond Theatre &c. Act V, British Cartoon Print

The way to keep him as perform'd at the Richmond Theatre &c. Act V, Br...

"Lovemore (Lord Derby) stands between Mrs. Lovemore (Mrs. Damer), who holds his right arm, and the Widow Belmour (the fat Mrs. Hobart)..." (Source: George) A scene from Act V of Murphy's play as performed at th... More

Behold, he prayeth, British Cartoon Print

Behold, he prayeth, British Cartoon Print

"Thurlow (right), in profile to the right, kneels in prayer at a table on which the head of the mace is visible..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and ... More

The impeachment, or "The father of the gang turned Kings evidence", British Cartoon Print

The impeachment, or "The father of the gang turned Kings evidence", Br...

Print shows Edmund Burke standing behind and with his hands on the heads of Richard B. Sheridan and Charles James Fox who bow before him over a railing, perhaps before Parliament. Burke says, "Behold the abetto... More

The Grand-signior retiring / Js Gy, d. et f., British Cartoon Print

The Grand-signior retiring / Js Gy, d. et f., British Cartoon Print

"The Prince of Wales, very fat and pompous, in night-cap, dressing gown, and slippers, walks in profile along a corridor leading from his own door (right), above which are his coronet and feathers, towards that... More

[Eh bien, Messieurs! deux millions], Political Cartoon

[Eh bien, Messieurs! deux millions], Political Cartoon

Print shows Napoleon Bonaparte motioning toward a statue, one of the many treasures he brought back from his first campaign in Italy in 1797, and addresses a group of men, possibly of the Directory. Title from ... More

Le Boureau / Js. Gy. d. & ft., British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

Le Boureau / Js. Gy. d. & ft., British Cartoon Print, James Gillray

Cartoon shows George Tierney dressed as an executioner standing next to a guillotine with a crowd of liberty-capped citizens in the background. One of a series of twelve: French Habits, No. 6. Forms part of: Br... More

Four Men Looking at a Painting of Venus

Four Men Looking at a Painting of Venus

Rowlandson made erotic prints that were in great demand among all segments of the population. Age differences, unequal love, often played a role herein. Here wealthy elderly collectors peer lecherously at a pai... More

Waltzer au mouchoir, James Gillray

Waltzer au mouchoir, James Gillray

A couple dance in an assembly-room. The man, active and disheveled, smaller than his immensely fat partner, holds the ends of a large spotted handkerchief, since it is impossible to grasp her waist. In the back... More

A British Seaman! A Heart of Oak!. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

A British Seaman! A Heart of Oak!. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

The Maid of All-Work's Prayer!!. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

The Maid of All-Work's Prayer!!. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Market Place at Cambridge, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Market Place at Cambridge, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Single Combat in Moor-Fields or Magnamimous Paul O' challenging All O'

Single Combat in Moor-Fields or Magnamimous Paul O' challenging All O'

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

The Stock Jobber's Prayer!!, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

The Stock Jobber's Prayer!!, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 17...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

A Compendious Treatise on Modern Education, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

A Compendious Treatise on Modern Education, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgia...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

The Monstrous Craw; or a New-Discovered Animal. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

The Monstrous Craw; or a New-Discovered Animal. Georgian era 1714 - 17...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

A Cully Pillag'd, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

A Cully Pillag'd, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Dilettanti-theatricals:--or--a peep at the Green Room.--vide, Pic-Nic-Orgies-- / Js. Gillray, inv. & fect., British Cartoon Print

Dilettanti-theatricals:--or--a peep at the Green Room.--vide, Pic-Nic-...

"A crowded scene, the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society are dressing and rehearsing..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in ... More

Theatrical amusement or Tossing - up for the young Roscius !, British Cartoon Print

Theatrical amusement or Tossing - up for the young Roscius !, British ...

This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1... More

Clearing a five-bar-gate, James Gillray

Clearing a five-bar-gate, James Gillray

A horse shies at a high and solid gate throwing its fat rider, who flies sideways through the air with arms extended. He wears red coat and top-boots. Behind shrubs on the farther side of the gate lies a bull, ... More

The Departure from the Coast, or the End of the Farce of Invasion

The Departure from the Coast, or the End of the Farce of Invasion

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Love Laughs at Locksmiths, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Love Laughs at Locksmiths, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

The magnanimous minister chastiseing Prussian perfidy, James Gillray

The magnanimous minister chastiseing Prussian perfidy, James Gillray

Fox, wearing a military cocked hat, with civilian dress, threatens Prussia (or Frederick William III) with his sabre, while he puts a foot on the sword that Prussia has dropped. The latter, a grotesque figure w... More

More Miseries: The Bottom of Mr Figg's Old Whiskey Broke Through

More Miseries: The Bottom of Mr Figg's Old Whiskey Broke Through

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

The Holy Friar, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

The Holy Friar, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

George Moutard Woodward - Dutchman, 19th century, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

George Moutard Woodward - Dutchman, 19th century, Thomas Rowlandson. G...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Horrid Visions of Nappy Napp'd at Last. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Horrid Visions of Nappy Napp'd at Last. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Exhibition Room, Somerset House (Microcosm of London, pl. 2). Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Exhibition Room, Somerset House (Microcosm of London, pl. 2). Georgian...

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain,... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall (Microcosm of London, plate 23)

Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall (Microcosm of London, plate 23...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a jury, political committee, politics, and government, no copyright restrictions. Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries B... More

A Spanish joke !!! / Cruikshank, del., British Cartoon Print

A Spanish joke !!! / Cruikshank, del., British Cartoon Print

Print shows Spanish men and women tossing King Joseph I in the air as a French man complains about his ill treatment. Information from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 16... More

The Secret History of Crim Con, Fig 1. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

The Secret History of Crim Con, Fig 1. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

George Moutard Woodward - Joint Stock Street, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

George Moutard Woodward - Joint Stock Street, Thomas Rowlandson. Georg...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Title page, from "A Lecture on Heads" by George Alexander Stevens

Title page, from "A Lecture on Heads" by George Alexander Stevens

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

The Art of Ingeniously Tormenting, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

The Art of Ingeniously Tormenting, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 171...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

King Joe on his Spanish Donkey, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

King Joe on his Spanish Donkey, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 -...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Dining Hall, Asylum (Microcosm of London, plate 5). Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Dining Hall, Asylum (Microcosm of London, plate 5). Georgian era 1714 ...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th ... More

A parody on Macbeth's soliloquy at Covent Garden Theatre, British Cartoon Print

A parody on Macbeth's soliloquy at Covent Garden Theatre, British Cart...

Kemble as Macbeth, in Highland dress, declaims before the footlights; holding out a coin in his left hand, he staggers back, left leg forward. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Con... More

A Tit Bit for a Strong Stomach. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

A Tit Bit for a Strong Stomach. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Theatrical mendicants relieved, James Gillray

Theatrical mendicants relieved, James Gillray

Kemble, followed by his brother Charles, and his sister, Mrs. Siddons, holds out his hat, bowing, to the Duke of Northumberland who stands at the gate of Northumberland House in the Strand (right). The great do... More

Dropsy Courting Consumption, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Dropsy Courting Consumption, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 17...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

John Bull at the Italian Opera, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

John Bull at the Italian Opera, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 -...

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) , 1 St. James Street, Adelphia, London Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatu... More

Pidgeon Hole. A Convent Garden Contrivance to Coop up the Gods

Pidgeon Hole. A Convent Garden Contrivance to Coop up the Gods

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

Italian Picture Dealers Humbugging My Lord Anglaise. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Italian Picture Dealers Humbugging My Lord Anglaise. Georgian era 1714...

Public domain scan - 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his h... More

Sportsman's Hall, or Fox-Hunters Relaxing. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Sportsman's Hall, or Fox-Hunters Relaxing. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

The father of the family takeing [sic] his eldest boy from school, British Cartoon Print

The father of the family takeing [sic] his eldest boy from school, Bri...

Print shows Napoleon being taken away "from school" by the devil ascending into the sky. No. "365" printed in upper right corner of plate. Tegg reproduction. Probably 1813-1815, after Leipzig but before Waterl... More

The Honey Moon (The English Dance of Death, plate 13)

The Honey Moon (The English Dance of Death, plate 13)

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors... More

The modern Job! or John Bull and his comforts! / Marks del et sc., British Cartoon Print

The modern Job! or John Bull and his comforts! / Marks del et sc., Bri...

John Bull, in tattered clothes, seated on a stool, gazing gloomily at a book on the ground: "The Extraordina[ry] Red Book". He is surrounded by the Regent with two gouty legs supported on crutches, Liverpool, M... More

Conspirators; or, delegates in council, British Cartoon Print

Conspirators; or, delegates in council, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows 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 pr... More

The Hombourg waltz, with characteristic sketches of family dancing / Knahskiurc, fect., British Cartoon Print

The Hombourg waltz, with characteristic sketches of family dancing / K...

"Members of the Royal family at an informal dance, the centre couple being Princess Elizabeth, grotesquely stout, and the Prince of Hesse-Homburg, who grasps her dress, unable to reach her waist..." (Source: Ge... More

The blessing of new taxes!!! / Marks fect., British Cartoon Print

The blessing of new taxes!!! / Marks fect., British Cartoon Print

John Bull, holding a pipe and a frothing tankard, is beset by the Regent and Ministers. Sidmouth furtively takes the pipe from his hand, looking over John's head at the Regent who extends his hand to seize the ... More

The political barbecue. Going the whole hog.

The political barbecue. Going the whole hog.

Andrew Jackson is roasted over the fires of "Public Opinion" by the figure of Justice in a cartoon relating to the controversy surrounding Jackson's removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United State... More

"The government." No. 1, [Eye] take the responsibility

"The government." No. 1, [Eye] take the responsibility

A satire on Andrew Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet," the pejorative name given his informal circle of close advisors. The print appeared during the heated controversy incited by Jackson's discontinuation of federal ... More

Executive mercy/Marcy and the Bambers

Executive mercy/Marcy and the Bambers

An attack on New York governor William L. Marcy's controversial decision to surrender Irish fugitives John Bamber, Sr., and his son James to the British consul after their detention in New York. The Bambers, wa... More

Loco Foco persecution, or custom house, versus caricatures

Loco Foco persecution, or custom house, versus caricatures

A satire on the publisher's own troubles with the Democratic establishment in New York. In his print shop Henry R. Robinson is confronted by an unidentified man (center, arms crossed) who says, "I am determined... More

Abolition frowned down. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Abolition frowned down. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A satire on enforcement of the "gag-rule" in the House of Representatives, prohibiting discussion of the question of slavery. Growing antislavery sentiment in the North coincided with increased resentment by so... More

Cutting down the hickory tree and disturbing the crow's nest

Cutting down the hickory tree and disturbing the crow's nest

Figurative portrayal of Whig opposition to the independent treasury or subtreasury system conceived by Jackson and implemented by Van Buren and the Democrats. In a large tree is a nest labeled "Sub Treasury" i... More

Loco Foco consternation or the orful kat-ass-trophe

Loco Foco consternation or the orful kat-ass-trophe

Another satire on the Glentworth scandal controversy, by the same artist as "The Last Card," "Evenhanded Justice," and "O. K." (nos. 1840-60, -62, and -63). Here the artist lampoons Democratic efforts to sensat... More

O'Connell's call and Pat's reply, Political Cartoon

O'Connell's call and Pat's reply, Political Cartoon

A condemnation of Daniel O'Connell's agitation of Irish immigrants in the United States against slavery. The artist, certainly E.W. Clay, presents a loaded contrast between turbulent conditions in Ireland and t... More

A Scotch reel. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

A Scotch reel. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Car...

"Two couples dancing a reel. The ladies wear the monstrous feathered coiffures then fashionable, see No. 5370, & c. ..." (Source: George) No. 5. This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Po... More

An analysis of modern patriotism performed by public opinion & displayed by public indignation / PH [crossed out] ; AW sct., British Cartoon Print

An analysis of modern patriotism performed by public opinion & display...

Print shows two views of Charles James Fox, on the left, as a member of parliament supporting the policies of Lord North, and on the right, when out of office, on a platform before a crowd arguing against the p... More

The near in blood, the nearer bloody

The near in blood, the nearer bloody

Print shows the Duke of Orleans dressed as a ragged sansculotte, holding an axe over the head of Louis XVI which rests on a chopping block, while Marie Antoinette pleads for him to show a "touch of pity."

Haut tapfer zu auf diesen Hund ... / J.M. Will, excud. A.V.

Haut tapfer zu auf diesen Hund ... / J.M. Will, excud. A.V.

Print shows Turks, represented by dogs, fleeing toward Constantinople after the Battle of Vienna, 1683. In the center, a large dog, representing the Sultan, is being beaten by two European officers(?). Overhead... More

Ornithology - Engraving, Public domain image, Political Cartoon

Ornithology - Engraving, Public domain image, Political Cartoon

A mild election-year cartoon portraying Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott (left) as a turkey and Democrat Franklin Pierce (right) as a gamecock. The two face each other from opposite sides of "Mason &... More

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th Nov.1856; for one hundred thousand dollars.

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th Nov.1856; for o...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

There, Tom, that's what I call an indoocement

There, Tom, that's what I call an indoocement

"Prices reduced during the holiday season" on sign in front of "Druggist" window. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Ager vs. information Young America politics.

Ager vs. information Young America politics.

Illustrations showing (1) a stranger interviews an Illinois native about Abraham Lincoln and the native goes into an "ager shake" (malarial chills); and (2) children discuss whom their fathers will vote for in ... More

The folly of secession, Confederate States of America.

The folly of secession, Confederate States of America.

South Carolina struggles against the outgoing Buchanan administration in an attempt to "smash the Union up!" The artist uses the age-old pictorial conceit of two parties pulling on the different ends of a cow, ... More

The voluntary manner in which some of the Southern volunteers enlist / Thomas Worth, del.

The voluntary manner in which some of the Southern volunteers enlist /...

A facetious view of the Confederate states' early efforts to man a volunteer army during the Civil War. The interior of an enlistment center is shown, where a ragged recruit enters from the left at bayonet poin... More

Uncle Abe--"Hello! Ben, is that you? Glad to see you!" Butler--"Yes, Uncle Abe. Got through with that New Orleans job. Cleaned them out and scrubbed them up! Any more scrubbing to give out?" / / J.McL.

Uncle Abe--"Hello! Ben, is that you? Glad to see you!" Butler--"Yes, U...

Cartoon showing President Abraham Lincoln leaning around a door, his left arm extending toward General Benjamin Butler, shown full-length, facing slightly right, standing with carpet bag labeled, "Butler N.O." ... More

The Chicago platform / Th. Nast., Confederate States of America.

The Chicago platform / Th. Nast., Confederate States of America.

A deceptive broadside, ostensibly a pro-McClellan campaign piece but actually a piercing attack on the Democratic platform. In the center is a portrait of Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan... More

The sphynx at the War Office - Political cartoon, public domain image

The sphynx at the War Office - Political cartoon, public domain image

Soldier and civilian looking at sphynx with face of Ulysses S. Grant with cigar in mouth, with the soldier saying, "That's a grand thing" and the civilian saying, "Yes, rathering imposing; but what does it mean... More

Total destruction of the Democratic platform / terrible shipwreck and loss of life in Salt River

Total destruction of the Democratic platform / terrible shipwreck and ...

Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

[James Blaine with "As speaker" and "R.R. jobs" letters sticking out of his back pocket and reaching for "the Mulligan letters" over "Blaine's record" hat]

[James Blaine with "As speaker" and "R.R. jobs" letters sticking out o...

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1980:080.4). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The Union as it was The lost cause, worse than slavery / / Th. Nast.

The Union as it was The lost cause, worse than slavery / / Th. Nast.

Man "White League" shaking hands with Ku Klux Klan member over shield illustrated with African American couple with dead(?) baby. In background, man hanging from tree. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 18, no. 930... More

Selling Christmas greens--a scene in Richmond, Virginia / drawn by W.L. Sheppard. ; W.L.S.

Selling Christmas greens--a scene in Richmond, Virginia / drawn by W.L...

Afro-American man selling a large branch of holly to a woman. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1875 Dec. 25, p. 1037.

Hold the fort The spirit of the war revived ; The war was not, and shall not be, a failure / / Th. Nast ; drawn by Th. Nast.

Hold the fort The spirit of the war revived ; The war was not, and sha...

Print shows ghostly Union soldiers standing behind graves outside a fort with Washington, D.C. in the background. Published in Harper's weekly, v. 20, no. 1032, 1876 October 7, pp. 812-813. Ben and Beatrice Go... More

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