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Augusto Grossi

30 works

Browse 30 works by Augusto Grossi from the Library of Congress. Every work here links to the museum that holds it, and anyone can save it at up to 2,500 pixels on the long side without paying.

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Colored caricature of national figures around fenced village with a gold-baited steel trap, Italian and French captions below

Quante trappole! Que de piêges!

1879

Colored caricature lithograph of political figures climbing a rocky mountain path with an eagle, an ox and serpents.

Ostacoli alpinistic

1878

Colored satirical lithograph of a weeping woman, a guitarist in a boat, and figures before fortress walls and a crescent moon

Parodia del trovatore

1878

Colored satirical print of a helmeted man shielding women with national fans beside political statues in a gallery.

Belle arti-gallerie politiche Beaux arts galeries politiques

1879

Hand-colored Italian political caricature from Papagallo 1878, showing Russian and English figures above Father Time cooking

Attualità politiche

1878

Colored caricature of figures in doorways of a row of houses watching a lion in a garden by a river.

Un leone nel giardino

1878

Colored satirical print of two caricatured men meeting midair on rockets above a village, under a teal sky with star faces.

Incontro diplomatico Rencontre diplomatique

1879

Colored satirical print of a circus scene with a ballerina labeled Conferenza, a clown, a ringmaster, and animals in boxes.

Desiderato debutto di miss conferenza

1878

Colourful satirical print with caricatured figures: a Russian soldier, a British flag bearer, a Turk, and a seated woman with

Casi imprevisti Palpiti d’ attualità

1878

Two-panel colour caricature with a crowned Europa among child figures and a man opening a puppet box before a seated figure.

I figli d’Europa Lo spauracchio

1878

Colour caricature of bears, a wolf and soldiers climbing pine poles beside a wall labelled Panslavismo, with captions.

Panslavismo

1882

Colored satirical lithograph of caricatured soldiers charging with sabers over a sleeping officer beneath a tree, with white

Il sogno di Giacò Slonfer

1878

Colored satirical print of caricatured men in uniforms directing water through canals, pumps and hoses, 1878.

Profitto delle sorgenti politiche

1878

Colored 1879 lithograph by Augusto Grossi of commedia dell'arte performers in a comic outdoor scene with a harlequin and a wo

La solita pantomina Toujours la mème féerie

1879

Colored caricature of two kitchens with cooks in costume, and two uniformed men with bread and sausage in a doorway.

Le due cucine

1878

Colored caricature of uniformed men in a tug of war over a seated man, with spectators behind a brick wall.

Le due Susanne

1878

Colored satirical print of caricatured figures on garden benches, with a turtle in the foreground and an Italian caption belo

Lo statuto Prima Domenica di Giugno

1878

Colored satirical lithograph of caricatured figures brawling in a tavern, with a cake, overturned chair and a cat on barrels.

Osteria della politica

1877

Colored political caricature: a man photographs a lakeside scene while a rider on a donkey, swarmed by wasps, approaches a ga

Le occupazioni

1878

Colored satirical print of a carriage driver with umbrella, donkeys, and cheering men with bottles outside an inn.

Un ingresso trionfale

1878

Colorful 1878 caricature by Augusto Grossi showing a sleeping giant surrounded by allegorical figures, ghosts, a lobster, and

Il sogno di Pantagruel

1878

Colored caricature lithograph of a bearded man in a vaulted wine cellar with barrels, soldiers at a barred window.

Fu l’ ultimo il briccone

1878

Hand-colored caricature of men pulled by a whip across a hillside toward a minaret skyline, with a crescent moon.

Una catastrofe

1877

Colored political caricature of blindfolded nation figures between two clay pots labeled Pace and Guerra, with a crowd watchi

Una pentola di pace vale una di guerra

1878

Hand-colored 1877 caricature lithograph of national figures in procession, with a castle labeled Dardanelli and snarling dogs

Le figurine mondiali

1877

Colored caricature of men stirring a cauldron of polenta in a kitchen, with costumed figures and a chef watching.

La polenta

1877

Colour satirical print of animals in a banquet feast celebrating a lion wedding, with journalists reading newspapers.

Gli animali parlanti Les animaux parlants

1879

Colored satirical map of Europe with a giant octopus labeled Russia reaching over the continent and seas.

La piovra Russa

1878

Colored caricature of Ottoman and European figures beside a crumbling city gate, with pyramids labeled Guerra and Pace.

Un’ infornata di nuovo genere

1878

Colorful 1878 caricature of hot air balloons with an elephant, parrot, and political figures drifting across a pale blue sky.

Rivista aerostatica

1878