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Charles Williams

60 works

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Hand-colored caricature of a kneeling man in blue and yellow being abandoned by a winged brown demon holding a crown.

Boney Forsaken by his Guardian Genius

1814

Hand-colored caricature of a dancing Napoleon between two pillars, with a violinist, a rooster, and ships at sea.

Napoleon Dance in Holland

1814

Hand-colored 1816 print of a butcher flirting with a fashionable woman before a shop hung with meat.

A Neck of Lamb, a Round of Beef, and a Scrag of Mutton

1816

Caricature of John Bull viewing a satirical birthday feast of labelled dishes prepared by a cook in an apron, 1802.

John Bull Viewing Billy's Preparations for his Birth-day

1802

Hand-coloured caricature of two men dining at a table while a third man peers through a window at right.

The Honors of the Sitting! A Cabinet Picture

1805

Hand-colored caricature of an English bulldog holding a Malta bone while a monkey in French military uniform reaches for it.

The Bone of Contention or the English Bull Dog and the Corsican Monkey

1803

Hand-colored caricature of a small plumed Napoleon figure on a map meeting a stout John Bull figure with an oak stick.

Boney Bothered or an Unexpected Meeting

1808

Hand-colored print of animated carpenter tools and a green watering can with flowers walking on blade legs.

Implements Animated, Pl. 1, Dedicated to the Carpenters and Gardeners of Great Britain

1811

Hand-coloured print of household tools personified as two figures, a broom-headed mop figure and a pan-and-fork figure, on a

Implements Animated, Pl. 2, Dedicated to the Housemaids and Cooks of the United Kingdoms

1811

Hand-colored caricature of fashionable Regency dandies, a woman in a white gown, and a cobbler working in a room.

The Supreme Bon Ton, No. 3

1801

Three-panel hand-colored caricature of a man on a donkey, a winged figure, and a kneeling woman at a house door.

A Paradice [sic] for Fools-A Nocturnal Trip-or-The Disciple of Johanna benighted-vided Scourge No. XXXVI, page 510

1814

Hand-colored 1814 caricature of potted plants and figures in a greenhouse, with speech scrolls and a sunflower with a face.

Imperial Botany-or a Peep at Josephine's Collection of Engilsh Exoticks, vide the Champion Jany 30, 1814

1814

Hand-colored caricature of a startled cook in a smoky kitchen, a man peering from a salt box and a barking dog nearby.

Billy in the Salt Box

1805

Hand-colored caricature of a man in blue coat gesturing toward a blazing, sun-like caricatured face with yellow rays.

The Ex-Minister and the Meteor

published April 13, 1804

Hand-colored caricature of armored men and turbaned figures scrambling over gold coins and money sacks in a street scene.

Carlo the Great, Running Away with the East Indes

published June 1806

Hand-colored 1807 caricature of exaggerated figures on a stage, with a speech bubble, framed vignettes and drapery.

Karikaturale figuren op een toneel

1807

Hand-coloured print of a woman in a white dress warming herself by a fire, holding a book, with a cat on the rug.

Vrouw warmt zich aan de haard, een boek in haar hand

1801

Hand-coloured caricature title page with a jester, oval title cartouche and roundels of comic sporting contests, 1808.

Titelprent met karikaturale figuren

1808

Hand-colored 1814 etching of a woman in a white gown raising a whip beside a piano, with a spinning top and a man at a door.

De Hollandse tol, 1814

1814

Hand-coloured caricature of men playing cards at a table, with speech bubbles, a crown and a sword on the floor, 1806.

Politiek quadrille, 1806

1806

Hand-colored 1813 caricature of European rulers gathered at a table around a platter of tiny soldiers, with speech bubbles.

Napoleon opgeserveerd, 1813

1813

Hand-coloured satirical print of fishwives and men arguing in a fish market, with speech bubbles and baskets of fish.

Scandal Refuted or Billingsgate Virtue

1818

Hand-colored caricature of three quarrelling doctors beating each other with canes over a fallen patient, 1813.

Doctors Differ, etc.

1813

Hand-coloured caricature of sixteen national figures in two rows, each labelled with a country and a comment on Napoleon.

Nationale meningen over Napoleon, 1808

1808

Hand-colored 1812 caricature of a bookseller and a stout customer discussing binding a magazine in a shop lined with books.

Boekhandelaar in gesprek met een klant

1812

Hand-coloured caricature title page with grotesque figures, a jester in a mirror medallion, and crowds of exaggerated faces.

Karikaturale figuren

1807

Hand-colored print of a dandy measuring blue cloth at a shop counter while two bonnetted women look on.

The Haberdasher Dandy

1817-20

Hand-coloured print of a dandy in a blue coat admiring himself in a mirror in a cluttered dressing room, 1818.

A Dandy

published 1818

Hand-colored caricature of two officers in red uniforms and black mourning crape, one with a tall plumed helmet, beside a sto

Dismal Dandies, or General Mourning & Crape

c. 1819

Hand-colored caricature of men in period dress playing cards around a candlelit table, with a wigged figure watching at right

The Family Party

published February 20, 1801

Hand-coloured caricature of two men in armchairs in conversation, one thin and gesturing, one stout and laughing, with speech

A Tète à Tète Conversation on Recent Events

published April 19, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of men hauling a drunk man in a wheelbarrow past a wooden fence, with bricks and tankards on the grou

Clearing Away the Rubbish

1811

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