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William O'Keefe

19 works

Browse 19 works by William O'Keefe. 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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Hand-colored 1795 print of a woman in a pink gown carrying straw and flowers, wearing a towering straw hat with plumes.

A Bundle of Straw

1795

Hand-coloured satirical drawing of two men reacting to a basket spilling dead dogs, with a cat-headed figure on another baske

A Present for Past Favours

1796

Hand-coloured satirical print of a tax collector threatening a seated man with a pistol while his family looks on in alarm.

The Taxman’s Visit, (vide) the Devil will have his Due

1797

Hand-colored print of a winged monster with a human face standing over a red sea of blood, lightning and stars above.

A Vision, Vide, the Monster of Slaughter, The Distress of Nations; Deluge of Blodd

1796

Hand-coloured caricature of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza charging at a windmill, 1795 satirical print.

How to Attack, Defeat, and Destroy all France

1795

Hand-colored 1796 satirical print of a caricatured man attacked by dogs, with gallows and hanged dogs in background.

Dog Days, or Paying off Billy Budget

1796

Hand-coloured caricature of a monkey in royal regalia holding an orb and sceptre, with a crown and Windsor Park landscape.

Farmer George’s Wonderful Monkey

1795

Hand-colored 1797 caricature of men ducking a bound pickpocket in a pond while a cheering crowd watches from the bank.

Ducking a Pickpocket

1797

Hand-colored 1794 caricature of a tall dandy in orange bowing to a woman in a feathered bonnet and fur muff.

An Irish Attack on an English Surloin

1794

Hand-coloured 1796 caricature of a man kneading adulterated bread ingredients while a winged demon watches over an oven.

Making Composition Bread, for John Bull

1796

Hand-coloured 1798 caricature of a bishop with a crozier addressing a stout man in a blue coat, with handwritten text on both

A Pious Endeavour to Moralize John Bull

1798

Hand-colored 1795 caricature of two bruised men boxing while dressed spectators in powdered wigs look on.

A Contest between Oppression and Reason, On the Best Way of Settleing Debates

1795

Hand-coloured satirical print of two wigged men conferring at a table beside an empty treasury chest, with handwritten captio

Private Conference on the Meeting of P-L-M-N-T

ca. 1794

Hand-colored caricature of a seated inquisitor questioning a man with a Bible over property, with money bags on the floor.

Inspection of Property and Income, John Bull and The Inquisition

1798

Hand-colored caricature of a man in blue coat driving pigs with human faces, attended by black devils and flying birds.

Hell Broke Loose, Billy and his Gang, Working the Swine

Hand-colored print of a fashionable couple: a woman in a pink gown and plumed hat beside a man in blue coat and top hat with

A-La-Mode

1789

Hand-coloured caricature of John Bull bent under a tower of tax boxes labelled Assessment, with a gentleman adding weight.

The Fatal Blow, John Bull Overburthen’d

Hand-colored print of two women in period dress confronting each other in a room with green curtains and a window.

The Rage

ca. 1794

Hand-coloured 1797 caricature of a town crier ringing a Great Alarm bell beside a handwritten notice about lost money.

The Town Cryer, in Search of John Bull’s Lost Property

1797