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Lithograph of a woman in a bonnet leaning over a seated man at a desk, who holds up a letter, with handwritten text below.

Vrouw speelt haar man een brief door

Paul Gavarni, 1838

Lithograph of a man in a theatre box ogling ballet dancers through opera glasses while a woman beside him watches disapprovin

“- Mr. Colimard, if you don't stop immediately ogling the dancers in such an unseemly manner, I will take you home be…

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Lithograph of a maid in a white bonnet and apron reading a letter in an open doorway, with French caption below.

Dienstmeisje probeert liefdesbrief van haar meesteres te lezen

Paul Gavarni, 1839

Lithograph of a woman with a letter and a man in a top hat on a city street, with a carriage and buildings behind them.

Vrouw stopt een envelop in de brievenbus

Paul Gavarni, 1839

Lithograph of two women whispering behind a man in a top hat before a shop window on a cobbled street.

Twee vrouwen praten achter de rug van een man om

Paul Gavarni, 1838

Hand-colored lithograph of a man in harlequin costume beside a stove while an older woman works in a kitchen behind him.

Man in harlekijnspak bij zijn moeder in de keuken

Paul Gavarni, 1839

Lithograph of a costumed couple buying tickets at a BUREAU window for a masked ball, with onlookers behind them.

Man betaalt kaartje voor een gemaskerd bal

Paul Gavarni, 1838

Lithograph of a stern theater director with folded arms facing a woman in a feathered bonnet, with balcony audience behind.

The Terrible Director. “- Indeed! You are telling me that you missed today's rehearsal because you had to set leeches…

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Lithograph of two shocked women in bonnets at a crowded salon, with nude paintings and a statue on the walls behind them.

“- Still more Venuses this year... always Venuses!... as if there were any women built like that!,” plate 2 from Croq…

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier lithograph of a top-hatted man and a woman looking up at framed paintings while a young man watches beside them.

Looking at the Painting of Manet. “- Why the devil is this fat, red-faced woman in her nightdress called Olympia? - B…

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Lithograph of a hunter firing a rifle over a hillside as his own dog lies dead in the grass, with smoke rising.

“- Oh blast! .... it's again my own dog that I shot..... that's the third one in two years.... I'm really not very lu…

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Pen drawing of a windmill in a polder with sails labelled with political groups, ducks in the water, and a verse below.

Politieke spotprent, 1882

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1882

Pen drawing of a bearded, bespectacled man seated with a pointer, smoke from a pipe curling above a table with bookshelves be

Politieke spotprent over West-Indië, 1882

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1882

Pen drawing of a crowned woman reclining on a couch while a standing woman gestures, with a Dutch caption below.

Politieke spotprent over Nederlands-Indië, 1882

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1882

Satirical 1882 lithograph of an officer, a gentleman and a veiled figure before pyramids and a carved sphinx head.

Politieke spotprent over Egypte, 1882

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1882

Ink cartoon of a stranded sailing boat on a beach, with horses and a man in a top hat trying to pull it to sea.

Politieke spotprent over het gemeentebestuur van Den Haag, 1882

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1882

Ink caricature of a bearded man attacked by vultures, with Dutch caption about a minister threatened in parliament, 1882.

Politieke spotprent over Den Haag, 1882

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1882

Ink caricature of an 1882 Amsterdam exhibition of women's art, showing seated men and women visitors among paintings and bust

Spotprent nav een tentoonstelling van vrouwelijke kunstwerken te Amsterdam, 1882

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1882

Ink cartoon of a woman on a wall watching for news while seated and standing men look on, from 1882 political cartoon.

Politieke spotprent over de ministeriële crisis, 1882

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1882

Lithograph of two women in a room, one in black holding a printed sheet, the other with long hair frowning at it.

Twee vrouwen ontdekken een karikatuur in 'Le Charivari

Honoré Daumier, 1844

Two caricatured newspaper vendors in top hats exchange papers in a doorway, lithograph by Daumier, 1845.

Twee verkopers van het tijdschrift 'L'Époque

Honoré Daumier, 1845

Etched broadside with four scenes of battle, soldiers, and allegorical figures above columns of text, 1674.

Spotprent op de oorlog met Frankrijk, 1674

Romeyn de Hooghe, 1674

Colored print of hunters on horseback and a pack of hounds gathering under a large tree in the morning.

Going Out in the Morning

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1786

Hand-colored print of a fox hunt: riders tumble from horses on a hillside while hounds race across the open landscape.

The Chase

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1787

Hand-colored print of hunters on horseback and hounds surrounding a fox beneath a large tree, one rider blowing a horn.

The Death of the Fox

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1786

Hand-colored print of men in period coats raising wine glasses at a rowdy dinner, with armor statues and dogs in the room.

The Dinner

Thomas Rowlandson, 1787

Daumier lithograph of an officer and examiner measuring thin, undressed young recruits at a height rod in 1842.

The Recruiting Board. “Isn't it a glorious sight: these noble young Frenchmen full of ardour, strength and elegance r…

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Hand-colored caricature of a running wigged man blowing a trumpet, carrying bundles of printed pages past a bookshop.

Spotprent op The Penny Magazine

Charles Jameson Grant, 1832

Engraving of Cromwell with a devil figure and a seated old man, with Dutch inscriptions and ships in the background.

Spotprent op Cromwell, ca. 1652-1654

Salomon Savery, 1652

Etching of tiny fairies inspecting artworks labeled Raphael, Titian, Hogarth and Rembrandt in an ornate gallery room.

Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's Collection of Drawings

George Cruikshank, 1868