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Hand-coloured caricature of a weeping stout man in a tricorn hat and red coat holding a scroll.

Spotprent op de Bataafse schout-bij-nacht Samuel Story, 1799

Thomas Rowlandson, 1799

Line drawing caricature: a seated woman labeled Nederland faces a man with a raised blade, with cannonballs and banners Bali

Spotprent over de Eerste Atjehexpeditie, 1873

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1873

Pen drawing of Justitia with scales between two groups of robed judges entering an arched courthouse, sashes naming Dutch cou

Spotprent op het voorstel om de provinciale gerechtshoven te vervangen, 1873

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1873

Pen drawing of a farmhouse on a hillside with birds near a hedge, above a French verse caption.

Spotprent op de hervorming van de rechterlijke organisatie, 1873

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1873

Caricature of an election: a man waves a flag over a ballot box while three exaggerated figures in tall hats stand at left.

Spotprent op de verkiezingen, 1873

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1873

Satirical 1873 print of horses straining to topple a tree labelled Ministerie, with an elephant and a fallen horse in the sce

Spotprent op de pogingen van de conservatieven het ministerie omver te trekken, 1873

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1873

Lithograph caricature of three cloaked figures in a dark landscape, one holding a crown, with a Macbeth quotation below.

Spotprent op de herstemmingen in Gorkum, Gouda en Delft, 1873

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1873

Satirical 1873 print: a slumped seated man with a blank face in an armchair, addressed by a figure in a wide hat.

Spotprent op het niet herkiezen van Heemskerk, 1873

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1873

Satirical 1873 cartoon of a small man hurling Arnhems Courant newspapers at a larger liberal candidate from Deventer.

Spotprent op de verkiezing te Deventer, 1873

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1873

Political cartoon of a man pulling a cart labeled with government departments, slowed by dogs and a snail, 1873.

Spotprent op trage behandeling van zaken in de Tweede Kamer, 1873

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1873

Pen drawing of a straining nude man pushing a heavy sack up a cliff, a figure on a cloud watching above.

Spotprent op de Minister van Oorlog Van Limburg van Stirum, 1873

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1873

Etched satirical print of a fleur-de-lis filled with verse, above a council table of seated men with scales and papers.

Spotprent op het Franse verlies van Doornik, 1709

Abraham Allard, 1710

Etched political caricature of Mons as a steep mountain with a soldier, allegorical figures and a mouse, with verse text belo

Spotprent op het Franse verlies van Mons, 1709

Abraham Allard, 1710

Colorful 1870 lithograph advertising the Almanach pour Rire, showing a jester with a sword beside racing bicycle riders.

Reclamebiljet voor de Almanach pour Rire voor het jaar 1870

Cham, 1870

Engraved oval vignette of men gathered around a table in a club room, with a tankard, books and posters on the walls.

Boekenclub op het platteland

Thomas Rowlandson, 1788

Hand-colored etching of three men in naval-style coats studying charts in a ship's cabin.

Commanders Engaged at Sea

Thomas Rowlandson, published November 30, 1785

Daumier lithograph of two men beside a pile of boots and a shoe brush, one holding a boot and grinning.

C'est-y embêtant de brosser ces machines là...

Honoré Daumier

Daumier lithograph of a man playing an ornate organ while singing, with a woman leaning back beside him in a dim room.

Inconvénient... des domestiques qui ont servi chez M. Duprez

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Etching of two winged devils flying over a crowd of men, a fire, and a tower, with Dutch title text at top.

Spotprent met Johan en Cornelis de Witt die als duivels door de lucht vliegen, 1672

Jacob de L'Ambre, 1672

Lithograph of two standing men, one in dark jacket and cap, the other in feathered hat and shaggy cloak, against a shaded bac

Voila un avant-deux qui fait rire le municipal...

Lithograph of a disheveled bearded man leaning on a wall beside a reclining figure, with a potted plant behind.

Sa Majeste le roi des animaux

Paul Gavarni, 1851

Lithograph of a slender woman in a long gown before a mirror that elongates her figure, in a room with draped fabric and a bu

C'est singulier comme ce miroir m'aplatit la taille et me maigrit la poitrine! . . . Que m'importe? . . . Mme de Staë…

Honoré Daumier, 1844

Lithograph of a bearded man in a dark hat and coat smoking a long pipe, seated before a framed panel.

(Un Fumeur.)

Paul Gavarni, 1844

Lithograph of a woman in a long dress fixing a flower wreath on a seated man's head in an ornate room.

Cinquante-deuz papillottes (sic) par jour, pour que la Bichette a sa petite Maman soit mignon tout plein

Black and white lithograph of a seated man reading a letter, with a flowering branch behind him and a doorway at left.

Recevez en attendant ce leger acte...

Paul Gavarni, 1838

Lithograph of two men in period coats talking across a table with a teacup, the older man looking up skeptically.

Jour Anniversaire De La Bataille De Bouvines

Black and white lithograph of a woman writing a letter at a desk by a window, with an upholstered chair nearby.

Je fini en mouillant de mes larmes la...

Paul Gavarni, 1838

Lithograph of a ragged boy leaning on a wall beside a wicker basket of cloth, drawn in black and white shading.

Christy

Lithograph of an older man with a wine bottle lecturing a wide-eyed boy in a top hat, finger raised.

Mefie-toi, petit, des messieurs de la ville...

Lithograph of two women in 1830s fashion, one in a ruffled bonnet and belted gown, the other in a patterned skirt and shawl.

NOVEMBRE 1837. Robes en mousseline de laine. ...

Paul Gavarni, 1837