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Hand-colored print of a woman with a green umbrella on pattens crossing a rainy street beside a basket seller.

Wet Under Foot

Thomas Rowlandson, published February 10, 1812

Hand-colored etching of a farm family showing their daughter at a piano to seated neighbors in a crowded parlor.

Farmer Giles & His Wife Shewing off their Daughter Betty to their Neighbors, on her Return from School

James Gillray, published January 1, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of two men driving a carriage pulled by three goats past a rocky cliff, with a whip raised overhead.

A Welch Tandem

James Gillray, published June 21, 1801

Hand-colored etching of a screaming woman on a yellow sofa tormented by demons and imps, titled The Cholic, 1819.

The Cholic

George Cruikshank, published February 12, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of a grimacing man in a red cap holding a bowl of medicine beside a fireplace and shelf of bottles.

Taking Physick

James Gillray, published February 6, 1800

Hand-colored etching of a man in a red nightcap smoking a pipe in bed beneath a framed portrait and a hanging sword.

German Luxury

James Gillray, published January 22, 1800

Hand-colored caricature etching of a red-coated man with a pitchfork facing an old woman leaning over a wooden stile.

Palemon and Lavinia

James Gillray, published January, 1805

Six-panel hand-colored caricature showing a sailor's career from landsman to Greenwich pensioner, with scenes of carousing, p

The Sailor's Progress

George Cruikshank, published 1819

Four-panel hand-colored caricature titled The Four Seasons of Love, showing courting and married couples in period dress.

The Four Seasons of Love

Thomas Rowlandson, published September 15, 1814

Hand-coloured satirical etching of a crowd in a city street listening to an orator on a balcony, with placards and verse capt

The Spafields Orator Hunt-ing for Popularity to Do-good!!!

George Cruikshank, published March, 1817

Hand-colored caricature of a stout woman in orange gown and a kneeling heavyset man in black clasping her arm, 1791.

"Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt."

James Gillray, published March 20, 1791

Hand-colored satirical print of a seated woman being inoculated, surrounded by caricatured figures with cow horns and animal

The Cow-Pock- or- The Wonderful Effects of the New Innoculation!

James Gillray, June 12, 1802

Hand-colored 1818 satirical print of three men unveiling a stage before a crowd of cheering spectators.

The Logierian System

George Cruikshank, published April 23, 1818

Hand-colored caricature of wigged doctors conferring over a large patient in a canopied bed in a period interior.

The Consultation or Last Hope

Thomas Rowlandson, published May 12, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a pregnant woman in a pink gown facing a seated man in a purple coat in a furnished room.

And Would'st Thou Turn the Vile Reproach on Me?

James Gillray, published February 2, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly woman in a blue cloak sharpening a blade by a fireplace, with a cat asleep nearby.

Comfort to the Corns

James Gillray, published February 6, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a red-nosed stout man in a chair having his nose treated with metal rods by a thin practitioner.

Metallic-Tractors

James Gillray, published November 11, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a blue coat surrounded by eager figures beneath an oak tree in a countryside.

Fortune-Hunting

James Gillray, published November 20, 1804

Hand-colored print of a bookshop with an author and bookseller in conversation, shelves of books, a ladder and a writing desk

Bookseller and Author

Thomas Rowlandson, published September 25, 1784

Hand-colored caricature of an old gentleman on a platform surrounded by crowds of servants seeking places, 1809.

Old English-Gentleman Pester'd by Servants Wanting Places

James Gillray, published May 16, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a butcher offering meat to a startled man beside a chopping block with price lists.

The British Butcher, Supplying John Bull with a Substitute for Bread

James Gillray, published July 6, 1795

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray showing an exaggerated embrace on a shore with a cheering crowd, windmill, frogs and

The Reception in Holland

James Gillray, published September 8, 1799

Hand-colored caricature of a distressed seated man being bled of gold coins by officials before a crowd of soldiers.

State Physicians Bleeding John Bull to Death!!

George Cruikshank, published 1816

Hand-colored caricature of a man pulling a carriage with a family, a woman reading, and a dog, beside a roadside signpost.

La Promenade en Famille- A Sketch from Life

James Gillray, published April 23, 1797

Hand-colored caricature of a nursery where Britannia sleeps in a cradle, watched by figures labeled with political references

The Nursery, with Britannia Reposing in Peace

James Gillray, published December 4, 1802

Hand-coloured caricature of French warships wrecked in a stormy sea, with sailors struggling and faces in the clouds above.

End of the Irish Invasion

James Gillray, published January 20, 1797

Hand-colored caricature of a French tailor fitting a stout man in a green coat before a mirror, standing on a Nouveaux Costum

French-Tailor, Fitting John Bull with a "Jean de Bry"

James Gillray, published November 8, 1799

Hand-colored caricature of Madame Françoise in chains on a stage among armed men, a knight, and broken regalia, after Waterlo

The Afterpiece to the Tragedy of Waterloo

George Cruikshank, published November 9, 1815

Hand-colored etching of an erupting volcano over fallen soldiers, a rearing horse, and warships at sea.

An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

George Cruikshank, published June 17, 1815

Hand-colored caricature of a muzzled dancing bear led by a man with a cane, with a fiddler and a small figure beside it.

The Bear and His Leader

James Gillray, published May 19, 1806