Caricature & Satire

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in top hat and striped waistcoat leaning on a walking stick, 1799.

Hand-colored Gillray caricature of robed clergy and gentlemen around a table with an infant in a basket, under gilded candela

Hand-colored caricature of a stout woman in pink gown and floral shawl holding a bowl, with a satirical caption below.

Three men in purple robes and tall caps, one gesturing and one holding a green book, in a hand-colored 1798 etching.

Hand-coloured satirical print of a tax collector with a ledger at a door, a stout man with a money bag, and children in a str

Hand-colored satirical etching of a man in a top hat holding a balance scale and Union Jack, with political text banners.

Hand-colored caricature of a large king with a telescope examining a tiny soldier on his palm, with a handwritten speech ball

Hand-colored caricature of a man with raised sword scolding a kneeling figure, with a feathered officer at right and speech b

Sepia print of four winged putti in an oval frame, one raising a crown beside a veiled figure, titled The Marriage of Cupid a

Etching of the muse Melpomene in a long gown reaching toward a net in a sunburst, with storm clouds at left.

Hand-colored print of a seated woman in a feathered turban and yellow-dotted gown, with her reflection in a mirror behind her

Hand-colored caricature of a male ballet dancer in striped tights flanked by four female dancers beneath a sun.

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray of many human-faced piglets crowding to suckle a large sow beside a thatched cottage

Etching of a woman in a flowing gown holding up a long rose garland against a leafy landscape background.

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat, top hat and gloves walking with a cane, by James Gillray, 1799.

Hand-colored caricature of a farmer pitchforking human-faced pigs off a cliff into rough sea waves.

Hand-colored caricature of two drunken men in top hats stumbling along a lamplit street outside Brooks&#39;s club.

Hand-colored satirical etching of a chaotic parliament chamber with a bird-bodied figure, smoke blasts, and a startled crowd.

Hand-colored caricature of two men in top hats walking in profile, one in a blue coat with a cane, by James Gillray, 1797.

Hand-colored caricature of a Chinese emperor receiving a European envoy surrounded by gifts, balloon and onlookers.

Hand-colored caricature of a battle with Spanish patriots, nuns, priests and a British grenadier amid smoke and fallen soldie

Hand-colored caricature of a loaded British state wagon stuck in mud, pulled by donkeys, with figures shouting for help.

Hand-colored caricature of a Punchinello figure blowing a large bubble above a crowd, with gold coins and a theatre building

Hand-colored caricature of theatre performers begging at a door before a burning city, with a woman holding a pink purse.

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a red coat and blue sash dancing a minuet with a woman in a pink gown and tall wig.

Hand-coloured satirical print of a revolutionary dancing over hanged clergy beside a guillotine and burning dome.

Engraving of a burning East Indiaman ship amid smoke, with survivors in rowing boats on rough sea.