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Lithograph of a young boy in period dress leaning on a draped chair, holding a cane, with a hat on his head.

Alfred Feydeau, from Etudes d'enfants

Paul Gavarni, 1833

Satirical lithograph of a cloaked figure at a door marked Le Public n'entre pas ici, with uniformed men and a seated man at r

Karikatur auf den "ständigen Ausschuss" (commission de permanence); Napoleon III. (aus "Le Charivari")

Charles Vernier, 1850

Hand-colored print of a crowd of fashionable Parisians gathered before a print shop window full of caricatures and books.

Crowd in Front of the Publisher Aaron Martinet’s Shop Window in rue du Coq, Paris

Thomas Rowlandson, 1805

Page of an 1844 satirical print with caricatures of men, money bags, a coin barrel, ledgers and Dutch text.

Satire op de aansporing tot deelneming in de (zogenaamde) vrijwillige 3% geldlening van 1844 (blad 2)

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, 1844

Printed Dutch page with legal articles and satirical caricatures of men with banknotes and a pile of coins, 1844.

Satire op de aansporing tot deelneming in de (zogenaamde) vrijwillige 3% geldlening van 1844 (blad 3)

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, 1844

Printed Dutch page of legal articles with satirical sketches of a cat, a seated man and a group of figures.

Satire op de aansporing tot deelneming in de (zogenaamde) vrijwillige 3% geldlening van 1844 (blad 4)

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, 1844

Satirical page with pen illustrations of border signs, men in top hats, a money press and a trade company sign.

Satire op de aansporing tot deelneming in de (zogenaamde) vrijwillige 3% geldlening van 1844 (blad 5)

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, 1844

Printed Dutch page with legal text and satirical sketches of money bags, bales, a ship and two men, 1844.

Satire op de aansporing tot deelneming in de (zogenaamde) vrijwillige 3% geldlening van 1844 (blad 6)

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, 1844

Page 7 of a Dutch text with satirical caricature illustrations including a lion, a spider web, a skeleton and men in top hats

Satire op de aansporing tot deelneming in de (zogenaamde) vrijwillige 3% geldlening van 1844 (blad 7)

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, 1844

Hand-colored caricature sheet with comic vignettes of exaggerated figures in domestic and social scenes, with verses.

Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms

Thomas Rowlandson, published August 1799

Lithograph caricature of a uniformed officer raising his arms beside a figure holding a VESTINGWET fortress shield.

Spotprent op de aanneming van de vestingwet, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Lithographic caricature of a man in feathered cap and period costume with a sword, captioned with a Mephistopheles quote, 187

Spotprent op het muntdebat, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Caricature of a feathered figure with a shield reading against majority in the Second Chamber, a gold bar at his feet, 1874.

Spotprent op de verwerping van de muntwet, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Satirical 1874 print of a riverside skyline with boats, and a foreground row of flags naming Dutch fortified towns.

Spotprent op de vestingwet, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Pen drawing of a bespectacled professor in a gown greeting a crowd of men holding Adhaesie and Kiesvereeniging banners.

Spotprent op Prof. S. Vissering, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Satirical 1874 print of five caricatured men in long coats and wide-brimmed hats walking together with staffs.

Spotprent over de aangekondigde interpellaties over Atjeh, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Caricature of top-hatted men crowding a 2de Kamer doorway while a porter waves them away, 1874 lithograph.

Spotprent over het Atjeh debat in de Tweede Kamer, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Lithograph of a jack-in-the-box clown with bird-like hands emerging from a box labeled Comité Général, 1874.

Spotprent op het einde van het Atjeh debat, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Satirical lithograph of two men in top hats holding a banner reading Politiek naar Voorschrift, in a city street, 1874.

Spotprent op de Amsterdamse kieverenigingen, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Caricature of a bearded man falling headfirst with a flag reading Standaard, feathers falling around him, 1874 print.

Spotprent op de geringe steun voor het amendement van Abraham Kuyper, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Pen drawing of a shopkeeper and customer with a large stack of jubilee pamphlets labelled feestgaven and jubelzangen.

Spotprent op de grote hoeveelheid prulschriften verschenen bij het jubileum, 1874

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1874

Lithograph of a crowd on a city street watching a carnival float with winged figures and a skeleton holding a scythe.

Promenade du Boeuf gras

Honoré Daumier, 1839

Daumier lithograph of a woman in a feathered hat speaking with a bearded older man in a dark cloak, 1844.

Une Représentation a bénéfice

Honoré Daumier, 1844

Hand-colored caricature of a revolutionary fiddler above hanging clergymen, a guillotine and burning dome behind.

The Zenith of French Glory; The Pinnacle of Liberty

James Gillray, published February 12, 1793

Lithograph of a hen brooding eggs labeled with Dutch political topics, in front of an arcade, 1863 caricature.

Spotprent op de talrijke interpellaties bij de opening van de Staten-Generaal, 1863

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1863

Lithograph of two men drinking at a small table in a tavern, one in a top hat, with window posters behind them.

Spotprent op de verhoging van de belasting op jenever en suiker, 1863

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1863

Lithograph of a man climbing a pole topped with medals at a national festival in 1863, with spectators and a program board.

Spotprent op de hoop op een ridderorde bij de novemberfeesten, 1863

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1863

Satirical 1863 lithograph of top-hatted men crowding under arches toward an assignat note while a figure watches with folded

Spotprent op de speculaties op de beurs, 1863

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1863

Satirical 1863 lithograph of labeled buildings such as a Dolhuis, Gevangenhuis and Slakkenhuis, mocking a motion by Groen.

Spotprent op de motie van Groen van Prinsterer, 1863

Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1863

Lithograph of two ballet dancers in frilled tutus seen from behind, leaning together before a stage curtain, by Paul Gavarni.

Twee danseressen kijken door een gat in het toneelgordijn

Paul Gavarni, 1838