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13,158 works

A Portrait: Lord Pomfret

Thomas Rowlandson, published February 26, 1812

Hand-colored print of a dandyish man in a brown tailcoat and yellow breeches with a cane, before a gatehouse and trees.

A Portrait: Lord Petersham

Thomas Rowlandson, published January 10, 1812

Pen drawing of three caricatured Dutch merchants in long coats and hats, one smoking a pipe, in conversation.

Dutch Merchants Sketched at Amsterdam

Thomas Rowlandson, published April 4, 1796

Pen sketch of an elderly woman in a bonnet leaning toward a younger woman in a street with Dutch shop signs.

A Dutch Abbess and Her Nymphs Sketched at Amsterdam

Thomas Rowlandson, published April 4, 1796

Hand-colored print of a bearded man in green robe and fur hat riding a white horse with embroidered saddle cloth.

The Persian Ambassador

Richard Dighton, 1849

Hand-colored caricature of a man in blue uncorking a bottle that bursts with froth, beside shelves of bottled caricature head

Uncorking Old Sherry

James Gillray, published March 10, 1805

Hand-colored 1797 satirical print of a seated official and a standing delegate discussing a clock tax over a desk and scroll.

An Enquiry Concerning the Clock Tax

Charles Ansell, 1797

Hand-coloured caricature of two men in armchairs in conversation, one thin and gesturing, one stout and laughing, with speech

A Tète à Tète Conversation on Recent Events

Charles Williams, published April 19, 1805

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in white kimono with red sash holding a sword, against a gray background.

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Hand-colored caricature of a giant man in a blue coat straddling a chair while small officials scatter below.

The Giant Factotum Amusing Himself

James Gillray, published January 21, 1797

Woodblock print of a figure in female dress with a black hairstyle, yellow hairpins and a floral kimono with chrysanthemums.

Portrait of an Actor in Female Dress

Utagawa Kunimasa, n.d.

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray showing a stout man in a blue coat speaking to men in a tavern, with a speech bubble

The Worn-out Patriot

James Gillray, published October 13, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of two heavyset men in top hats walking arm in arm past a lit brick building on a city street.

Pillars of the Constitution

James Gillray, published February 1, 1809

Hand-colored print of a parliament chamber with a man in a blue coat walking past seated and standing onlookers toward a cler

Sketch of the Interior of St. Stephens, As it Now Stands

James Gillray, published March 1, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of election candidates: a goose atop a greased pole, a devil behind, and a cheering crowd below.

Election Candidates

James Gillray, published May 20, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of Pandora lifting a flaming box before a crowded parliamentary chamber, with serpents and spilled le

Pandora Opening her Box

James Gillray, published February 22, 1809

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with combs in her hair, holding a green round fan, with poem slips at upper left.

A Selection of Six Flowers - A Parody Rokkasen (Yatsushi rokkasen): Bishop Henjo

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1798

Woodblock print of a stern man with a topknot in a plaid kimono against a gray textured background.

Bust Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo in the play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga (Blooming Iris: Sog…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1794

Hand-colored caricature of a winged devil on two sticks carrying a man in a cloak over a city and smoke.

Le Diable-Boiteux

James Gillray, published Feburary 8, 1806

Hand-colored caricature of a balance scale under sunrays, with two baskets of men hanging over a globe.

The Cabinetical-Balance

James Gillray, published February 16, 1806

Hand-colored caricature of a speaker at a railing addressing a crowd holding mugs, with a banner reading Pewter-Pot Bill.

The Hustings

James Gillray, published May 21, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of two men in a basket labeled Sinking Fund under a striped parachute of interest labels.

The National Parachute

James Gillray, published July 10, 1802

Hand-colored satirical print of a balloon carrying a papal figure over a crowd and Oxford-like spires.

He Steers His Flight

James Gillray, published August 8, 1810

Four hand-coloured panels showing a patient being bled, vomiting, purging, and then dining with a companion.

Breathing a Vein

James Gillray, published January 28, 1804

Hand-colored print of a shivering man in a top hat and green coat walking through rain past a gnarled tree and crow.

Raw Weather

James Gillray, published February 10, 1808

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 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 caricature of three laughing men in period coats, one in blue with spectacles, one in green, one in brown.

Sketches from Life

published by William Holland, 1810

Hand-colored 1819 satirical print of a seated master in a nightcap and a gesturing servant beside a pink canopy bed.

The Generous Master

Charles Williams Argus, 1819

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