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Hand-colored satirical print of a crowd at an 1818 election hustings, with speech bubbles, a banner and a one-eyed officer.

The Freedom of Election

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, published June 22, 1818

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man dining at a table with two heavyset women in a kitchen with a roasting fire.

Beauties of Grease [altered to] Greece - or - Luxuries of the Kremlin. Vide Brighton Vagaries. A Kitchen Frolic

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, c. 1819

Hand-colored caricature of fashionable figures bowing on an esplanade, with officers in red coats and a crowd of women in bon

The Esplanade

James Gillray, published June 1, 1797

Hand-colored satirical print of three figures in gilt chairs exchanging scrolls, with a London map on the wall and verse belo

A New Mode of Presenting Two Addresses at Once

Charles Williams, published February 1818

Hand-colored caricature of a stout seated woman in a turban with uniformed attendants, while an elderly man bows before her.

Royal Condescension

George Cruikshank, published September 15, 1817

Hand-coloured 1819 print of an auctioneer selling a dead woman's clothes to a crowd of bidders in a room.

Sales by Auction

George Cruikshank, published May 6, 1819

Hand-coloured caricature of a man buying classical marble statues while a hungry family begs for bread.

The Elgin Marbles!

George Cruikshank, published c. June 1816

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 men hunting a charging bull past classical columns, with dogs, fallen figures and a sentry.

Hunt-ing the Bull!!

George Cruikshank, published February 8, 1817

Hand-coloured caricature of a man tossed from a Coalition Blanket by two men while a crowd cheers in a street.

The High Flying Candidate

James Gillray, published November 11, 1806

Woodblock print of figures with umbrellas walking through falling snow beneath a torii gate at a shrine in Edo.

Shinmei Shrine in Shiba (Shiba Shinmeigu), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Hand-colored caricature of a goose-headed man and a small man in blue dueling with pistols in a grassy landscape.

Patriots - Deciding Point of Honor!

James Gillray, published May 4, 1807

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 1805 caricature of a kneeling sailor praying beside a cannon while a naval officer with a sword looks on.

Equity, or a Sailor's Prayer before Battle

Charles Williams, 1805

Woodblock print of women beating cloth by a river under a full moon, with a pine tree, flying geese and distant mountains.

The Kinuta Jewel River in Settsu Province (Settsu Kinuta no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Various P…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/37

Woodblock print of a snowy temple with a red pagoda, a river, a stone bridge, and people with umbrellas in falling snow.

The Temple and Pond in Falling Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852 (Rat year) 10th month; 1852, Ne (Rat year) 10th Month.; 1852, Ne (Rat year) 10th Month

Hand-colored caricature of small men dressing in oversized military clothes before a seated figure labeled Treasury Bench, 18

Lilliputian-Substitutes, Equiping for Public Service

James Gillray, published May 28, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of three English generals on a stage under banners reading complaint, bankruptcy and starvation, one

English Generals on the Peace Establishment!!!

George Cruikshank, published January 25, 1816

Hand-colored caricature of a dancer with violin and a group of exaggerated men, with handwritten speech bubbles, 1805.

A Grand Country Dance

Charles Williams Argus, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of a man shoveling gold coins from a sack labeled The Sinking-Fund, with a crowd scrambling below.

John Bull and the Sinking-Fund

James Gillray, published February, 1807

The Comet of 1811

Published by T. Moon, 1811

Yellowed broadside of Spanish song lyrics with a woodcut illustration of a woman in a shawl and ornate borders.

El pagare de la charrita mexicana (The Promissory Note of La Charrita Mexicana)

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Hand-colored satirical etching of clergy tumbling through a stormy sky toward a golden gate, above a globe marked Ireland and

End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation

James Gillray, published May 17, 1805

Hand-colored satire split into Old England with ships and columns, and New France with gallows, guillotine and ruins under da

The Contrast or Things as they Are

James Gillray, published November 12, 1796

Hand-colored satirical print of a procession of caricatured mourners carrying a coffin labeled PARTY, 1798.

The Funeral of the Party

Charles Williams, published October 30, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of men carrying a polar bear, casks and treasures ashore beneath a British flag, with a ship in the h

Landing the Treasures

George Cruikshank, published January 18, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of a crowded election scene with coaches, horsemen, a donkey cart and cheering crowds on a road.

Posting to the Election

James Gillray, published December 1, 1806

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