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24,101 works

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

Grey lithograph of officers in uniform gathered in a curtained hall, a standing man gesturing over a map on a table.

Treaty of Léoben

Nicolas-Henri Jacob, c. 1822

Open sketchbook with pencil interior studies of framed paintings and a small watercolor of a seated man with cherubs.

Sketchbook

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, c. 1760-64

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

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

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 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 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 etching of sailors in Neptune costume lathering and dousing a seated landsman on a ship deck, with spectators wa

Sons of Neptune Shaving a Landsman!

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, published March 4, 1817

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 1816 caricature of two men and two women tugging at a torn purple garment in a draped interior.

The Battle R - L

Attributed to William Heath, published June 3, 1816

Hand-colored 1814 satirical print showing a woman in green clutching a coachman in blue beside a lion and a coach.

Plebean Spirit

Charles Williams, published July 25, 1814

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

Black-and-white print of nude mythological figures, a reclining man supported by a woman, with cherubs and a cloudy sky.

Venus Mourning the Death of Adonis

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1562-63

Hand-colored caricature of three men at a table with petition scrolls debating the income tax, with a kneeling figure at left

The Income Tax

J. Lewis Marks, n.d.

Etching of a smiling bearded old man wearing a dark beret and cloak, turned toward the viewer.

Smiling Old Man

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1770

Hand-colored 1816 caricature of a woman whipping a man bearing tax bundles, while a crutch-walking figure looks on.

Leap Year

Charles Williams, published March 1816