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

Pen-etration

James Gillray, August 6, 1799

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

The Pigs Possessed:-or-the Broad Bottom'd Litter Running Headlong into Ye Sea of Perdition

James Gillray, April 18, 1807

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

Pillars of the Constitution. Three O'Clock & a Cloudy Morning

James Gillray, February 1, 1809

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

A Plumper for Paul!-or-the Little Taylor Done Over; vide-the terrible Effects of provoking a Red-hot Shot from the Br…

James Gillray, March 13, 1807

Pylades and Orestes

James Gillray, April 1, 1797

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

The Reception of the Diplomatique and his Suite at the Court of Pekin

James Gillray, September 14, 1792

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

Spanish-Patriots Attacking the French-Banditti- Loyal Britons Lending a Lift

James Gillray, August 15, 1808

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

The State Waggoner and John Bull.-or-the Waggon too Much for the Donkeys!

James Gillray, March 14, 1804

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

The Theatrical Bubble; being a new Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politiico-Punchinello in the Art o…

James Gillray, 1805

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

Theatrical Mendicants Relieved - have Pity upon all our Aches and Wants!

James Gillray, 1824-27

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.

The York-Minuet

James Gillray, December 14, 1791

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

The Zenith of French Glory; - The Pinnacle of Liberty. Religion, Justice, Loyalty, & all the Bugbears of Unenlightene…

James Gillray, February 12, 1793

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

The Duke of Athol, East Indiaman

James Gillray, February 1, 1785

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat, top hat and tall boots walking sideways with a cane, by James Gillray, 1803.

"The Inexpressible Air of Dignity,-the Incomprehensible je-ne-sais Quoi of Elegance, which Appertains Solely to Men o…

James Gillray, March 9, 1803

Hand-colored caricature of a crowd of men in an ornate room, with a robed figure and speech banners above.

A Kick at the Broad-bottoms!- i.e. Emancipation of "All the Talents &c" - Vide the Fate of Ye Catholic Bill

James Gillray, March 23, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat standing on a cushion before a mirror and dressing table, with a speech bubbl

Lordly Elevation

James Gillray, January 6, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a top hat and green coat walking past frosty railings beside a Christie's catalogue placa

Maecenas, in pursuit of the Fine Arts.-Scene, Pall Mall; a Frosty Morning

James Gillray, May 9, 1808

A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned

James Gillray, January 11, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat and powdered wig, dancing with arms outstretched against a green sky.

"-So Skiffy-Skipt On, With his Wonted Grace"-Vide Birthday Ball. See Morning Herald. Jan-y 20th

James Gillray, February 1, 1800

Satirical etching of a seated painter at an easel beside political portraits, with a speech balloon and framed caricatures on

Two Pair of Portraits, presented to all the unbiased Electors of Great Britain by John Horne Tooke

James Gillray, December 1, 1798

Etched caricature of a sleeping man in bed, a devil at the window, and scrolls of charges and pleas above, by Gillray.

Tom Paine's Nightly Pest

James Gillray, December 10, 1792

Oval sepia print of a young child in a wide-brimmed flowered hat with arms crossed, with handwritten inscription below.

Portrait of a Child [Master Lamb]

James Gillray, 1781

Brown etching of boxer Mendoza in fighting stance, fists raised, before a crowd of spectators behind wooden railings.

Mendoza

James Gillray, April 24 [1788]

Engraved portrait of William Pitt in powdered wig and dark coat, against a hatched dark background, with coat of arms below.

The Right Honorable William Pitt

James Gillray, May 28, 1789

Hand-colored caricature of a clergyman hanging beneath a striped balloon over a crowded Oxford street with onlookers and a do

Tendanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo-Virgil, Geor:

James Gillray, August 8, 1810

Gillray etching of turbaned men with a Koran and a tablet labeled Imposture de Mahomet, beside an archway and donkey rider.

Theologie à la Turque and a Peep of the Coptic Mayor at Cairo, preceded by the Procureur de la Commune

James Gillray, after March 12, 1799

Hand-colored caricature of a lorgnette-wielding woman and a stout man reading a catalogue in a crowded gallery.

A Peep at Christies;-or-Tally-ho & his Nimeny-pimeney taking the Morning Lounge

James Gillray, September 24, 1796

Hand-colored Gillray caricature of a farming couple showing off their daughter at a piano before seated neighbors in a parlor

Farmer Giles and His Wife Showing Off Their Daughter Betty to Their Neighbours on her Return from School

James Gillray, January 1, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a man applying metal rods to the face of a grimacing seated man, with brandy and a dog nearby.

Metallic Tractors

James Gillray, 1802

Red-toned print of Saints Peter and John healing a kneeling man among columns, with figures and putti in a colonnaded hall.

Saints Peter and John healing the Sick

Parmigianino, 16th century

Etching of beggars receiving coins at a doorway, with an elderly woman carrying a child and a boy on steps.

Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Etching of men in robes and caps conversing in a dim synagogue interior with stone steps and arched windows.

Jews in a Synagogue

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Etching of a grand arcaded hall with a raised dais, a canopy, a crowd of figures, and a seated woman at right.

Medea: or The Marriage of Jason and Creusa

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Satirical etching of a reclining man and seated woman on a sofa with two dogs, plus a small inset scene labeled After.

Out of Fits, or the Recovery to the Satisfaction of All Parties

George Townley Stubbs, May 5, 1786

Hand-colored 1795 caricature of four women in exaggerated feathered headdresses and striped gowns, by Isaac Cruikshank.

Waggoners Frocks or No Bodys of 1795

Isaac Cruikshank, August 4, 1795

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a blue coat seated by a cluttered dining table, holding a spoon to his mouth.

A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion

James Gillray, July 2, 1792

Etched caricature of a quack doctor in a curled wig and fur collar, leaning at a table between two candlesticks.

Quack Doctor, G. A. Stevens in His Lecture on Heads

Isaac Cruikshank, October 10, 1793

Etching of a canal with an angler, two swans, reeds, a meadow and a rocky hill with buildings in the distance.

Canal with an Angler and Two Swans

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Etching of a canal with a large boat, a bridge, a leaning tree and a distant town with a church tower under open sky.

Canal with a Large Boat and a Bridge

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Lithograph of a man in cloak and hat gazing up at a woman leaning on a ledge under a vine-covered archway.

Viva La Madonna

Thomas Joseph Clérian, 1817

Etching of a farmhouse among trees beside a river, with a cow drinking in the foreground and hills under a pale sky.

Landscape with a Cow Drinking

Rembrandt van Rijn

Engraving of the infant Christ lying on straw, surrounded by cherub heads in clouds above.

The Christ Child on a Bed of Straw

Claude Mellan, 1662

Engraving of the Virgin Mary embracing the infant Christ within an oval frame with radiating light lines behind them.

Virgin and Child

Abraham Blooteling

Etching of a rural landscape with a round haybarn, dense trees, a flock of sheep, and grazing cattle under an open sky.

Landscape with a Haybarn and a Flock of Sheep

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Etching of cottages, a hay barn and trees beside a field with sheep and small figures on a path.

Cottages and a Hay Barn on the Diemerdijk with a Flock of Sheep

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Etching of a rural landscape with thatched cottages, trees, a canal, and a milkman with pails on a road.

View of the Diemerdijk with a Milkman and Cottages ('Het Melkboertje')

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1650

Etching of a ruined square tower on a hill above thatched cottages and a fence, with trees and open sky.

Landscape with a Square Tower

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Etching of nude bathers seated and standing by water beneath leafy trees, with hatched linework.

The Bathers

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Engraving of the Holy Family: a bearded man leaning on a block, a veiled woman, and a child pointing upward.

Holy Family

Dark etching of hooded figures gathered beneath a bright star in a shadowed interior at night.

The Star of Kings: A Night Piece

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1651

Etching of a haloed figure preaching to a crowd in a dim interior, with a sunlit doorway behind him.

Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe) (copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Engraved frontispiece of a Roman missal: Saint Michael chains a six-headed dragon beneath the Holy Trinity and cherubs.

The holy trinity with Saint Michael vanquishing a six-headed dragon, frontispiece to 'Missale Romanum ex decreto sacr…

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1662

Etching of a man kneeling in prayer beside a canopied bed with draped curtains and a footstool in the foreground.

David in Prayer (facsimile)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Etching of a kneeling man in prayer beside a canopied bed with heavy draped curtains.

David in Prayer

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Etching of an older peasant man with a staff and a child in a fur coat, with a woman at left, on a pale background.

Peasant Family on the Tramp

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652

Etched portrait of a young man in a fur cap and buttoned jacket, with curly hair and a direct gaze.

The Artist's Son, Titus (copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca.1656

Etching of a man with a golf club beside a seated smoking man in a dark interior, with a third figure behind.

The Golf-Player

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Etching of a stable interior with figures gathered around a seated woman holding an infant, with a ladder and barrel at left.

The Circumcision in the Stable

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Etching of a child seated among bearded, turbaned men in an arched interior, with onlookers and a cane-bearing old man at rig

Christ Seated Disputing with the Doctors

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Etching of a woman, a boy and a man with a staff walking a rocky path with a dog and distant town.

Christ Returning from the Temple with His Parents

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Etching of Christ seated at a table with a glowing halo, flanked by disciples under a heavy draped canopy.

Christ at Emmaus: The Larger Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Etching of a bare-chested man in a loincloth standing on a pedestal beneath a dark arched niche, signed Rembrandt 1655.

The Image Seen by Nebuchadnezzar

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

Etching of a sleeping man below winged angels ascending and descending in light, by Rembrandt, 1655.

Jacob's Ladder

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

Etching of a plumed, armored giant with a round shield facing a small figure with a sling beside soldiers behind a bank.

David and Goliath

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

Woodcut of the Virgin and Child with an older man in fur-trimmed robe praying beside them, with a castle landscape behind.

Frederick the Wise in Prayer before the Virgin and Child

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1490-1553

Woodcut print of an executioner with a sword beside a kneeling man, with women and plumed spectators watching at right.

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Etching of a goldsmith working at a pedestal in a workshop while a child holds a small sculpture beside him.

The Goldsmith

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655

Etching of a bearded older man in a wide-brimmed hat seated at a desk with papers and bottles.

Arnold Tholinx, Inspector (reverse copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Etching of a winged angel embracing a kneeling man at night, with sleeping figures in the foreground and a ruined tower behin

The Agony in the Garden

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652

Etching of Christ at a stone well speaking with a Samaritan woman holding a water jar, with figures and a town behind.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria: an Arched Print

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Etching of a half-dressed woman seated beside an ornate tiled stove in a dim interior, by Rembrandt, 1658.

Woman Sitting Half-Dressed beside a Stove

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Etching of a seated nude woman with bowed head, a draped cloth on her lap, and a hat on a chair behind her.

Woman at the Bath with a Hat beside Her

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Etching of a nude woman seated and bending to wash her feet, with a cloth and headscarf, against a dark crosshatched backgrou

Woman Bathing Her Feet at a Brook

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Etching of a winged Cupid resting on a bed with a quiver of arrows and a bow, surrounded by drapery and curtains.

Cupid Resting (copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Etched print of a bearded old man in a tall fur hat beside an hourglass, with hatched shading.

Philosopher with an Hourglass

Jan Lievens, 1620-74

Etching of a young man in half-length with curly hair and a loose collar, set against dense hatched shadows.

Young Man, Half-Length

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Etching of three dromedary camels walking left to right with two turbaned handlers at the left edge.

Three Dromedaries

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Etched bust portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur cap and fur-collared coat, shaded with crosshatching.

Bust of an Old Man in a Coat and Fur Collar (copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered turban, turned in three-quarter view, set against dense cross-hatched shadows.

Bust of a Man in a Feathered Turban and Long Beard

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Etched portrait of a seated man in dark robe holding a quill pen and blank paper against a dark curtain.

Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol, Writing Master: the Larger Plate (copy)

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Etching of a donkey-headed man in a long coat surrounded by grotesque caricature faces, with a seated figure and cane-carryin

All Who See Me Jeer at Me (Omnes Videntes me Deriserunt me)

Joseph François Foulquier, 1773

Etching of three bearded men in close group with a tall black hat, plus caricature sketches at right, 1773.

R.R.P. Doctissimi Bassinae

Joseph François Foulquier, 1773

Hand-colored lithograph of a woman in a bonnet and lilac dress walking beside a man in a green coat with a cane.

Mode de l'année prochaine

Charles Philipon, ca. 1830

Hand-coloured caricature of crowded gallery with women in huge decorated bonnets and men in top hats, framed paintings on wal

We Have the Exhibition to Examine

William Heath, 1827-29

Hand-colored print of two women in an opera box, one with a large white feathered hat and one with a yellow hat and blue plum

Opera Reminiscences, Plate 2: Hat Boxes

William Heath, July 14, 1829

Hand-colored caricature of exaggerated dandies on horseback galloping along a dusty track, dated 1819.

Dandies in Rotten Row

William Heath, January 21, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of a woman in oversized 1829 fashion with a huge pink lace bonnet and balloon sleeves.

Monstrosity of 1829

William Heath, 1829

Hand-colored caricature of a woman in an oversized yellow bonnet with green flowers and a wide blue gown.

Much Ado About Nothing

William Heath, 1828

Wood engraving of a sleigh overturning in snow, passengers tumbling out as horses gallop past a village street.

The Sleighing Season - The Upset (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IV)

Winslow Homer, January 14, 1860

Engraving of city people in top hats and long skirts snowballing on a snowy street under a shop awning, with a gas lamp.

A Snow Slide in the City (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IV)

Winslow Homer, January 14, 1860

Wood engraving of a man leaning toward a young woman at a counter while onlookers watch, from a Harper's Weekly page.

"Allow Me to Examine the Young Lady" (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

Winslow Homer, February 18, 1860

Wood engraving of a man, a woman in white, and two women in a doorway, captioned The Meeting After the Marriage, on a text pa

The Meeting After the Marriage (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

Winslow Homer, February 25, 1860

Wood engraving of a woman and girl at a piano in a parlor, beside a page of printed serial text and a garden scene.

Mrs. Otcheson at the Piano, and The Buds (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

Winslow Homer, March 3, 1860

Wood engraving of a couple on a beach at dusk with a man in a top hat approaching, framed by columns of printed text.

On the Beach (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

Winslow Homer, March 10, 1860

Engraved magazine page with a woman in black and a child, a parsonage among trees, and columns of printed story text.

The Lady in Black, Meadowbrook Parsonage (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

Winslow Homer, March 17, 1860

Night crowd of men in top hats before the lit Academy of Music, speakers on a platform, bonfire and fireworks at right.

Union Meetings in the Open Air Outside the Academy of Music, December 19, 1859 (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. III)

Winslow Homer, January 7, 1860