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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hand-colored print of a man hauling tight the laces of a woman's corset beside a green four-poster bed.

Tight Lacing or Hold Fast Behind

Matthew Darly, March 1, 1777

Satirical etching of a skeleton beside a seated woman whose tall wig holds a carriage, with a framed portrait above.

A Speedy & Effectual Preparation for the Next World

Matthew Darly, May 1, 1777

Hats

Matthew Darly, October 1, 1773

Etched caricature of a standing man in a tricorn hat holding a framed picture in a cluttered study, with verse below.

Frontispiece to the 2nd Edition of Lord St[anhop]e's Observations on Mr. Pitt's Plan of Finance

James Sayers, May 29, 1786

Etching of a standing orator addressing seated men at a desk in an interior, with a man in a tricorn hat leaning in from the

Cicero in Catilinam

James Sayers, March 17, 1785

Etching of a woman in a full gown facing a man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe holding a chain, with verse caption

A Puff Off

James Sayers, ca. 1782

Pale watercolor of a stone bridge over a river, with boats, riverside wharves and a distant city skyline under cloudy sky.

Westminster Bridge, the Surrey side

Samuel Scott, ca. 1750

Sepia caricature of a tall spectacled tutor holding hands with a small monkey-faced child in a hat.

A Travelling Tutor and Monkey Child

George Murgatroyd Woodward, 1797

Etching of a calm river lined with tall poplars and dark trees, with a small boat and distant hills under a pale sky.

The Charmers of the Age

James Sayers, May 30, 1786

Hand-coloured caricature of a dandy with monocle and powdered wig gesturing toward a woman in a white bonnet and gown.

Buck's Beauty and Rowlandson's Connoisseur

Piercy Roberts, January 1, 1800

Etching of a barber shaving a seated man in a room of wig stands and a wall map, a political caricature by James Sayers, 1783

Razor's Levée, or Ye Heads of a New Wig Ad[ministration] on a Broad Bottom

James Sayers, April 21, 1783

Hand-colored print of a crowd gazing at caricature prints in a shop window labeled P. Roberts, Holborn.

Caricature Shop of Piercy Roberts, 28 Middle Row, Holborn

Piercy Roberts, 1801

Etched caricature of two fashionable women in plumed hats leaning toward a barrow man with a wheelbarrow of eggs.

The Go-Between or Barrow Man Embarrass'd

George Townley Stubbs, May 15, 1786

Hand-colored caricature of a tall man and a woman in a green bonnet walking, with a small figure pointing at them.

Long Thomas and Mad-le G-d Going to the Pantheon in Their Natural Masks

William Austin, May 1, 1773

Etching of a line of 18th-century figures in tall bonnets and tricorn hats walking along a coastal cliff path.

A Trip to Scarborough

James Bretherton, March 3, 1783

Hand-colored caricature of figures in a windstorm on a road, with a rider on a red horse and a flying hat.

A Hail Storm

Henry William Bunbury, 1800-20

Satirical 1776 print of exaggerated fashionable figures in tall headdresses at a crowded party, with a servant carrying a tra

The City Rout

Richard St. George Mansergh St. George, May 20, 1776

Hand-colored caricature of a feathered-hat dandy with raised sword sprawled on a lawn while balcony onlookers cheer.

The Gay Lothario. The Great and Celebrated Amateur of Fashion

William Elmes, March 16, 1813

Lithograph of a three-headed dog labeled with government departments guarding a cave, while two figures approach from the rig

The State Cerberus, A Leaf Out of the Ænead, Freely Translated

John Doyle, December 11, 1834

Hand-colored caricature of a stout seated man at a dinner table raising a spoon, with a stew plate and roast bird before him.

H(C)annibalism or an Irish Stew

John Doyle, August 5, 1833

Engraving of a fallen youth beneath a tree, a draped woman reaching out, a boar and cupids in a hilly landscape.

Death of Adonis

Hand-colored satirical print of a kneeling man being invested with a cabbage-decorated honor, watched by a judge and uniforme

The Ceremony of Investiture of My Ld Sm**th with the Order of Cabbage-hood

J. Lewis Marks, ca. June 1819

Engraving of an ancient marble statue of the Muse Thalia holding a comic mask, draped in flowing robes on a pedestal.

Ancient Statue of the Muse Thalia

Claude Mellan, 1669

Engraving of a winged angel holding a drape overhead above a scrolled bracket, with a putto holding stems below.

Statue of an Angel

Hand-colored caricature of a black horse with a man's face in a white wig, saddled, with a satirical sale caption below.

To Be Sold With All His Engagements-The Famous Race Horse Woolsack

William Heath, June 29, 1829

Engraving of a dying Magdalen supported by two winged angels before a rocky cliff and cave with trees.

Dying Magdalen Sustained by Angels

Claude Mellan, 1627

Hand-colored caricature of card players at a candlelit whist table, with a standing gentleman and a fireplace in the backgrou

A Real Rubber! At Whist

George Hunt, ca. 1825

Caricature print of a crowded gallery interior with exaggerated male figures around a draped table and framed pictures on the

The Matthew-orama for 1827-or Cockney Gleanings,-Aint that a good un now?

Thomas Howell Jones, March 26, 1827

Engraving of a kneeling saint praying as an angel points to a Latin banner in the clouds above a dying man in bed.

St. Nicolas Praying for a Dying Man

Engraving of a kneeling friar before the Virgin seated on clouds holding the Christ Child, with angels and rays of light abov

St. Francis of Assisi Adoring the Christ Child on the Virgin's Lap

Engraved crowd at a theatre pit door, with grimacing men and women, a playbill on the wall, and fallen hats on the floor.

The Pit Door / La Porte du Parterre

Robert Dighton, November 9, 1784

Etching of two women in tall plumed headdresses and fashionable gowns in a ballroom, with a chandelier and figures behind the

Characters in High Life

James Gillray, June 20, 1795

Hand-colored print of a woman in a green gown riding a shell boat pulled by three swans, with two cupids on a swan at left.

Venus a la Coquelle: or the Swan-sea Venus

James Gillray, March 28, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of officials feasting on gold coins at a table, with a treasury chest and petitioners at a window.

Substitutes for Bread;-or-Right Honorables, Saving the Loaves, & Dividing the Fishes

James Gillray, December 24, 1795

Hand-colored caricature of a wigged man in blue coat eating a frugal meal at a table beside a woman with salad.

Temperance Enjoying a Frugal Meal

James Gillray, July 28, 1792

Hand-colored caricature of two elongated gentlemen in top hats facing each other beside blacking bottles, brushes and books.

A Pair of Polished Gentlemen

James Gillray, March 10, 1801

Oriental Head

Charles Heath, ca. 1803

Engraving of a bearded saint in a robe being carried forward by two angels, one winged, in an arched hall with monks.

Saint Peter Nolasque

Claude Mellan, 1627

Engraving of Isabella pleading before a seated Angelo on a throne, with attendants and draped curtains behind, from Measure f

Isabella and Angelo (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 2, Scene 2)

James Fittler, 1794

Engraving of The Death of Arthur: a plumed knight with a dagger, a kneeling woman, a torch bearer and armored guards in a vau

The Death of Arthur

James Fittler, 1793

Pen and brown wash drawing of a hunchbacked painter in a tall hat holding a brush at an easel in a studio.

Il Gobbo dei Carracci

Arthur Pond, 1736

Etched portrait of a standing man in a top hat, long overcoat and cape collar, holding a walking stick.

James McNeill Whistler

Carlo Pellegrini, 19th century

Satirical print of a crowned king fishing on a riverbank, catching a fish labeled Taxes, with a barrel of other revenue fish.

A King Fisher on the Banks of the Thames

Monogrammist JVS, 1827

Hand-coloured print of women in furs fleeing an icy skeletal frost figure while a man in a greatcoat watches beside bare tree

A Naked Truth, or Nipping Frost

Charles Williams, February 2, 1803

Hand-colored print of a man and woman yawning in a parlor, the man sprawled on a red chaise longue holding a pocket watch.

Ennui

Robert Seymour, November 20, 1829

Hand-colored caricature of a top-hatted man stumbling through heavy rain on a street, with a lantern and a dog nearby.

The Opera Over! Or "The Last Man"

T. Gillard, 1827

Hand-colored satirical print of a dancing John Bull surrounded by personified food and drink items celebrating peace.

John Bull and His Friends Commemorating the Peace

Piercy Roberts, ca. 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a romp in an interior: a man in blue, a woman in pale gown, an officer in red, and a lady in a plu

The Romp

R. Rushworth, January 3, 1786

Pen caricature of a stooped man in a long coat straining to carry a heavy box labeled Landed Interest on his shoulders.

The Atlas of the Landed Interest

James Sayers, February 18, 1784

Hand-colored print of a crowd gazing at caricature prints in a shop window labeled Humphrey, with a motto banner below.

Honi. Soi. Qui. Mal. Y. Pense: The Caricature Shop of G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London

Theodore Lane, August 12, 1821

Etching of fashionable macaroni men in tricorn hats gathered in a print shop lined with framed prints, 1772.

The Macaroni Print Shop

Edward Topham, July 14, 1772

Engraving of an older man in a tricorn hat gesturing at a younger man in an elaborate powdered wig, with trees behind.

Well-a-day, Is this my Son Tom

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, ca. 1773

A Jemmy

Thomas Rowlandson, December 1, 1790

Caricature of a dandy in a tricorn hat raising a monocle, wearing striped stockings and holding a cane, with a Proverbs verse

A Jessamy

Thomas Rowlandson, December 1, 1790

A Smart

Thomas Rowlandson, December 1, 1790

Caricature print of a man in tricorn hat and cravat reading a paper, leaning on a cane, with a proverb inscription below.

An Honest Fellow

George Murgatroyd Woodward, December 1, 1790

Etched print of a crowded choir of wigged singers with open mouths, a conductor raising his arm above them.

A Chorus of Singers, or The Oratorio

William Hogarth, December 1732

Etching of two mounted riders leaving an inn as a dog jumps at their horses, with a woman selling eggs at a table nearby.

Sr. Hudibras, His Passing Worth, The Manner How He Sally'd Forth": Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hud…

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Caricatures of Lord Melcombe and Lord Winchelsea

Francesco Bartolozzi, December 22, 1781

Engraved print of two caricatured 18th-century men in wigs and coats, one seated beside a stool, after a drawing by Hogarth.

Portraits of Lord Melcombe and Lord Winchelsea

Francesco Bartolozzi, December 22, 1781

Stipple engraving of a clergyman in a curled wig and bands collar, glancing sideways within an oval frame.

The Parson's Head

Richard Livesay, October 1788

Engraved frontispiece with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler above a bas-relief scene of a chariot, figures and a seated alle

Frontispiece and Its Explanation: Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 1

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Engraving of a laughing theatre audience in wigs and bonnets, with an orange seller flirting with a gentleman on a balcony.

The Laughing Audience

William Hogarth, 1766-99

Etching of tiny figures operating a long siphon engine aimed at a giant beside a stone palace, after Gulliver's Travels.

The Punishment Inflicted on Lemuel Gulliver

William Hogarth, December 1726