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Hand-colored 1809 caricature print by Thomas Rowlandson showing a woman in blue and a man in red framed by green curtains, wi

Tegg's Complete Collection of Caricatures, Relative to Mrs. Clarke and the Circumstances Arising from the Investigati…

Thomas Rowlandson, March 27, 1809

Engraving of St. Gregory seated at a desk, writing with a quill, with a papal tiara and crucifix nearby.

St. Gregory

Claude Mellan, 1681

Engraving of an elderly bearded man kneeling in a cell before a crucifix, with a skull in a wall niche and a lion outside.

St. Jerome Praying in His Cell (Saint Jérôme pénitent)

Claude Mellan, 1665

Etching of St. Luke seated at an easel painting the Virgin, with an ox resting beside him.

St. Luke Painting the Virgin

Claude Mellan, 1625

Satirical etching of a bishop in bed with a woman, a mitre and crozier nearby, and a list for promotion.

The Bishop and His Clarke, or, A Peep into Paradise

Thomas Rowlandson, February 26, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly woman in a bonnet beside a smiling young man in bed holding a purse.

A Tit Bit for a Strong Stomach

Thomas Rowlandson, June 20, 1809

Engraving of a kneeling young saint in a robe with a cord, raising a hand toward rays of light and clouds.

A Young Saint in Prayer

Hand-colored caricature of two wigged men playing cribbage at a small round table, one leaning forward with cards.

Twopenny Cribbage

Thomas Rowlandson, [October 1, 1799], reissued 1810

Engraving of a kneeling bearded monk praying at a stone pedestal beside a cross and skull, with rocks and a tree behind.

St. Claude

Claude Mellan, 1664

Hand-colored print of a crowd in fashionable dress gathered before a Paris print shop window, with a tray-carrying vendor at

Les Musards de la Rue du Coq à Paris (Dawdlers of the Rue Coq, Paris)

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1810

Engraving of two robed monks in a stone interior, one gesturing, with seated figures in a meeting room behind them.

St. Bernard Taking a Brother to an Assembly

Hand-coloured caricature of a tall thin woman with a fan and a stout kneeling man in blue beside a mausoleum.

Dropsy Courting Consumption

Thomas Rowlandson, October 25, 1810

Engraving of a monk lifting a habit toward a kneeling monk, with kneeling figures, a cross and a tree behind them.

St. Bernard Receives a Monk's Habit

Engraving of a hooded saint extending a hand to a kneeling monk, with other monks kneeling behind and a town in the distance.

St. Bernard Presenting the Rule

Engraving of a robed monk gesturing to a bearded man who recoils with arms outstretched, a hat flying above him.

St. William, Duke of Aquitaine, Converted by St. Bernard

Colored caricature of crowded theatre gallery spectators with exaggerated faces leaning over a rail beneath an arch.

Pidgeon Hole. A Convent Garden Contrivance to Coop up the Gods

Thomas Rowlandson, February 20, 1811

Hand-colored caricature of a gluttonous man in green sprawled on a table while a woman reaches up with a tray in a kitchen.

Dinners Drest in the Neatest Manner

Thomas Rowlandson, October 1811

Hand-colored etching of a couple kissing among Egyptian mummies, sphinx statues, and classical vases in a cluttered room.

Modern Antiquities

Thomas Rowlandson, 1811?

Hand-colored caricature of three men haggling in a crowded gallery of gilded framed paintings, one holding a monocle.

Italian Picture Dealers Humbugging My Lord Anglaise

Thomas Rowlandson, May 30, 1812

Hand-colored caricature of smoking men around a Geneva barrel, with a small Napoleon figure shouting atop it in smoke.

Funcking the Corsican

Thomas Rowlandson, December 6, 1813

Hand-colored caricature of a figure in blue tossed skyward by a ring of men holding a blanket, crown and scepter nearby.

Friends and Foes-Up He Goes-Sending the Corsican Munchausen to St. Cloud's

Thomas Rowlandson, December 12, 1813

Satirical hand-colored print in three panels: a crowned tyrant, a weeping man on a rock, and a hanged man on a gallows.

Boney Turned Moralist

Thomas Rowlandson, May 1, 1814

Hand-colored caricature of a man in green kicking a fleeing figure while swinging a cane, with a gallows labeled Isle of Elba

The Affectionate Farewell, or Kick for Kick

Thomas Rowlandson, April 17, 1814

Hand-colored caricature of a defeated ruler seated among ribbons and skulls, with allied officers at left and a winged figure

A Delicate Finish to a French Usurper

Thomas Rowlandson, April 20, 1814

Hand-colored caricature print of a uniformed man lifting a fox-headed figure as hounds run toward him across a hillside.

Coming in at the Death of the Corsican Fox, Scene the Last

Thomas Rowlandson, April 12, 1814

Hand-colored caricature of a running uniformed man with a hare, scattering maps of European territories, by Thomas Rowlandson

Head Runner or Runaways from the Leipzic Fair

Thomas Rowlandson, March 2, 1814

Hand-colored caricature of a fleeing uniformed man beside a devil, a flaming sword above, and a fallen throne with crowns.

The Tyrant of the Continent is Fallen, Europe is Free, England Rejoices

Thomas Rowlandson, May 1, 1814

Hand-colored caricature of a green-coated figure at a balcony with a skeleton, devil and officers, overlooking Paris.

The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris

Thomas Rowlandson, April 16, 1815

Caricature of a man in a military coat caged on a donkey cart, surrounded by a jeering crowd, 1815 hand-coloured print.

A Rare Acquisition to the Royal Menagerie

Thomas Rowlandson, July 28, 1815

Hand-colored satirical print of a nude central figure surrounded by demons, with fallen soldiers and burning landscape below.

Hell Hounds Rallying Round the Idol of France

Thomas Rowlandson, April 8, 1815

Engraving of a nude man standing with a rope in one hand and the other arm raised, against horizontal hatched lines.

Man seen from the front, holding a rope in his right hand

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of a muscular male figure seen from behind, holding a skull in one hand, against horizontal hatched lines.

Man seen from behind, holding a skull in his right hand

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of a flayed male figure standing and holding up his removed skin, showing exposed muscles against hatched backgroun

Flayed man seen from the front, holding the skin of his right arm and leg

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Etching of a flayed male figure seen from behind, holding a cloth, with exposed muscles and a striped background.

Flayed man seen from behind turning left

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of a flayed man seen from behind, right arm extended, showing muscles of back and legs against horizontal lines.

Flayed man seen from behind, his right arm extended

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of a standing male nude holding a draped flayed skin over his right arm, against horizontal hatched background.

Flayed man, holding skin in right hand

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraved bust of the god Jupiter with curly hair and beard, draped in cloth, labeled GIOVE on the base.

Bust of Jupiter

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of Jupiter as a cuckoo embracing Juno under a tree, framed by decorative female figures and an Italian verse below.

Jupiter tells Juno of his love, set within a frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraved bust of the goddess Bellona wearing a plumed helmet and scaled armor, with an Italian inscription below.

Bust of Bellona

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Bust of Hercules and Dejanira

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of Juno seated in a chariot with a peacock, within an ornate border of putti, masks, and garlands.

The triumph of Juno who is sat in a carriage, set within a elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Juno speaking to nude women under a palm tree, within an ornate frame with putti and an Italian verse caption.

Juno at the right turning and speaking to the Fates, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of infant Hercules killing snakes as women look on, within an ornate garland frame with putti and masks.

The infant Hercules killing the snakes, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Ixion embracing a cloud he mistakes for Juno, with Cupid at right, inside an ornate decorative frame.

Ixion embracing a cloud, thinking it is Juno, Cupid at the right, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages a…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Juno pleading with seated Aeolus, god of winds, beside attendant women, within an ornate decorative frame.

Juno asks Aeolus to raise a storm against the Trojan fleet, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jea…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraved print of Juno with a child gesturing toward a seated Jupiter and eagle, within an ornate decorative frame.

Juno at left asks Jupiter to help the Greeks, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Juno and Athena with a winged Cupid reaching for arrows, framed by ornate scrollwork and an Italian verse captio

Athena seated near Juno who has taken away Cupid's arrows, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jeal…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Hand-colored print of a lake with a stag at the shore, framed by autumn trees and a distant mountain.

Moosehead Lake, Maine

Currier & Ives, 1857-71

Black and white lithograph of children playing on a rope swing and resting under trees at a picnic in a rural landscape.

The Children's Pic-Nic

Currier & Ives, 1857-71

Satirical etching of an ecstatic, round-faced preacher with raised hands, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1825.

Pie-Us Ecstacy - or Godliness (the Itinerant Preachers) Great Gain

Thomas Rowlandson, November 19, 1825

Hand-coloured caricature of a servant struggling to fasten the breeches of a very stout man in a powdered wig.

A Little Bigger

Thomas Rowlandson, May 18, 1791

Satirical etching of fashionable women in large hats and ruffled gowns in an interior, with a small dog and a towering feathe

The Supplemental Magazine

Thomas Rowlandson, January 1, 1786

Line engraving of a shop interior with hanging padded garments, fashionable women in hats, and a fitting scene with a seated

The Bum Shop

R. Rushworth, July 11, 1785

Etching of a theatre interior in chaos, with falling debris, torn curtains and a panicked crowd in period dress.

Chaos is Come Again!

Thomas Rowlandson, February 4, 1791

Satirical etching of ragged dancers and musicians in a street before a theatre, with a man collecting coins from onlookers.

The Prospect Before Us, Humanely Inscrib'd to all those Professors of Music and Dancing Whom the Cap May Fit

Thomas Rowlandson, January 13, 1791

Hand-colored caricature of two kneeling duellists aiming pistols in a saw-pit, with scattered weapons and a spectator above.

Slugs in a Saw-Pit

Thomas Rowlandson, October 28, 1791

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a plumed hat riding a crowned white horse atop a globe, with labels reading Power and Lib

A Great Man on His Hobby Horse

Thomas Rowlandson, 1803

Hand-colored print of a crowded Paris street with fashionable figures before a print shop window displaying prints and books.

Les Musards de la Rue du Coq à Paris (Dawdlers of the Rue Coq)

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1810

Hand-colored print of a crowded Paris street before the Martinet Libraire bookshop, with figures in period dress and a tray v

Les Musards de la Rue du Coq (Dawdlers of the Rue du Coq)

Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret, 1805

Engraving of a draped female figure standing in a niche, one arm resting on a ledge, holding an object.

A muse standing in a niche, left arm resting in a ledge

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of Diana the huntress with bow and arrow, standing in a niche with two dogs at her feet.

Diana the huntress acompanied by her dogs standing in a niche

Giulio Bonasone, 16th century

Engraving of a standing woman with a crescent moon on her head, holding fruit, framed in an arched niche.

Diana holding fruit in her left hand standing within a niche

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of a vulture attacking a reclining man, with two women and a flying Cupid, inside an ornate decorative frame.

A vulture eating the innards of Titius, Cupid above two women to the left, set within and elaborate frame, from "Love…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of two women and a cupid under a tree, framed by an ornate decorative border with figures and a mask.

Jupiter at left in the form of a shepherd accompanied by Mnemosyne, set within an elaborate cartouche, from "Loves, R…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76