Satire Collection (#26)

Satirical ballooning cartoon, Lord Grenville
He Steers His Flight. Satirical cartoon on the subject of Lord Grenvilles installation as Chancellor of Oxford University

Satirical ballooning cartoon
Satirical cartoon: The Aerostatic Stage Balloon sets out from Swan with two necks Various passengers can be seen, sitting on three levels. They include royalty, a pope, a cardinal and a devil. 1783

Tolpuddle Martyrs
The Tolpuddle Martyrs caricature, April 1834, the Dorchester Unionists imploring mercy of their king Date: 1834

Free Trade satire
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman caricature as Free Trade store owner with high prices of produce in 1908 Date: 1908

Radical Unity cartoon
Conservative Party political cartoon, radical unity and the British government1906 Date: 1906

Revue of reviews a musical satire of today Hollywood Playhouse, Vine near Hollywood Blvd. : Federal Theatre Project div. of WPA

The merry musical satire Ready! Aim! Fire! The merry musical
The merry musical satire Ready! Aim! Fire!. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Ready! Aim! Fire! at the Hollywood Playhouse, showing explosions of musical notes on a globe. Date 1937

Police brutality, Satire. Spain

French humour. Fish preparing to eat a man. " I can assure you it exists in the air."

Pidgeon hole. A Convent Garden contrivance to coop up the gods. A close-up view of one of the pigeon holes which flanked the upper gallery at Covent Garden... (Source: George). Date 1811

Sic itur ad astra scilicet. Print shows scene in a bawdy house of pleasure frequented by Father Petre and other Jesuits where they mingle and dine with such figures as: Wantonness, Avarice, Sloth

The Auction; or modern conoisseurs. Print depicts a group of fashionable ladies and gentleman attending an an auction. The two porters exhibit a picture turned upside down

Hoyts comic whirlwind, A brass monkey a satire on superstition. Date c1900

A British prisoner-of-war writing home about his conditions
" The Language of Diplomacy" Caption: Tommy (writing home from a prison camp): " Dear Maria, everythink ere is luvvly: cumfurtable quarters; fine clothes; a ome from ome

A gardener watering his flowers in his tiny garden. A satirical look at gardening in an urban environment. Date: 1928- 1929

A satirical look on changing fashions
" How can mother say its short? Its below my knees!" Satirical look on changing fashions. Date: 1928- 1929

The Motor Cyclist and the Magnetic Shell
" The Motor Cyclist and the Magnetic Shell: A Military Fantasy" H. M. Batemans animated, slightly maniac style is perfectly suited to this sequential cartoon showing a motorcyclist being

The new trench suit for a wet Christmas at the Front - satir
" Damn(p)-Proof! Almost as comfortable as a gas-helmet! The new trench suit for a wet Christmas at the Front". The trenches could be far more than damp

A timekeeper: singers in 1831
A robed choirmaster beats time whilst the choir sing lustily. Date: 1831

Satire on amateur musicians, 1799
A trio of unattractive but enthusiastic regency ladies make music together. Date: 1799

Everybody works but Father - Unemployment
Father enjoys his paper and pipe in front of the fire, whilst Mother does the washing, Sister Ann also helps and the young narrator of this social comment carries a paint pot. Date: 1906

Satire on art of Aubrey Beardsley
Airs Resumptive. V. - Lilith Libifera (after Rossetti). A satirical drawing and poem published in Punch in 1894 on the art of Aubrey Beardsley

The harem skirt, the scare m skirt, the harum-scarum skirt
A satirical look at womens fashion in 1911. Date: January 1911

A medley of Edinburgh musicians

German couple bathing in a pool
To enable Fritz and Frau to cool their portly persons -- a plump German couple bathing in a swimming pool, watched by two slimmer people sitting on a diving board

Napoleon and Josephine enjoy street musicians

Hobble, hobble, toil and wobble
The hobble waltz-the dance of the season. The hazards of dancing in a fashionable hobble skirt, shown here gathered in at the knee

Messalina by Aubrey Beardsley
Messalina and her companion by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to an edition of the Roman satirist Juvenals Sixth Satire. Messalina was the wife of the Roman emperor Claudius. Date: 1895

Caricature - William Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson
Satirical postcard, railing against the arrival in Great Britain of William Eugene " Pussyfoot" Johnson (18621945), a leading American advocate of prohibition

Anti-German cartoon, on the road to Paris, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a French satirical cartoonist, showing an ugly German soldier who has fallen off his bicycle by a milestone on a country road 40 kilometres from Paris

Cartoon - WWI Food Substitute Satire
Mummy duck says to baby duckling (closely examining a horseshoe): " Don t touch it dear, its a worm subsititute!" Date: circa 1915

Norway - Sweden caricature

Disillusions, drawing by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) showing a couple running out of drink

Cartoon - Joke about Officer - WW1 era
Teacher: " No Pencil again? What would you think of a soldier who went into battle without his gun?" Bobby: " I d think he was an officer." circa 1915

Our Local Express (2 / 2)
A satirical look at an express train service (2/2 - see 10425389). 1907

The Curate who saw red by H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration by the comic master of social satire, H. M. Bateman showing an irate curate kicking the local vicar and upsetting his cup of tea, much to the shock of polite onlookers

Anti-French cartoon, Prime Minister Viviani, WW1
An anti-French cartoon by a German cartoonist, depicting the French Prime Minister Rene Viviani as the head of a travelling circus, encouraging people to roll up

The Etonian who had to play by H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman entitled, The Etonian Who Was Asked to Play Nuts and May showing a snobbish boy in Eton suit looking aghast

After the day : Suggestions for the re-building of London
If we lost the First World War: Maybe Londons famous buildings and monuments that we know of today would be completely different, German style with the Kaiser and eagles appearing on many of them

Our Local Express (1 / 2)
A satirical look at an express train service (1/2 10429191). 1907

Sergeant Dooley and the Puccaun - armed policeman getting into a pickle with a rowdy goat, whilst two maidens and a bull take amusement in his plight from the other side of the hedge

Gilbert Burnet - 4
GILBERT BURNET A very unfriendly satire on his grace the lord Bishop of Salisbury ! Date: 1643 - 1715

Aristide Bruant Photo
ARISTIDE BRUANT French singer who came to personify the night life of Montmartre and the world of cafe satire, photo of 1901. Date: 1851 - 1925

American election cartoon with Uncle Sam voting
Cartoon by Clifford K Berryman entitled Anxious Moments, showing Uncle Sam voting in an American presidential election, about to drop his voting paper into the ballot box

Soviet Russian political cartoon
A Soviet Russian political cartoon containing a satirical image of the late Tsar Nicholas II (top right) and the anti-Bolshevik general Pyotr Wrangel (middle right)

The Colonel - Christmas Pudding by H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration by master of social satire, H. M. Bateman, entitled, The Colonel Who Found Nothing in his Christmas Pudding

Anti-German cartoon, German boar and French rabbits, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a French satirical cartoonist, showing some French rabbits making fun of a large German boar during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Two soldiers in a trench during WW1
Two soldiers in a trench during the First World War. The officer, new at his job, is asking whether the enemy are very close

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