Criticism Collection

Cartoon, Britannia between Scylla & Charybdis, or, the Vessel of the Constitution steered clear of the Rock of Democracy, and the Whirlpool of Arbitrary Power, by James Gillray

DELAUNAY, Robert. Carousel with Pigs
DELAUNAY, Robert (1885-1941). Carousel with Pigs. 1922. Orphism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Centre national d art et de culture Georges Pompidou

Comic Postcard - Dirty Collar - Donald McGill
A collar for your Father? Yes Miss - like the one I'm wearing? No - a clean one. Date: circa 1925

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 10. Love and death. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 5. Two of a kind. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid

Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, by James Gillray. Depicting Napoleon (ironically in the role of John Bunyan's pilgrim, Christian) having to confront an array of problems

Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats, or, the new Litter of hungry Grunters Sucking John Bull's Old Sow to death, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Sin, Death, and the Devil, Vide Milton, by James Gillray. A parody of a scene from John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, showing Prime Minister William Pitt (left) as Death

Qui Hi's Last March to Padree Burrows's Go Down. An illustration to The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem in eight cantos by Quiz

Goat expresses opinion on Margaret Thatcher
A white goat expresses its opinion on Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Its cardboard handwritten notice reads: Stop acting the goat

Graham Greene, English writer, in old age
Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene, 1904-1991), English author, playwright and literary critic, best known for his novels focusing around Roman Catholicism and morality: Brighton Rock

Comic postcard, Vicar and drunken man Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Difficulty milking a cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, milking a cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Sergeant and soldier - criticism of baggy trousers Date: early 20th century

Cartoon, A Real Conservative Revival (Disraeli)
Cartoon, A Real Conservative Revival -- a satirical comment on the small number of parliamentary measures passed by the new Conservative government, compared with the previous Liberal administration

Cartoon, The Parliamentary Toots -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis criticism of Lord John Russells government. Mrs Blimber (co-owner of a school)

Woman is displeased by her portrait photograph
A woman criticises a photographer after viewing the portrait he has captured of her. She believes he has manipulated her appearance, changing the shape of her nose and the size of her mouth

Prolific Scottish writer of verse, novels and plays, ROBERT BUCHANAN (1841-1901). He also went in for literary criticism, feuding with Swinburne, Rossetti et al

Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals
Contemporary society. Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals, or, a Peep at the Green Room, Vide Pic-Nic Orgies, by James Gillray

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 77. What one does to the other. Prado Museum. Madrid

Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish painter and printmaker. Los Caprichos. Aquellos Polvos. Aquatint n 23 published in 1799

Cartoon, Oscar Wilde and William Wilde
Cartoon, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), poet and playwright, comforted by his brother William Wilde (1852-1899) in the face of American criticism of his play, Vera

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 61. They have flown. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 44. They spin finely. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 48. Big gusts. Prado Museum. Madrid

George Daniel, Writer
GEORGE DANIEL - Precocious and prolific writer of political squibs against royals, and stage pieces, mainly comical, novels and theatre criticism.. Also a noted book collector. Date: 1789 - 1864

Cartoon, The Cow Pock, or, the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation! by James Gillray. Depicting a scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital, St Pancras, London

Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion, or, Forcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace, Vide, The Authority of Edmund Burke, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Anti-Saccharites, or John Bull and his Family leaving off the use of Sugar, by James Gillray. Showing John Bull and his wife (actually King George III and Queen Charlotte)

Cartoon, Critics from Shadowland, WW1
Cartoon, Critics from Shadowland, showing Kaiser Wilhelm I, Helmut von Moltke and Count Otto von Bismarck, as they appeared during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1

Thumbelina ridiculed by the Lady Cockchafers
Thumbelina is ridiculed by the Lady Cockchafers, who laugh at her for having only two legs and no feelers. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Cartoon, Mr Pettitt, The Spiders Web
Cartoon, Mr Pettitt takes the Spiders Web to a better Pitch. A satirical comment on Henry Alfred Pettitt (1848-1893), British actor and dramatist, with a reference to the title of one of his plays

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 58. Swalow it, dog. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain. 18th century

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 21. How they pluck her !. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 20. There they go plucked. Prado Museum. Madrid

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 74. Don t scream, stupid. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 17. It is nicely stretched. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 18. And the house is on fire. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 32. Because she was susceptible. Prado Museum. Madrid

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 6. Nobody knows himself. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 80. It is time
Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 80. 18th century. It is time. Prado Museum. Madrid

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 7. Event thus he cannot make her out. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid

Johann Baptist Fischart (c. 1545-1591). German satirist and publicist. Portrait. Engraving. Colored

The Adventures of Telemachus by Francois Fenelon (1651-1715)
Francois Fenelon (1651-1715). French archbishop, theologian and writer. The Adventures of Telemachus, 1699. Colored engraving depicting Telemachus with MInerva on the island of Calypso. Book One

Caricature of John Ruskin, English art critic
Caricature of John Ruskin (1819-1900), English art critic -- a comment on his criticism of Henry Irving, seen here in a drawing on a blackboard in the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice

Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), legendary French actress, described here as: Actor, author, painter, sculptor, universal genius, creation-whipper and wholesale fascinator

William Cook
WILLIAM COOK Lawyer and writer, of poems, plays and dramatic criticism. Date: 1740 - 1824

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