Ridicule Collection

Get your Hair Cut
GET YOUR HAIR CUT A barber in his shop doorway and a group of people, including two jeering, pointing boys, ridicule a young mans long hair !

The Girl who ordered a glass of milk at the Cafe Royal
Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a blushing young woman regretting her decision to order a glass of milk in Londons fashionable Cafe Royal because of the laughter

Cartoons, The Great Chartist Demonstration -- No. IX, The Beginning and the End. 1848

Shame Flute - German punishment for being a poor musician
A Shame Flute ( Schand Flote ) - German punishment for being a poor musician - you had to face the public wearing (around the neck) a heavy iron flute

Comic postcard, Temperance speaker and audience Date: 20th century

Legend of the Moor's Last Sigh. After the conquest of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, the Muslim king Boabdil and his entourage were exiled from the city in 1492

Cartoon, Kaiser Carnival and his cortege, WW1
Cartoon, Kaiser Carnival and his cortege, showing Kaiser Wilhelm being carried along on a float, with various figures around him, including Death, a spy, a sorceress

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

Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German defensive position on the Western Front, showing a German soldier with a line of washing. Date: circa 1916-1917

Comic postcard, Temperance campaigner in pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance argument for water, not beer Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, The saint and the sinner Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Teddy bear suffragette and policeman. Come Along, Christabear! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance satire Date: 20th century

Cartoon, The Waits; or, Out in the Cold (Liberal Party)
Cartoon, The Waits; or, Out in the Cold -- a satirical comment on the opposition Liberal Party, waiting patiently for a General Election so that they can return to power

Cartoon, The Great Guy of the Season (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Great Guy of the Season -- a satirical comment on the Liberal Party threat to the Conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli

Cartoon, Up In A Balloon (Disraeli and Britannia)
Cartoon, Up In A Balloon -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis Conservative government. He is depicted with Britannia in a balloon representing Conservative Policy

Cartoon, A Holiday (Disraeli)
Cartoon, A Holiday -- a satirical comment on disagreements Benjamin Disraeli was having within his own governing party. He is depicted as a haughty female servant, off on a days holiday

Cartoon, Sliding on Thin Ice (Roman Catholicism)
Cartoon, Sliding on Thin Ice -- a satirical comment on the Roman Catholic Church, the Popes claim to infallibility, and the attraction of High-Church Protestant Anglo-Catholics towards Catholicism

Cartoon, Political Kidnapping (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, Political Kidnapping -- a satirical comment on the transfer of the electoral reform initiative from the Liberals (Lord John Russell) to the Conservatives (Lord Derby)

Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction (Reform)
Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction -- a satirical comment on parliamentary disagreements between Gladstone and Disraeli over the latters Reform Bill. 1867

Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! (Disraeli)
Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! A satirical comment on the arguments surrounding the extension of the franchise in Disraelis Reform Bill

Cartoon, The Belle of the Season (Russell and Reform)
Cartoon, The Belle of the Season -- a satirical comment on Lord John Russells promise that reform measures will be taken in the next parliamentary session

Cartoon, The Dispatch of Business (Disraeli and Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Dispatch of Business -- a satirical comment on the conflicting approaches of Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) and William Gladstone (Liberal) to electoral reform. Date: 1866

Cartoon, Mrs Gamp Taking the Little Party... Back to School
Cartoon, Mrs Gamp Taking the Little Party She Looks After Back to School. A satirical comment on the Morning Herald newspaper (represented here as the Dickens character Mrs Gamp)

Cartoon, A Great Demonstration -- satirical comment on the Chartist movement, depicting a Chartist leader backing down immediately when a magistrate tells him that his proposed demonstration will not

Old maid with cat on a comic greetings card with verse. Date: circa 1860s

Old maid on a comic greetings card
Old maid with birch twigs and alphabet book on a comic greetings card with verse and pull tab. Date: circa 1860s

WW1 - Comic Postcard - K-Nut in a tuxedo
WW1 - Before conscription into the army was introduced, a certain class of young men existed, for whom everything was " too much bally trouble" or " too much fag." They were

Satirical cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm II, WW1
The Little Tin God, satirical cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm II at the start of the First World War. He is shown with six arms, like a Hindu god, holding various weapons in his hands

Unusually dressed man in Carnaby Street, 1960s
A man dressed in a variety of military and historic vintage items of clothing from a kilt to a velvet frock coat and admirals hat, amuses a group of sailors and school boys in Carnaby Street

Cartoon, Bubbles, WW1
Cartoon, Bubbles, showing Kaiser Wilhelm in a parody of Millais painting for Pears Soap. 1914-1918

Miseries of London by Rowlandson

Cartoon satirising German soldiers, WW1
Cartoon satirising German soldiers during the First World War: Goot gracious me! Here kom der 16th Royal Scots. Date: 1914-1915

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

Jesus insulted. Engraving. Colored
New Testament. Gospel of Matthew. Chapter XXVII. Jesus insulted. Gustave Dores drawing. Engraving by Pannemaker. Colored

Caricature of Dion Boucicault and three other actors
Caricature of Dion Boucicault (?1820-1890), Irish actor and playwright -- Address to the Players. Indicating a poster behind him

Man pulling pram and children uphill, c. 1820
A rotund gentleman struggles to pull his two children in a pram uphill as his over-dressed wife follows on behind. The children look like they are rather enjoying this experience

Cartoon, The Ultimate Precaution, WW1
Cartoon, The Ultimate Precaution, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria in front of a crowd of troops during the First World War

Cartoon, Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air! Glorious Prospects! Vide An Afternoon Nap after the Fatigues of an Official Dinner, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Connoisseurs examining a collection of George Morland s, by James Gillray. A satire on the popularity of Morlands paintings, focusing on fat pigs, foolish donkeys and greedy dealers

Cartoon, The Pigs Possessed, or, the Broad-bottomd Litter running headlong into the Sea of Perdition, by James Gillray. Showing John Bull (doubling as Farmer George)

Cartoon, Westminster Conscripts under the Training Act, by James Gillray. Showing Napoleon training a group of British politicians, including Charles James Fox

Cartoon, Political Mathematicians, Shaking the Broad bottomd Hemispheres, by James Gillray. To that last Hope of the Country, the New Opposition

Cartoon, Pacific Overtures, or, a Flight from St Clouds over the Water to Charley, a new Dramatic Piece now Rehearsing, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Tiddy Doll the great French Gingerbread Baker, drawing out a new Batch of Kings, his Man, Hopping Talley [Talleyrand], mixing up the Dough, by James Gillray

Cartoon, L Assemblee Nationale, or grand Cooperative Meeting at St Annes Hill, respectfully dedicated to the admirers of a Broad-Bottomd Administration, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Kaiser Kabot, WW1
Cartoon, Kaiser Kabot (Kaiser Wilhelm II, the ham actor), showing the German Kaiser in four different theatrical roles: ignoring treaties, being deceitful, involved in litigation, and as Tartuffe

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