Satire Collection (#18)

A Liberal Candidate
Show of Hands for a Liberal Candidate. Election satire showing a young candidate being very liberal indeed with his attempt to bribe constituents

Charles Churchill Satire
CHARLES CHURCHILL - English poet and satirist, depicted as a bear in torn clerical bands hugging a pot of porter and a club of lies

Time Smoking a Picture
Father Time stares glumly into a dark painting as his scythe accidentally rips the canvas: a satire on the contemporary admiration for artworks darkened by time

Excesses of Papal Court
A German satire on the excesses of the Papal Court

Vogue for Antique Jewels
Satire on the fad for classical jewellery: a woman back from the Grand Tour is laden down with reproduction antique Roman jewellery

Bute Drink 1772 (Bobbin)
One man falls unconscious after a drinking session, his companion fails to rouse him with another glass; a satire on supporters on Lord Bute

Satire on Monopolies
Monopolies, octopus-like, threaten to founder the frail craft of business

French Agent De Police
A French agent de police politely encourages a member of the public to move along, there !

Satire on Elections
A Cruikshank satire on elections and electoral candidates

No Match for a Gun
An unequal match The truncheon is no match for the gun. A brave policeman attempts to disarm a burgler who threatens him with a gun

Policeman in Ambush
A policeman waits behind a wall ready to ambush with his truncheon

Cartoon / Fox on Elephant
CARLO KHANs TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO LEADENHALL STREET Fox as an Indian astride an elephant with the face of Lord North heralded by Edmund Burke A satire on lofty ambition

Phoning for Boys
- Is oo the gooseberry bush ? - Yes ! - Well, we wants more Baby Boys

Steam Engine Satire
The steam carriage, constantly in danger of blowing up, is only one of the technological advances in transportation - there are also velocipedes, kite-drawn cars, balloons

Picnic Spoilt
A country party in the grounds of a stately home is spoilt by some unwanted & unwelcome guests including a boxer & a hungry dog that secures itself a roast fowl

Maria Theresia & Boots
The empress Maria Theresia puts on a soldiers boots - an English satire at the time of the Austrian Succession War

Long Wigs of C17 Satire
Satire on the long wigs fashionable in the late 17th century, in which the caption suggests that a man wearing such a wig is nothing more than a poodle powdered

The Macaroni Captains
THE MACARONI CAPTAINS - satire on the young men of fashion whose extravagant dress attracts the attentions of a flock of geese

Satire on Millenarians
Satirical comment on the MILLENARIANS

Satire on Shakers
Satirical comment on the SHAKERS

Satire on Quakers
Satirical comment on the QUAKERS

Satire on Jumpers
Satirical comment on the JUMPERS

ERASMUS MONTANUS
Holbergs satire Erasmus Montanus derides the intellectual pretensions of college-educated scholars. It is still produced today, its mockery as apposite as ever

R Strauss (Garvens)
RICHARD STRAUSS the German composer: a satire on his opera Salome (1905) in which John the Baptists head is cut off

Satire / Pouting in Prison
Pouting in prison

Satire / Grip of Law
In the grip of the law

Satire / Advocate
An advocate for womens rights

Satire / Feminists
An unsympathetic view of feminists

Equality / Blue Stocking
Valentines day at Girton: satire on the thinking woman

New Woman / Satire
The New Woman in her various forms

Satire on Evolution
Science reveals that Eve gave the apple, not to Adam, but to the gorilla - which explains everything, doesn t it ?

Old / New Promenade / Heath
Old & New ways of promenading are contrasted - a satire on the manners & fashions of 2 generations. N.B The overblown proportions of tiny waists, huge hats & gigot sleeves!

Pope Leo XIII Cartoon
POPE LEO XIII A somewhat disrespectful portrayal

D D HOME
Satire on D D Home, spirit medium

English Help Cannibals
The French accuse the English of giving the African cannibals children to eat

Animal Magnetism Satire
The Magic Finger - an animal magnetiser portrayed as a donkey, with a lady patient

Animal Magnetism
Satire on the gullibility of the public - a monkey mesmerises the audience while his assistant picks their pockets

Satire on the Bishops
A satirical view of the protestant bishops. Of God, Of Man, Of the Devell

Cromwell Piping Fairfax
A satirical view of a Puritan (Cromwell piping in Lord Fairfax)

Satire on Puritan
A satire on Alderman Abel, Monopolist of wines, and his wife

Puritan Satire / 1642
A satire on a Puritan weaver Worsley an Inckle Weaver a man of personal Valor (sic)

T. s. Eliot / Courier Satire
T.S.ELIOT American-born writer

Chinese Emigration
CHINESE EMIGRATION Satire on the flow of Chinese to America and Australia during those countries gold rushes

Gillray / Tales of Wonder
Tales of Wonder! Gillray satire on the taste for Gothic novels

Balloon Satire of 1785
French satire on ballooning using horses to steer wayward balloon

Solicitor cheating a couple
An elderly couple are cheated by a solicitor

Away in a manger, converted into a garage
A modern-day Christmas nativity scene. Mary, Joseph and the baby have just got settled in, but a chauffeur arrives, saying Sorry, but this stables been converted into a garage !

Legal expenses of an election
A cartoon satirising The Ordinary Legal Expenses of an Election

Charles Darwin as a wild man of the jungle
Charles Darwin, depicted as a wild man of the jungle with a beard almost down to his feet

Sir Henry Cole, English civil servant and administrator
Sir Henry Cole, English civil servant and inventor. He used a pseudonym, Felix Summerly, for design work and childrens books

Rc Satire Trappings 1520
False devotion : satire on the trappings of religion which are seen as more important than true religious feeling

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) with copy of Dorian Gray

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