Satire Collection (#30)

Satire on Puritans / 1647
These tradesmen are preachers in the City of London, 1647. A satirical broadside on non- conformist preaching in London

Crystal Palace / Lodgings
Satire on the lack of lodging facilities during the Great Exhibition; " This is all I have ma m - I have just let the last tent on the tiles to a Foreign Nobleman"

Crystal Palace Satire
Some of the " Drolleries" of the Great Exhibition, making satirical references to Goethes " Reynard the Fox" etc

G Clemenceau / Don Quichot
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU French statesman: a satire on justice

G Clemenceau / Petit J 93
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU French statesman juggling with the British Pound: a satire on the subsidy of France by British cash

1870 / COX & BOX / PUNCH
William Cox and Benjamin Box Satire on Gladstone and Disraeli. The reference is to an operetta by Burnand and Sullivan, based on a farce

Revolution Cartoon 1792
" The Zenith of French Glory" British satire on the French Revolution

Chas Kingsley / Waddy
CHARLES KINGSLEY English writer and clergyman: a satire on his popular novel, Westward Ho!

Queen Victoria Taxed
QUEEN VICTORIA Caricatured as the landlady of a public house with Albert left holding the baby. A satire on moves to tax the Royal family

French Arms Africa
The French encourage the peoples of their colonial empire to take up arms

France and Red Cross
The way France is carrying on these days, she ll soon be needing the Red Cross again !

France Disarmed 1929
The shy virgin Marianne (France) is reluctantly persuaded by her friends John Bull and Uncle Sam to take off her armour

The God of War / Erler
THE GOD OF WAR

French Arms Build-Up
Even Saint Barbara, though the patron saint of gunners, is dismayed by Frances build-up of arms, as compared with her peaceloving neighbour Germany

Boxing Day / Cruikshank
Scene featuring puns on boxing day : a child has his ears boxed; two men are boxing; notices advertise coaches to Boxhill; boxes are carried on shoulders

Satire on Fashions 1869
A satire on the fashions of the day include flashy, tight trousers & fancy broad shouldered jackets. The polonaise, short skirts, panniers & false hair of the ladies are also mocked

The Game of Chance / 1900
The game of chance, taken from a satire on the revolutionary period

Gambling Satire 1853
A pack of cards meet to debate the threatened closure of betting shops; a contemporary satire by Cruikshank

Toss up for Derby 1849
A toss up for the Derby A satire on gambling

Tobacco Satire 1630
Three elegant chaps sit smoking around a table, as a man in the garb of a jester vomits profusely

Dutch Tulipomania / 1637
Satire on Dutch tulipomania

John Churchill / Woodcut
JOHN CHURCHILL 1ST DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH An early 19th century French satire of the English military commander

Eiffel Punch Sambourne
Gustave Eiffel a satire on the recently built Eiffel Tower: " Our artists latest Tour de Force"

Extravagant Styles
Coiffeurs at work on an extravagant hair style : a contemporary satire on the fashionable excesses of the late 18th century

Satire on Russian View
A satirical view of the Russian Imperial (and rather superior) outlook on Europe - the republics of Europe versus the Desert of Russia

Lear / More Nonsense / C19Th
There was an Old Man of Shields, Who frequented the valleys & fields; All the mice & the cats, & the snakes & the rats, Followed after that person of Shields

Satire Patent Medicines
The sick goose & the council of health : a satire on patent medicines

Hyde Park Fashions 1822
A satire on fashion. Amongst the styles mocked are cossack trousers, pinched male waists, high stand-fall collars & large expanses of shirt front & ladies showing their legs

Making of a Clerk / Satire
Victorian satire depicting the entry of a young man as an office clerk & the finished article, as an old man with a crooked back (" Making a sharp lad of him" )

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

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