Satire Collection (page 31)

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

Machine for Tight Lacing
Satire on the fashion for tight corsets - A correct view of the new machine for winding up the ladies

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

Henry VIII and the Pope at the Reformation
The Pope suppressed by King Henry VIII -- a contemporary satire on Englands break with Rome, showing Henry sitting on his throne with the Pope under his feet

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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