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Progress of the moustache mania! A street seller does a good job hawking pairs of moustaches to cash in on the fashion for mens facial hair. Date: 1853
Comic postcard, The saint and the sinner Date: early 20th century
Necessity the mother of invention: an incident during the cabmens strike. A gentleman is conveyed in the barrow of a coalman while his wife has to hitch a lift on his head. Date: 1853
Rival sportsmen. I say now, as I have said before, that there is room enough in Asia for both England and Russia. - Lord Beaconsfield (Disraeli)
Comic postcard, Teddy bear suffragette and policeman. Come Along, Christabear! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Temperance satire Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Votes for Women satire - We only want what the men have got!! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Edwardian woman at sea in large hat Date: early 20th century
Comic postcard, Edwardian woman in large hat Date: early 20th century
A Pre-Raphaelite finishing his picture for the Academy. Satirical cartoon featuring a Pre-Raphaelite artist dressed in medieval clothes to paint his canvas of Petrarch and Laura. Date: 1853
Aberdeens bubble. How long will it last? Satirical cartoon about Lord Aberdeen sAberdeens bubble. How long will it last? Satirical cartoon about Lord Aberdeens coalition government. Date: 1853
The ascent of Mont Blanc made easy: a suggestion to the followers of Mr Albert Smith. A very relaxed Victorian man is transported to the top of the mountain on a giant pair of retractable mechanical
The Railway King! Down Upon Him! Satirical cartoon mocking the downfall of railway financier George Hudson. He is held upside-down by a bird - perhaps a crow or raven - dressed as a judge
The charwomen in the National Gallery. A cartoon about the conservation controversy at the National Gallery, after nine paintings were cleaned in the autumn of 1852
The Vulgarity of Voluntarism 1914An illustration of the evil effects of the vulgarity of voluntarism referred to by our contributor. Lord Kitchener is represented by a German cartoon as compelled to recruit Suffragettes in place of
Taking his word for it by John Hassall, motoring fashions" Come and let me introduce you to Lady Diana. Prettiest girl in London, old chap@. A satire on Edwardian motoring fashions from the drawing board of John Hassall
Husband holding off his angry wife with mop. A bottle of gin on the windowsill and a sign reading Conjugal Felicity a Romance. A Stag at Bay
Two lovers in a parlour disturbed by prying maids moving glasses in a cupboard. Miseries Domestic. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Parson cursing foxhunters and hounds trampling his garden after a fox. Despite a warning sign reading Steel traps spring guns set in this garden. The Enraged Vicar
Man beating a stubborn horse with a cudgel, while the owner Widow Carzy waves a broom at him. Sign reads Neat chaises and saddle horses to lett by the Widow Carzy. Symptoms of Restiveness
A dinner party ruined by the arrival of a stinking game dishA dinner party ruined by the arrival of a game dish that has gone off. Miseries of the Table. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Man forced to wear his hosts ill-fitting clothes at a dinner party after arriving drenched from the rain. Miseries of Travelling
Man sitting down on a startled cat in his chair and being scolded by an old woman. Miseries Domestic. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Man suffering from gout greeted painfully by a sailorMan suffering from painful gout in his limbs greeted by a muscular sailor with a strong handshake and a stamp on the foot. Miseries Personal
Tired and drunken man at a raucous dinner party with foxhunters. Miseries of Social Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Mother with new born baby visited by several women in a parlour. A Lying in Visit. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Two Regency men stoppped to talk in a freezing wind, one impatient to walk home. Miseries of Social Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Woman having her feet treated painfully by a chiropodist in her bedroom. Her husband offering her a glass of wine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Two Regency gentlemen about to fight a duel with pistols. One expecting the magistrates and Bow Street officers to appear. More Miseries
A group of writers dining at the house of a rich citizenA group of writers drinking punch and dining at the house of a rich citizen. Fabricious Description of the Poets. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Man seized by leg cramp in the honeymoon bed. Bottles of gout cordial, restorative drops and other medicine on the floor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Visiting gentlemen refused entry to a house by a servant. The Inflexible Porter. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed by Henry Bunbury
Regency cobbler mending shoes in a crowded roomRegency cobbler mending shoes in a room full of women and children. Buxom wife using bellows on the fire in the hearth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Man and woman lost in the countryside in a night storm with a servant holding a lantern. Miseries of the Country. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Man chasing his hat down a muddy street in a high wind. Woman with her bonnet flying, maids stealing food off a platter on a mans head, roadsweepers, etc
Barber cutting his thumb trying to shave a customerBarber cutting his thumb with a razor trying to shave a customer with soft cheeks. More Miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Passengers slipping and falling into the river mud when debarking from a rowboat. Miseries Miscellaneous. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and maids. Miseries of Human Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Men falling on ice skates, another falling through the ice, woman falling off her chair, on a frozen pond. Miseries of Games, Sports, etc
Man forced to kiss an ugly woman at a dance party during a game of forfeits. More Miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Man and two women failing to close a packed trunk in a hotel room while a servant looks on. Miseries of Travelling. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Man losing control of his mount while passing a carriageMan losing control of his mount while passing a horse and carriage on a road. How to Pass a Carriage. Academy for Grown Horsemen
Men and women skating on thin ice and falling into a freezing river. Cold Broth and Calamity. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Man standing up while choking at the dinner tableMan standing up, clutching his head while choking at the dinner table while other guests and waiter panic. Symptoms of Choaking
Man and ladies searching for a carriage in a crowdMan and ladies searching for their carriage outside a crowded theatre in the rain. Miseries of Public Places. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
A cart race in an English town with an accident in the foreground with passengers thrown on the street. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Chambermaid pulling on a sleeping guests wooden leg mistaking it for a warming pan. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
Man using bellows in front of a fire in a smoky room with a scolding wife and bawling child. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed