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Caricature of Queen Victoria as a shepherdess with lambs and an animated pot of mint sauce. In the matter of lambs, Her Majesty sings, we mean to do without them
Caricature, Oscar Wilde as RomeoCaricature, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) in the role of Romeo -- an American newspaper had recently reported that this was about to happen. 1883
Cartoon, German women as seen by the French, WW1Cartoon, German intellectual women as seen by the French. Date: 1916
Cartoon, German officer (Boche Faces), WW1Cartoon, Boche Faces. A group of German officers, looking rather stolid and described as the asphyxiating brutes of humanity. Date: 1915
Cartoon, Waking up Germania, WW1Cartoon, Waking up Germania. After the war, Madame Germania must pay the bill for all the damage she has done. The waiter is a macabre, thin man with a skull for his head. Date: 1918
Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, WW1Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, showing the ladies of the Turkish Harem alarmed by the sound of the guns of Gallipoli - likewise the Sultan himself! Date: 1915
Cartoon, Two young Frenchwomen, WW1Two women in winter coats which echo the fashionable silhouette: high waisted, voluminous skirts & high all round collars. Hats now have high crowns & narrow brims. Date: 1918
Irish WitchIn England, spirit mediums live off the fat of the land, while in Ireland, so-called witches are punished Date: 1865
French cartoon, anarchist newspapersFrench political cartoon -- Fin du trimestre (End of term) -- a woman is upset to see what she thinks are anarchistic newspapers in her house. 19th century
Cartoon, The false shepherd, WW1Cartoon, The false shepherd, showing a man posing as a shepherd, with a sheepdog and a flock of sheep, making notes on local aircraft activities. Date: 1915
Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? WW1Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? A German couple and their daughter go for an innocent country walk, but gradually metamorphose into a concrete platform, a camera and a telephone! Date: 1915
Grotesque head, illustration by William Heath Robinson (The Works of Mr Francis Rabelais, 1921). Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde caricatureA caricature of playwright Oscar Wilde, acting the part of An Ideal Husband when it was playing at the Haymarket Theatre. Date: 1929
Cartoon, The Cow Pock, or, the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation! by James Gillray. Depicting a scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital, St Pancras, London
Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion, or, Forcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace, Vide, The Authority of Edmund Burke, by James Gillray
Cartoon, Anti-Saccharites, or John Bull and his Family leaving off the use of Sugar, by James Gillray. Showing John Bull and his wife (actually King George III and Queen Charlotte)
WW1 - Cartoon - German gun Big BerthaWW1 - A satirical cartoon illustrating the German gun personified as Big Bertha attacking the city of Paris. As the city is underattack
Cartoon, Boche idealism, WW1Cartoon, Boche idealism -- a fat German with food and drink on the table and portraits of two German philosophers (Leibniz and Kant) on the wall. Date: 1915
Cartoon, The Senegalese in the Dardanelles, WW1Cartoon, The Senegalese in the Dardanelles, showing a soldier from Senegal (then part of the French Empire) hitting a Turkish soldier (fighting for the Central Powers) with his rifle. Date: 1915
WW1 - What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?Child: " And is the War really over, Daddy? Father: " Practically, My Boy." Child: " Then may I ask you a question about it which I couldn t ask till it WAS over
Paris, France - Satirical comments on street dangersSatirical comments by Robida on the dangers faced as a pedestrain on the streets of Paris, France. Date: 1903
Cartoon, Things that matter, WW1Cartoon, Things that matter -- Brain. Crown Prince: It doesn t matter what Papa or Michaelis says. After all, we are the real brain(s) of the Empire
Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, WW1Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, showing Crown Prince Wilhelm during the First World War, taking anything else he can lay his hands
Exit tango: satire on the end of a dance craze, 1914Satirical comment from Punch Magazine on the end of the tango craze. A couple dance off, while a some what more conservatively dressed spirit of dancing gladly wakes up from the "
Cartoon, Atlas with Kaiser Wilhelm on a globe, WW1Cartoon showing Kaiser Wilhelm II jumping around on top of a globe, supported by the mythological figure of Atlas, at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914
Cartoon, The Glorious Twelfth -- the Bird to be brought down this August being not a Grouse but a Mad Eagle. A comment on the warmongering Kaiser Wilhelm II
Cartoon, Critics from Shadowland, WW1Cartoon, Critics from Shadowland, showing Kaiser Wilhelm I, Helmut von Moltke and Count Otto von Bismarck, as they appeared during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1
Cartoon, His Masters Voice, WW1Cartoon, His Masters Voice, showing Kaiser Wilhelm as a German dachshund looking back at a British bulldog inside the amplifier of a wind-up gramophone
Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and Russian Bear, WW1First World War cartoon on a postcard, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany on the branch of a tree, looking worried as a Russian Bear starts climbing up towards him
Cartoon satirising German soldiers, WW1Cartoon satirising German soldiers during the First World War: Goot gracious me! Here kom der 16th Royal Scots. Date: 1914-1915
Houdini Posing With Female MediumEscapologist Harry Houdini posing with the confessed fraudulent medium, Anna Clark Benninghoffer in the early twentieth century. Date: circa 1915
Three cartoons at the start of the First World War: at the top, a comment on needing another war to collect the debts for this one
Cartoon, body parts after the battle, WW1First World War cartoon entitled After the Battle, showing German soldiers trying to match up body parts before loading them onto a train. Date: 1914-1918
In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar" In Marble Halls" - Jobbing actors standing in a theatre bar discussing their fortune, both successful and not
A horse disgusted to find she is eating HUMAN" Bad Stable Manners" - Eating with Ones Mouth Open! Dobbin disgusted to find out that instead of oats she has in fact been eating HUMAN
Satirical print of tulipmania. Etching from De drie t Zamenspracken ---- Roman A. [or author unknown], De drie tZamenspraecken Tusschen Waermondt en Gaergoedt
Satirical cartoon, The March of Intellect, showing a street scene with balloons in the sky above. 1828
Satirical political cartoon, The Fall of Icarus, showing a plump, naked Earl Temple (Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos)
Government LegislationConservative Party political cartoon, Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour talking to John Bull about the proliferation of government legislation and acts of Parliament, 1906 Date: 1906
French satirical cartoon - criticism of Second Boer War (1899-1902). The British army is pictured as ranks of cloned mules
Satirical cartoon with Turkish and German soldiers, WW1A satirical cartoon showing a fat German soldier strangling a thin Turkish soldier during the First World War. The cartoon (in French) reads: The brave Turk is afraid of no-one
Anti-British cartoon, withdrawal from Gallipoli, WW1An Anti-British cartoon by a German cartoonist, showing an English sailor-sealion being ejected from Gallipoli by a Turkish soldier during the First World War. Date: 1916
Anti-German cartoon, Germans at Verdun, WW1An anti-German cartoon by a Belgian cartoonist showing the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, having difficulties on the battlefield at Verdun, north eastern France
Satirical cartoon on poverty, WW1A satirical cartoon by the German artist George Grosz, showing three people living in a slum. An elderly woman sits on a chair, a young boy is slumped at the table
The Deformito-ManiaSatirical cartoon on what Punch calls the " taste for the Monstrous" by the general public, encouraged particularly by the exhibits at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly
Asquith & Lloyd George in the boxing ring by BairnsfatherHumorous satirical illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather showing the politicians, Asquith and Lloyd George, both of whom served as Prime Minister during World War I, in a boxing ring facing each other
Mutsuhito / Meiji / Japan / RiMUTSUHITO also known as MEIJI Emperor of Japan (1867-1912): a satirical comment on the relationship between Japan and Russia
Art Nouveau GlasswareArt Nouveau has come in for a lot of satirical comment, and looking at these German items, one can see why. A few are elegant, but most are either boring or silly
