Satirical Collection (page 19)

Engraving of Pedestrian Hobby Bicycle
Coloured engraving titled Modern Pegasus or Dandy Hobbies in Full Speed. By Thomas Tegg of 111 Cheapside, 1813

Cartoon of the newspaper press, 1829
A print by H. Heath representing symbolically the fearless and trenchant attitude of the Press in early nineteenth century

The Future, Republicanism in France
The Future, Republican, Friend of the People -- satirical print showing a smartly dressed man wearing a top hat and cockade, with the Pantheon in the background. 1831

Bystander cover - Derby scheme attesting Bairnsfather
Front cover of The Bystander magazine featuring an illustration by Fred Buchanan which is a pastiche of Bruce Bairnsfathers famous The Better Ole cartoon (in the same magazine)

Plate inscribed with parodic verses, WW1
Plate inscribed Here with a loaf of bread, beneath the bow. A muttered curse, but ne er a whine, and thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise, enow

Cartoon of German soldier in a sketch book, WW1
Ruthless Ruprecht, cartoon in a sketch book containing cartoons of German soldiers, by Captain David C. Bolton, The Square House, Bury St. Edmunds. Date: 1918

Cartoon, Coiffure in the Trenches, WW1
Cartoon, Coiffure in the Trenches. Keep yer ead still, or I ll ave yer blinkin ear off. By Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Cartoon, A Busmans Holiday, WW1
WW1 cartoon, A Busmans Holiday, by Lawson Wood (1878-1957). He served In France for nearly three years as an officer in the Kite Balloon Wing of the Royal Flying Corps, and at GHQ. Date: 1914-1918

Cartoon, Matinee de Novembre, WW1
Cartoon, Matinee de Novembre, showing Kaiser Wilhelm shivering in the sea at Calais, with Dover guarded by battleships in the far distance during the First World War

Cartoon, German soldier with mask of Culture, WW1
Cartoon, German soldier with a mask of Culture (Kultur) during the First World War. Date: 1914

Cartoon, The Glad Hand, WW1
Cartoon, The Glad Hand -- Brother Jonathan (representing the USA) tells Kaiser Wilhelm to wash his hand first, before shaking it

Our Superior Inferiors - an upper class lady charity worker
Lady de Tomkyn (at Cabbage Charity Sale): " How on earth are we to clean these pototoes? I DARE not ask Simpson!" A well-meaning lady hoping to help out at a charity sale

The spread of the tango: the arrest of a militant suffragette
Comment on the tango craze: a militant, flag-waving suffragette is surprised to find herself apprehended and in the embrace of a tango-ing policeman. Date: 1913

Cartoon, The Weight On His Mind, WW1
Cartoon, The Weight On His Mind, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II squashed down by the heavy weight of Russia on top of his head in the early days of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Cartoon, A Friend at Last, WW1
Cartoon, A Friend at Last. A German cavalryman says to a British slacker who hasn t yet joined the armed forces: Thanks, mein friendt! Your neutrality in the war is most helpful to me

Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and professor, WW1
Cartoon depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II demanding that a professor unteach him the beastly English language, now that the First World War has broken out. Date: September 1914

Cartoon, Polish view of German reservists, WW1
Cartoon depicting a satirical Polish view of the German reservist army (or Landsturm) with makeshift weapons including pitchforks during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Cartoons, What He Will Look Like, WW1
Cartoons, At the End of " The Day", What He Will Look Like. Showing Kaiser Wilhelm II during the First World War, His Own Version (left) and That of the Allies (right). Date: September 1914

Cartoon, The Kaisers Christmas Dinner in London, WW1
Cartoon, The Kaisers Coming Christmas Dinner in London: Our Illustrated Menu. The Kaiser had announced his intention of eating his Christmas dinner in London

Cartoon, Men from The Moon, WW1
Cartoon, Men from The Moon, commenting on three neutral powers in the early weeks of the First World War (Holland, America and Italy), and how they are regarded by the German government

Cartoon, One For Papa, WW1
Cartoon, One For Papa, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, during a lull in the fighting during the First World War

Cartoon, This Years Sea Serpent, WW1
Cartoon, This Years Sea Serpent, depicting the Russian allies in the early stages of the First World War as a sea creature with the head of a Cossack

Cartoon, Poincare and Kaiser, WW1
Cartoon, showing President Raymond Poincare of France on his way to Bordeaux (where the French government relocated in the early days of the First World War)

Fashions for 1788 featuring two ladies wearing ridiculously overblown clothing, with huge fringed, feathered and bowed hats and long, elaborate wigs. Date: 1788

Cartoon, German sword with loot from Belgium, WW1
Cartoon showing a German sword with two moneybags impaled on it, representing loot taken from Brussels and Liege during the invasion of Belgium in the early days of the First World War

Fashionable gentleman aping the Frenchman
A satirical illustration about fashion for English gentlemen aping extreme French fashions in revolutionary France. This affected gentleman wears a Parisian-style tall hat

A smart man 1790
A Smart in 1790. A fashionable gentleman in ruffled shirt and high-collared cut-away jacket, leans to shakes someones hand, his tricorn hat beneath his arm. Date: 1790

Macaronis 1789
Macaronis from the Mock Duel, 1789. One dandyish young man strikes another. Date: 1789

A Rain-beau c. 1790
A jessamy - 1790. A fashionable man with an eyeglass or monocle, a cocked hat, cut away coat with a high collar, tight breeches

Cartoon, As One Possessed, WW1
Cartoon, As One Possessed, showing how the ordinary German beer drinker has been possessed by a devil in the shape of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who has brought about the outbreak of the First World War

St Joseph De Chamberlayne. In Birmingham Cathedral. His spear of fiscal reform has overcome Uncle Sam and Deutscher Michel

Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm discarding uniforms, WW1
Cartoon showing Kaiser Wilhelm II discarding the uniforms and orders he has previously received from Britain, now that the First World War has started

Mens fashion 1792
Mens fashion in 1792, a satirical view. Neck or Nothing and a Back View of the Cape showing dandyish men with high cravats and high-collared jackets. Date: 1792

Following the fashion 1794
A short and stout woman following the fashion in 1794, regardless of how it might suit her, wears a voluminous chemise dress and a bonnet with enormously tall feathers. Date: 1794

Crops - fashion of c. 1794
This satirical print is entitled Crops, perhaps referring to the dandyish gentlemans cropped hair. He also wears a high cravat and short cropped boots to reveal stripey stockings

The Fashion in December 1795
Fashion satirised in 1795: a woman wears a long nightgown-like dress or smock with blouson sleeves and watch fob detail, and a turban with two tall feathers. Date: 1795

Bond Street fashions of 1796
High Change in Bond Street, 1796. Two fashionable men wearing high cravats and jackets cut short at the front stare at a woman and her daughter wearing long flowing dresses and, in the womans case

French tailor fitting John Bull with a Jean Debry 1799
A French revolutionary tailor fitting John Bull with a Jean Debry (or de Bry) coat, in 1799, named after the President of the National Convention in revolutionary France

Jean Debry coat 1799
Satire on mens fashion. Mr Skeffington wearing a Jean Debry coat, named after Jean Debry, president of the National Convention in Revolutionary France. Date: 1799

Fashions of 1773
A satire on dandyish fashions of 1773. A Macaroni gentleman wearing a ridiculously long wig in which the hair is tied in a bundle down his back

Cartoon, The Change in Ireland, WW1
First World War cartoon, The Change in Ireland. Before the outbreak of war, John Bull was caught uncomfortably between the Ulstermen and the Nationalists

Cartoon, Attractive Holiday Resorts, August 1914, WW1. Showing suggested posters for advertising the latest attractions at continental holiday resorts, including boating on the canal at Kiel

Peace Palace at The Hague, To Let, WW1
The Peace Palace at The Hague, Netherlands, with a To Let, apply Hohenzollern & Co sign outside it (superimposed on the photograph)

Cartoon, The Ultimaniac, showing a discussion between Kaiser Wilhelm II (seated, left) and his Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg

Cartoon, Russias Thorn in the Flesh, showing a scene in a typical Warsaw cafe on receipt of war news. Date: August 1914

Cartoon, Our Society Portraiture, Mrs Grundy. Showing just the face, hat and folded hands of a docile-looking Mrs Grundy, the proverbial Mary Whitehouse figure of the early 20th century

Cartoon, Turkish soldiers confronting deserter, WW1
Satirical German cartoon showing Turkish soldiers confronting the first Serbian deserter (represented by a large bug) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Satirical portrait of a German colonel, WW1
Satirical portrait of a German colonel (Der Herr Oberst) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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