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Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, Photographic Phenomena, by George Cruikshank

Cartoon, Photographic Phenomena, by George Cruikshank
Cartoon, Photographic Phenomena, or the New School of Portrait Painting, by George Cruikshank Date: 1842

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, Monument to Napoleon! by George Cruikshank

Cartoon, Monument to Napoleon! by George Cruikshank. Showing a skeleton on top of a pyramid of skulls, to reflect the many deaths caused during his military campaigns. Date: 1842

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, The Break-Up of the English Parliament

Cartoon, The Break-Up of the English Parliament
Political Cartoon, The Break-Up of the English Parliament, by Louis Wain Date: 1914

Background imageSatirical Collection: King Edward VII and Chamberlain as a stone vase

King Edward VII and Chamberlain as a stone vase
French satirical postcard by Charles Denizard (Orens) Date: 1902

Background imageSatirical Collection: The Devil and pollution

The Devil and pollution
Even in the early 1900s the issue of pollution was causing concern. The German artist Heinrich Kley exhibited landscapes and portraits with the Munich Secession

Background imageSatirical Collection: Mexico 1860s Mexican Comic Humour Death Macabre

Mexico 1860s Mexican Comic Humour Death Macabre
mexico, 1860s, mexican, comic, humour, death, macabre, morbid, calavera, skeletons, skeleton, skull, skulls, satire, satirical, sword, uniform, soldier, soldiers, military, battle, war, intervention

Background imageSatirical Collection: Calavera of the Purring Cat, Mexico

Calavera of the Purring Cat, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageSatirical Collection: Mexico 1900s 1890s Mexican Comic Humour Death

Mexico 1900s 1890s Mexican Comic Humour Death
mexico, 1900s, 1890s, mexican, comic, humour, death, macabre, morbid, calavera, skeletons, skeleton, skull, skulls, satire, satirical, artists, artisans, artist, artisan, play, playing, music

Background imageSatirical Collection: Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door

Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door, Battersea Rise, Surrey -- a satirical scene in the style of Hogarth, with lines from a serious long poem, The Grave

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, The Last of the Last Lines, WW1

Cartoon, The Last of the Last Lines, WW1
Cartoon, The Last of the Last Lines. Showing a scarecrow version of Paul von Hindenburg holding a sword, with Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince on the right

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, The Merry Widows, WW1

Cartoon, The Merry Widows, WW1
Cartoon, The Merry Widows. A reference to the operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar, showing widows of the First World War in a cafe looking anything but merry

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, Kaiser Carnival and his cortege, WW1

Cartoon, Kaiser Carnival and his cortege, WW1
Cartoon, Kaiser Carnival and his cortege, showing Kaiser Wilhelm being carried along on a float, with various figures around him, including Death, a spy, a sorceress

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, by James Gillray. Depicting Napoleon (ironically in the role of John Bunyan's pilgrim, Christian) having to confront an array of problems

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats

Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats, or, the new Litter of hungry Grunters Sucking John Bull's Old Sow to death, by James Gillray

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, Sin, Death, and the Devil

Cartoon, Sin, Death, and the Devil, Vide Milton, by James Gillray. A parody of a scene from John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, showing Prime Minister William Pitt (left) as Death

Background imageSatirical Collection: Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Death

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Death
ww1, wwi, world, war, one, first, 1st, great, i, death, mounted, horse, sounding, horn, trumpet, battle, field, ground, french, soldiers, troops, army, trench, trenches, warfare, satire, satirical

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, The happy meeting, WW1

Cartoon, The happy meeting, WW1
Cartoon, The happy meeting, showing a French soldier in a tattered uniform finding a dead German soldier lying on the ground, and deciding he could help himself to some of his clothes. Date: 1915

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, WW1

Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, WW1
Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, showing Emperor Franz Josef of Austria lying in state (although he was still alive at the time)

Background imageSatirical Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Satirical puppet

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Satirical puppet show La Tarumba. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, A Problem in Resuscitation, WW1

Cartoon, A Problem in Resuscitation, WW1
Cartoon, A Problem in Resuscitation, showing the recently elected Pope (Benedictus XV) holding a dead Dove of Peace upside down by one leg

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, WW1

Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, WW1
Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, with a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II with the words Louvain and Rheims (Reims) on his shoulders

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, Important Surrender of Copyright, WW1

Cartoon, Important Surrender of Copyright, WW1
Cartoon, Important Surrender of Copyright. Showing Bloody Mary (Queen Mary I of England) handing over her title to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany

Background imageSatirical Collection: Man in tight stays 1788

Man in tight stays 1788
Tight lacing 1788. A painfully fashionable young man wearing corsets to achieve a fashionable figure, bowing, perhaps in a dance. "These tight stays will be death of me, " he says

Background imageSatirical Collection: Hungarian poster, Farewell to Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Hungarian poster, Farewell to Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Hungarian poster, Farewell to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, written by Karl Kraus, translated by Szini Gyula. Showing a man in revolutionary red clothes

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, first German victory, Moineville, WW1

Cartoon, first German victory, Moineville, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled Their First Victory, showing a dead priest at Moineville, north-eastern France, on the frontier with Germany

Background imageSatirical Collection: Qui Hi's Last March to Padree Burrows's Go Down

Qui Hi's Last March to Padree Burrows's Go Down. An illustration to The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem in eight cantos by Quiz

Background imageSatirical Collection: George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer and dramatist

George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer and dramatist
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish writer and dramatist. Seen here on the right, in old age. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageSatirical Collection: Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment

Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment
A group of people on a Right to Work demonstration, with a satirical comment on the words of the Conservative politician Norman Tebbit to the unemployed to "Get on yer bike

Background imageSatirical Collection: Goat expresses opinion on Margaret Thatcher

Goat expresses opinion on Margaret Thatcher
A white goat expresses its opinion on Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Its cardboard handwritten notice reads: Stop acting the goat

Background imageSatirical Collection: Spitting Image puppet of Margaret Thatcher

Spitting Image puppet of Margaret Thatcher
A puppet of Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister, used on the satirical TV programme, Spitting Image. The book is Spycatcher by Peter Wright

Background imageSatirical Collection: Satirical cartoon, Evacuation of Holland and Brabant

Satirical cartoon, Evacuation of Holland and Brabant. Showing General Charles-Francois Dumouriez retreating with the French army (in blue)

Background imageSatirical Collection: Satirical cartoon, A Senatus Consultum

Satirical cartoon, A Senatus Consultum. Napoleon is making his will and consulting the Devil about his fate. The Devil carries a flaming plaque: Death Bonaparte Death'

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, Disenchantment, WW1

Cartoon, Disenchantment, WW1
Cartoon, Disenchantment. The old ones are no fun, they die too quickly, muses a German U-boat commander. Date: 1916

Background imageSatirical Collection: Kaiser Wilhelm Ii 1903 Cartoons Caricatures German

Kaiser Wilhelm Ii 1903 Cartoons Caricatures German
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Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, The Rescuer, WW1

Cartoon, The Rescuer, WW1
Cartoon, The Rescuer. Germany comes to the help of Death, represented by a skeleton drowning in a sea of blood. Date: 1916

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, Sale of Peerages by Lloyd George and Asquith

Cartoon, Sale of Peerages by Lloyd George and Asquith
The Chance of a Lifetime. Cartoon, Sale of Peerages -- Asquith and Lloyd George sell off peerages. Date: 1910

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, The Seven-league boots 1846

Cartoon, The Seven-league boots 1846
Cartoon, The Seven-league boots; or, Death of Giant Monopoly. A satirical comment on the repeal of the Corn Laws, depicting Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister

Background imageSatirical Collection: WW1 CARTOON/NO MORE FISH

WW1 CARTOON/NO MORE FISH
George V is told of Kitchener's death by drowning in the Hampshire, and observes that they will no longer be able to eat fish from the North Sea Date: 1916

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, L'Etat, C'Est Moi! or, History Burlesques Itself -- dictatorship of the proletariat

Cartoon, L'Etat, C'Est Moi! or, History Burlesques Itself -- dictatorship of the proletariat, showing a left-wing extremist just as detached from the common people as King Louis XVI was

Background imageSatirical Collection: Cartoon, Unemployment Mountain -- LLOYD GEORGE has his attention drawn to the scale of

Cartoon, Unemployment Mountain -- LLOYD GEORGE has his attention drawn to the scale of the unemployment problem. Date: 1921

Background imageSatirical Collection: Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882), receiving birthday homage (after his death)

Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882), receiving birthday homage (after his death) from the German biologist Ernst Haeckel. Date: 1909

Background imageSatirical Collection: Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German

Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German defensive position on the Western Front, showing a German soldier with a line of washing. Date: circa 1916-1917

Background imageSatirical Collection: The Bar to Progress! An allegory, founded upon Temple Bar. Satirical cartoon, 1853

The Bar to Progress! An allegory, founded upon Temple Bar. Satirical cartoon, 1853. Temple Bar, the entrance to the City of London in the west, closes its gates against ordinary people and progress

Background imageSatirical Collection: Comic postcard, Temperance campaigner in pub

Comic postcard, Temperance campaigner in pub Date: 20th century

Background imageSatirical Collection: Comic postcard, Temperance argument for water, not beer Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance argument for water, not beer Date: 20th century

Background imageSatirical Collection: The New Shaving-Machine (suggested by a recent invention)

The New Shaving-Machine (suggested by a recent invention). Emperor of Russia, Nicholas I, sits in the shaving-machine chair in John Bull and Louis Nap(olean)s Easy Shaving Shop

Background imageSatirical Collection: Gentlemens fashions, 1853. Two small boys in the street have a chuckle at a man s

Gentlemens fashions, 1853. Two small boys in the street have a chuckle at a man s
Gentlemens fashions, 1853. Two small boys in the street have a chuckle at a mans outrageously-patterned waistcoat. Ho! Crikey Charlie! If ere ain t a ge man with a lot o hadders a crawlin hover im

Background imageSatirical Collection: Ladies fashions. The culminating point of the bonnet style

Ladies fashions. The culminating point of the bonnet style. Satirical cartoon in which the young ladys plaited hairstyle forms a point on which her bonnet sits



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