Coalition arms / JN: 1784., British Cartoon Print
Print shows Lord North and Charles James Fox standing with a large escutcheon between them which rests on the back of George III. North is holding a flag in his right hand inscribed "Coalition" with two demons ... More
1. Americanischer scharffschütz oder Jäger (rifleman) 2. regulaire inf...
Print shows German versions of an American rifleman and a soldier with the Pennsylvania infantry, full-length, standing, facing each other, wearing military uniform, holding rifles. Illus. in: Allgemeines hist... More
1. General Washington's reitende leibgarde 2. die independent company,...
Print shows German versions of a member of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard and a company soldier under Washington's command, full-length, standing, facing each other, wearing military uniform.
Troisieme voyage aërien, expérience faite à Lion le 19 Janvier 1784, s...
Print shows the balloon "Le Flesselles," constructed by Joseph Montgolfier, ascending over the Rhone River and the city of Lyons, January 19, 1784, carrying seven passengers including Joseph Montgolfier and Pil... More
The vision, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a young man, possibly William Pitt, the younger, being visited by a ghost from the grave, possibly the elder William Pitt, who has come "to warn thee against thy impending fate - Beware of Prerogati... More
Gallant behavior of an English sailor in offering a sword to an unarme...
Engraved for Raymond's history of England. Illus. from: A new, universal and impartial history of England ... to the spring of the year 1784 ... / by George Frederick Raymond, Esq.... London : Printed for J. C... More
Figure exacte et proportions, du globe aërostatique, qui, le premier, ...
Print shows elaborately decorated balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes in ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (Source: A... More
The fall of Phaeton, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray
"The Prince of Wales falls headlong, but gracefully, from his high phaeton, and is about to land on Mrs. Fitzherbert, who lies face downwards on the ground, on hands and knees, her petticoats over her head, lea... More
The sweet delights of love / F.G. Byron, Esqr. delt., British Cartoon ...
Print shows a depressed-looking husband seated between a baby in a cradle and a complaining wife, as smoke billows from the fire on the right and a bill collector(?) enters a door on the left. Caption continue... More
Adieu Bastille - A drawing of a man in a red coat and a lion
Print shows a man playing a bagpipe, behind him lies a lion on a chain which is draped over his right arm, his left foot rests on a gameboard, at the far end of which is a peg with string attached, the string r... More
Portrait d'aprés nature du Sr. Humbert, Compagnon Horloger, natif de L...
Print shows Sr. Humbert and Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, leaders, respectively, of the second and first assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, half-length portrait, facing each other, each in o... More
Liste de MM les Deputes de la noblesse de Paris
Aristocrats in carriage drawn by two lions on their way to Versailles for the meeting of the Estates General; fierce lion at front; figure of the Republic with club on high platform behind; list of the deputies... More
L'accord - Public domain historical image, Political Cartoon. A couple...
Print shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class, members of the three estates, dining together and drinking a toast to "la santé d'not bon Roi" in a rural setting. Possibly purchased ... More
Le jeu de quilles - A drawing of a man in a blue coat and a man in a p...
Print shows a member of the nobility complaining to a member of the clergy, representing the estates general, while a member of the working class, or third estate, bowling in the background, appears to be monop... More
Reforme de différents droits feodaux et de la dime - le 11 aoust 1789
Print shows, in a rural setting, a man from the working class or third estate, handing a bag of money to a member of the clergy, who refuses with his right hand, but reaches behind his back with his left hand t... More
Il faut en Goûter - A drawing of a group of people hanging on to a pol...
Print shows a winged globe with fleur-de-lis topped by a green liberty cap labeled "Liberté"; hanging beneath the globe is a balance supporting, on the left, members of the National Assembly demanding "Veto abs... More
Pal sangué Mr. l'Prieur v'la l'coup
Print with two scenes, one labeled "Le jeu de hazard" shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class; the other labeled "Le goute patriotique" shows members of the three estates dining toge... More
L'accord parfait - A painting of three men in period clothing
Print shows three men representing the nobility, the clergy, and the third estate playing musical instruments. The nobleman, on the left, is playing a bagpipe, the cleric, on the right, is playing a recorder an... More
"Rosine! Rosine! Ma chère Rosine! Je jure que je t'adore"
Print shows an abbé rushing into the bedroom of "Rosine" professing his love for her, the woman (possibly intended to be a caricature of Marie Antoinette) stands to receive him with open arms, saying "Non, non,... More
Reveil du tiers etat - A drawing of a man being taken to the ground
Print shows a nobleman and a clergyman reacting with horror as a member of the Third Estate awakens, throws off the chains of bondage, and reaches for a rifle. The destruction of the Bastille is taking place in... More
Portrait d'apres nature du Sr. Harné natif de Dôle en Franche Comté Gr...
Print shows Sr. Harné, a grenadier in the French Guards, and Sr. Humbert, leaders, respectively, of the first and second assaults on the Bastille, 14 July 1789, full-length portrait, standing, facing each other... More
Patience Margot j'auront bientot 3 fois 8
Cartoon about the French Revolution showing man seated next to menu 'Desires for 1790,' which lists price of bread, meat, and wine as 8 each. Picture on the wall is called reunion of the three orders, and the w... More
Nouvelle place de la Bastille - A drawing of a man holding a baby in f...
Cartoon shows Louis XVI standing on a pedestal with one foot on the hydra of despotism(?) from which five of seven heads have been severed; on the left, a clergyman offers him a gold coin, and on the right, a S... More
Il faut faire 3 choses - A drawing of three men standing next to each ...
Print shows figures of the estates general; a member of the clergy and a nobleman each place a hand on short pillar labeled "Je tien mon pied de bœuf"; a peasant, representing the third estate, places both of h... More
La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...
Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More
Quand ce ra la Poule au Pot - A drawing of a man holding a bird in his...
Print shows a poor old man sliding a chicken onto a long spit. Trimmed within plate mark. de Vinck, 2890 Blum, 27 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
L'homme au masque de fer - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows a prisoner in chains and wearing an iron mask sitting on a bench in a prison cell, and another man with a lantern and a tray of food entering the cell in the Bastille. Possibly purchased by George ... More
![[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvMy1vcmRlcnMtcHJvY2VlZGluZy10by12ZXJzYWlsbGVzLW1heS0xNzg5LTVjZjNiZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]")
[3 orders proceeding to Versailles, May 1789]
Print shows ornate carriage in which are riding well-dressed people with horns growing out of their heads. The carriage is drawn by two horned deer; standing on a platform at the rear is a women holding a baton... More
La coup des bois - A drawing of a man falling off a horse
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, possibly a woman, kneeling on top of a fallen friar, cutting wooden branches or horns from his head. Caption continues: Quel besogne, Grand Dieu ni moi ni mes petits e... More
Fraternité des Soldats de la Garde Prisienne des Dragons et du Regimen...
Cartoon about the French Revolution. Title translated: The fraternity of soldiers of the Parisienne Guard, the Dragoons, and the Regiment of Flanders with the body guards at the time of their arrival in Paris ... More
Trois tetes sous l'meme bonnet - A painting of a man sitting in front ...
Print shows a neatly dressed man sitting on a bundle surrounded by implements of the Third Estate and holding a large triangle topped with a liberty cap, within the triangle are images of a cleric, an aristocra... More
Journée memorable du 6 Octobre 1789
Print shows members of the Gardes du Corps who had been disarmed, joined by the National Guard, and the market-women of Paris who had marched on Versailles in the preceding days, now making the return trip to P... More
Nom de MM les deputes de la ville de Paris, a l'Assemblée National
Print shows the deputies from Paris to the National Assembly aboard a large, ornate carriage being drawn by a bull, lion, sheep, and a snake; ahead of them, leading the procession, are three female figures, one... More
Reveil du Tiers Etat, ma feinte, il doit tems que je me revillise, car...
Clergyman and aristocrat recoiling from figure representing Third Estate, who is picking up chains and guns; storming of the Bastille in background.
Honneurs rendus à la Pauvreté en l'Eglise de St. Jacques de la Boucher...
Print shows draperies being hung on the walls of Church of St. Jacques de la Boucherie as a crowd of working class men, women, and children, many carrying torches, accompany a coffin carried by two men during a... More
J'suis du Tiers-ètat - A drawing of a man holding a glass of wine
Print shows a cobbler, representing the Third Estate, walking to the right, holding up a bottle and a glass. Trimmed within plate mark. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Holland in 1790. Source: Kat... More
Allons plus de distinction ce malheur commun nous rend égaux
Print shows a member of the aristocracy and a member of the Third Estate embracing in a courtyard, they both wear the horns of cuckoldry which they consider a common misery among all classes; a woman leaning ov... More
Frontispiece to Reflections on the French revolution, British Cartoon ...
Print shows Edmund Burke on bended knee as though proposing to a vision which appears before him of Marie Antoinette, while a cherub touches his head with a firebrand emitting the sparks of romance. Includes e... More
Menagerie nationale - A drawing of a group of people standing in front...
Print shows a harlequin standing on a makeshift stage with three cages on it containing members of the clergy and the nobility, and flying a banner "Collection d'Animaux Feroces et Traitres". The first cage is ... More
Le veritable navigateur aerien / L.J. Stoupy Bijou, invenit et delinea...
Design drawing for an airship navigational system project by Stoupy Bijou consisting of five balloons fastened to a sixty foot mast, a rudder, two 12 foot long oars, and two polygonal vanes to control the rise ... More
Le maitre de danse des aristocrates, allons donc l'Abbe cochon en mesu...
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, with a turkey-cock at his side, beating a drum and wielding a whip to make dance a pig dressed as an abbot and a dog dressed in Spanish clothing. de Vinck, 3677 Blum, ... More
Don Dismallo running the literary gantlet, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Edmund Burke in fools dress receiving lashes on his bare back as he runs a gauntlet of his peers which also includes Justice holding a sword, and Liberty, with staff topped with a liberty cap, who h... More
![Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvY2VsYS1uZS1zZS1kaXQtcGFzLW1haXMtY2VsYS1zZS1kZXZpbmUtYXYtbW9ub2dyYW0tNzMyYTFiLTEwMjQuanBn/40/62/webp "Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].")
Cela ne se dit pas mais cela se devine / AV [monogram].
Print shows an aristocratic-looking couple in a street or courtyard. The woman is standing, facing front, next to a wall, urinating beneath her dress. She holds the hat, umbrella, and walking stick (emblems of ... More
Smelling out a rat; or the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his ...
Print shows Richard Price seated at a desk, he turns to look over his right shoulder at a vision of an enormous Edmund Burke, his spectacles, nose, and hands emerge from the haze, a crown in one hand and a cros... More
An ocean of motion about Spanish commotions or the windy explosion of ...
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Le Pied de nez ou l'aristocratie ecrasée
Aristocrat with crown, clergy with long noses, triumphant figures of the Republic, destruction of the aristocracy.
Le corps Aristocratique sous la figure d'une femme expirant dans les b...
Print shows a plainly-dressed female figure dying in the arms of a man, representing the nobility, as two other men, one checking her pulse, stand nearby.
Le concert L'essentielle est d'accorder nos instruments pour que l'har...
Print shows three men playing musical instruments; they represent the clergy, the aristocracy, and the third estate. Trimmed within plate. de Vinck, 2050/2051 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection... More
Le demenagement du clergé J'ai perdu mes benefices, rien n'égale ma do...
Print shows a group of ecclesiastical figures departing a church with what remains of their belongings (following the November 1789 decree by the National Assembly regarding church property); at the center of t... More
Les moines aprenant à faire l'exercise
Cartoon showing four men, monks, wearing the uniform of the National Guard marching in a disorderly manner. Caption continues: ...avec de la patience nous en viendrons about et avec le temps nous marcherons com... More
La visite du camp par les commissaires aristocrates
Print shows an aristocrat and a clergyman at a military camp to inspect the troops are confronted by three jeering soldiers. de Vinck, 3682 Blum, 528 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library... More
Le tems donnant les cendres à la noblesse et au clergé
Print shows Father Time flying past an altar on which the privileges of the nobility and the clergy are being burned; he is annointing the forehead of one priest with the ashes of the consummed documents as ano... More
Confederation Nationale du 14 Juillet 1790 Aux deux soutiens de la lib...
Print shows a central scene at the National Federation festivities recognizing the union of the three estates with a display on a tiered stage illuminated by torches and with many figures making salutory gestur... More
To the right hon'ble Lord Visc't. Kilwarlin and Fairford, and knight o...
Print shows a pastoral scene with a bleaching mill next to a river, showing the methods of wet and dry linen bleaching; also shows a young couple conversing beneath a tree in the foreground. Plate X. Incorpora... More
Enjambée de la sainte famille des Thuilleries à Montmidy
Print shows Marie Antoinette taking an enormous step from the rooftop of the Tuileries Palace in Paris to Montmédy, she is holding the royal scepter, from which the tip has broken off, in her right hand, Louis ... More
L'entreé-franche - je me suis ruine pour l'en gresser - la fin du comp...
Print shows Louis XVI as a pig with fish on his head forming the horns of cuckoldry, on a hind leg is a tether held by a man of the Third Estate. de Vinck, 3989 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collecti... More
A Birmingham toast, as given on the 14th of July by the--revolution so...
Print shows Charles James Fox seated at center of a table and raising his glass, "My Soul & Body, both, upon the Toast," to a toast offered by Joseph Priestley, who stands at left holding up an overflowing chal... More
To the very respectable the linen merchants and manufactures of Irelan...
Print shows linen merchants and manufacturers standing in front of Linen Hall, Dublin, Ireland. Plate XII. Incorporated into the title is a cartouche showing beehives, with text "Industria Opum Parens." First ... More
Reponce à l'auteur de la chronique, qui appelle bombe la bulle du Pape...
Print shows the Pope sitting on the right blowing bubbles representing Papal briefs condemning members of the clergy who took the oath to the new civil constitution, and on the left, an allegorical figure repre... More
To the right hon'ble ... trustees of the linen manufacture ... this vi...
Plate III. Incorporated into the title is a cartouche with text "Premia Artium" showing a woman (Abundance) holding a cornucopia and dispensing coins to a cherub. First published 1782.
To the right hon'ble Lord Bangor, this plate representing a complete p...
Print shows an interior view of a mill where three men and a woman are engaged in washing, rubbing, glazing and boiling fabric. Plate IX. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms. First published 1782. DC... More
Ha je seront ben content quand j'aurons tous ces papiers la - le treso...
Print shows a cleric, an aristocrat, and a member of the Third Estate who is pulling on a rope tied to a bundle of papers including the "Nouvelle Constitution" and "Vœux de la Nation" which are held aloft by a ... More
Bréf du Pape en 1791 - A cartoon of a man in a blue coat and hat
Print shows a member of the Third Estate, with cockade on his hat and a big smile, using a Papal letter to clean himself after defecating on papers of Le Clerc de Juigné on the ground; Abbé Royou, with glass, a... More
![Wierd sisters; minister's[sic] of darkness; minions of the moon, British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvd2llcmQtc2lzdGVycy1taW5pc3RlcnNzaWMtb2YtZGFya25lc3MtbWluaW9ucy1vZi10aGUtbW9vbi1lODgxYjMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Wierd sisters; minister's[sic] of darkness; minions of the moon, British Cartoon Print")
Wierd sisters; minister's[sic] of darkness; minions of the moon, Briti...
Prime Minister William Pitt, and subordinate ministers Dundas and Thurlow portrayed as the witches from Macbeth, contemplating a moon comprised of profiles of Queen Charlotte and King George III. Forms part of ... More
The gradual abolition off the slave trade or leaving of sugar by degre...
Print shows George III sitting at a table with the Queen and two of his daughters, and the Queen's Keeper of the Robes, Juliana Elizabeth Schwellenbergen holding a bottle of "Brandy", discussing the use of suga... More
La Contre revolution. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Cartoon showing clergy, nobility, and fugitive counterrevolutionaries, who were against the reforms of the revolution, walking in procession along the Rhine River toward a man, on the left, holding a paper that... More
L'Attaque de la constitution - A painting of a group of people on a be...
Cartoon showing clergy, nobility, and fugitive counterrevolutionaries, carrying flags labeled "Vive la noblesse et le Clerge", "Lettre Pastorale", and "Voincre ou Courir", attacking a rock, identified as the "C... More
The abolition of the slave trade Or the inhumanity of dealers in human...
Print shows sailor on a slave ship suspending an African girl by her ankle from a rope over a pulley. Captain John Kimber stands on the left with a whip in his hand. Attributed to I. Cruikshank in BM CPPS. Cat... More
Frederick William - L'enjambee imperiale
Print shows Catherine II, Empress of Russia, bare-breasted, holding a scepter and sphere, taking a large step from a piece of land on the right labeled "Russie" to a crescent moon atop a steeple or minaret labe... More
The martydom of Louis XVI, King of France - I forgive my enemies, I di...
Print shows Louis XVI standing, with a dramatic pose, next to a guillotine. Includes description of the mechanics of the guillotine.
Compulsion pour ces gens que n'attend pas la libertie / TC.
Print shows a tattered group of soldiers, one with peg leg, following a cart drawn by hooded executioners; chains, an axe, and a gibbet are visible among the items in the cart. On the far right, a pile of dead ... More
French happiness - English misery / IC.
Print shows, on the left, four ragged and starving sansculottes fighting over a frog, a cat has dropped dead at their feet, and scenes of death in the background; on the right, a scene in an English tavern with... More
Het jaar 1804!!!, Tissandier Collection, France
Dutch cartoon forecasts aeronautic events for the year 1804 by showing people in hysterics, possibly over an imminent balloon ascension by "Wille van de Heeren Hopman & Loude." From the ceiling hangs a balloon ... More
The faith of treaties exemplified or John Bull's last effort to oblige...
A satire on the diplomatic situation in 1794, showing French soldiers shooting at raging bull, and saying "Vive la republic, Blood & plunder, no quarter to John Bull!" To the bull's back is strapped a bundle in... More
M.M.J. Robespierre Député de l'Artois, à l'Assemblée Nationale en 1789...
Print shows Maximilien Robespierre, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in oval. de Vinck, 6533 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Representing Revolu... More
La grande aiguiserie royale de poignards Anglais
Print shows George III, identified as "Georges Dandin", inside a large wheel driving a grinding stone at which stands William Pitt sharpening a knife. Caption continues: Le fameux Ministre Pitt aiguisant les p... More
The specious orator Will your ladyship do me the honor to say £50,000 ...
"A H.L. portrait of Christie standing in his auctioneer's rostrum, the upper part of which forms the base of the design..." (Source: George) At the time this etching was published Christie's was located at 125 ... More
Het jaar 1804!!!, Tissandier Collection, France
Dutch cartoon forecasts aeronautic events for the year 1804 by showing a scene at a failing balloon ascension, in the interests of scientific inquiry, possibly by "Wille van de Heeren Hopman & Loude." Men strug... More
Sir Thomas Bond Bart, British Cartoon Print
Print showing Sir Thomas Bond, full-length portrait, right profile, carrying an umbrella under right arm. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
The great South Sea caterpillar, transform'd into a Bath butterfly / J...
Cartoon shows the metamorphosis of Sir Joseph Banks from a caterpillar to a butterfly upon his investiture with the Order of the Bath as a result of his South Sea expedition. Draped with the ribbon, and wearing... More
Lady Godina's rout; - or - Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan / Js. Gy. ...
A fashionable crowd playing cards at two tables. In the foreground, four people playing the game Pope-Joan. One of the women is wearing a loose fitting semi-transparent dress with her breasts exposed. Behind he... More
College fun, or quizzing the proctor, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a young student, at the instigation of two older students standing nearby, pinning a notice "From all Vain Glory and Hypocracy [sic], Good Lord Deliver us" onto the back of a rotund proctor who is r... More
Tippies of 1796 / R. Newton del. et fecit., British Cartoon Print
Print shows a man and a woman wearing the latest fashion in hats. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Papiers monnoies et autres de la Republique Française / gravé par I. H...
Print shows a trompe-l'oeil presentation of many French revolutionary assignats in various demoninations, issued between 1789 and 1795. Paper is watermarked, but difficult to distinguish.
End of the Irish Invasion : - or - the Destruction of the French Armad...
French warships, labeled Le Révolutionaire, L'Egalité and The Revolutionary Jolly Boat, being tossed about during a storm blown up by Pitt, Dundas, Grenville and Windham, whose heads appear from the clouds. Cha... More
Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et. fecit., British Cartoon Print
Four town criers peddling "shillelees, ballads, Bedfordshire tails, and Scotch whiskey." Forms part of British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Library of Congress)
Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et sculp., British Cartoon Print
Four town criers peddling "lily white sand," "Scotch crowdy," "roses and lilies," and the last crier announcing the theft of "five hundred guineas." Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library ... More
Cries of London / Rd. Newn. del. et. fecit., British Cartoon Print
Four town criers announcing "Rare news! bloody news! Ireland is sunk in the bog of Allen! The ... French Army is totally destroyed ..." ; "Any-bad-schillings!" ; "Bill o' the play, your honour" ; "Rare Norfolk ... More
Hero's recruiting at Kelsey's; - or- Guard-Day at St. James's / Js. Gy...
Two officers, on a tall, lanky, elderly man and the other a child, sit facing each other eating sweets at a confectioner's. A third officer, fat and knock-kneed, stands guard in the doorway. The windows of the ... More
The nuptial-bower; - with the evil-one, peeping at the charms of Eden,...
Cartoon shows William Pitt escorting Eleanor Eden to a vine-shaded bower within which are three large sacks with the British pound symbol on them, possibly representing Pitt's debt. Bunches of grapes, crowns, a... More
The French Mahomet, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a hunchback named La Reveilliere La Paux standing upon the Republican calendar while supporting symbols of France in one hand and containing it with an iron sceptor in the other hand as Count Lazare... More
Le Boureau / Js. Gy. d. & ft., British Cartoon Print, James Gillray
Cartoon shows George Tierney dressed as an executioner standing next to a guillotine with a crowd of liberty-capped citizens in the background. One of a series of twelve: French Habits, No. 6. Forms part of: Br... More
New morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Th...
Print shows French politician and Theophilanthropist Louis Marie la Révellière-Lépaux standing on a three-legged stool perched upon a stone dais reading Religion de la N[ature] to surrounding caricatures of peo... More
Treason!!! / designed & etch'd by Rd. Newton., British Cartoon Print
A stout, smiling John Bull directs a blast from his rear-end toward a poster of King George III tacked to a wall. The image of the king looks suprised. On the left, the head of William Pitt exclaims, "That is T... More
Member of the riding house at Paris, delivering an harangue from the s...
Print shows a member of the new French aristocracy wearing a Phrygian or Liberty cap with circular emblem (Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité) riding on the back of a French citizen; he implores, "Messrs. of the me... More
Isaac Cruikshank - The Irish bull broke loose, British Cartoon Print
Print shows the "Irish Bull" tossing William Pitt into the air and about to do the same to Lord Dundas who runs to the left; on the far right, those opposed to Pitt's "Union Bill" cheer on the bull, "Go it my B... More
Limbs of the law!! Woodward del, British Cartoon Print
Print shows two men, perhaps barristers, discussing a document. Man on left says "Oh! I perceive it at the first glance, we shall carry the cause hollow!! The other man replies: "You'll see the mistake very cl... More
Isaac Cruikshank - That accounts for it / I.C., British Cartoon Print
Print shows a number of men and women each with a particular problem that seems to be troubling them, they contrive a solution which leads to the remark, "that accounts for it." "Folio's of caracatures lent ou... More
Chips of the church!! / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print
Print shows two men stopping to chat while walking through the countryside. The one on the left says, "O yes, made my debut Sermon last Sunday, hit them off to a nicety - charm'd the whole Parish! Set the old W... More
"Praetor-Urbanus;" - Inauguration of the Coptic Mayor of Cairo, preced...
An obese, Copt, holding a mace or staff, rides an ass which, though led processionally by a Copt, proceeds on account of the bayonet with which a grinning French soldier stabs its hind quarters. Forms part of :... More