Search night - or - state watchmen mistaking honest men for conspirato...
The interior of a bare, poverty-stricken room with a raftered roof. Pitt and Dundas, as watchmen, batter down the upper timbers of a door (right) which has been strongly bolted, locked, and barricaded. Both hav... More
William Hogarth - Night - Engraving, Public domain image
Scene near Charing Cross with le Sueur's equestrian statue of Charles I in the background and celebrations of the anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II (29 May, known as "Oak Apple Day"). In the foregrou... More
William Hogarth - The South Sea scheme
Print shows Fortune, Honesty, and Honor being mutilated and beaten amid a crowd of unfortunate investors in the South Sea investment scandal. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Paul before Felix, burlesqued - Public domain scan / engraving
This Hogarth engraved in the manner of Rembrandt was used as a subscription ticket "Paul before Felix." It proved so popular that he had to set a price on it and sell impressions separately. Courtesy of Boston ... More
William Hogarth - Tailpiece to the catalogue
This print was designed by Hogarth as a tailpiece to an artist's catalogue. It shows a monkey watering dead exotics of past ages, the implication being that too many works of art are thought to be "good" merely... More
William Hogarth - Paul before Felix
Paul before Felix, showing St. Paul on trial before Felix, governor of Caesarea. Paul to left with arms raised, Felix sitting with his wife Drusilla and two priests on a dais at center, one sitting with his chi... More
William Hogarth - The lottery - Public domain engraving
This print was designed by William Hogarth as an emblematic representation of the chances of fate or fortune. The engraved postscript explains the figures. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
William Hogarth - Royalty, episcopy, and law
This print was designed by Hogarth as a satire on the government of his time. Royalty, episcopy and law appear on the three thrones. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Taste, or the Burlington Gate
Satire on Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Burlington" in which he praises Lord Burlington's architectural taste. The gate of Burlington House, Piccadilly, surmounted by statues of William Kent, Raphael and Michela... More
William Hogarth - A midnight modern conversation
A drinking scene with eleven men in a paneled room around a table on which is a punch-bowl decorated with Chinese figures; wine bottles on the floor and mantelpiece and an overflowing chamber pot at lower right... More
William Hogarth - The bench - Public domain portrait engraving
The heavy judge in the center has been identified as Sir John Willes (1685-1761). The thin, long-nosed sleeper was identified as Henry, afterwards Earl, Bathurst (1714-94). The other two judges were identified ... More
William Hogarth - Tailpiece, or the bathos
This print, which was Hogarth's last, was planned to "serve as a Tail-piece to all the Author's engraved works," and was much celebrated as his farewell. Hogarth introduced into his print everything that could ... More
Thomas Rowlandson - The noonday feast
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th cent... More
St. Cecilia, James Gillray - Public domain dedication image
Design in an oval. A burlesque of Reynolds's painting of Mrs. Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia.' Lady Cecilia Johnston [1727-1817] sits at the organ in profile to the right, on a low stool, her face lit by rays which d... More
A pig in a poke. Whist, whist, James Gillray
Four men, their feet cut off by the lower margin, play whist at a rectangular table. Each has one card in his hand and is about to play the last trick, the tricks piled on the table show that each side has six ... More
William Hogarth - The times, pl. 2
The water used to put out the fire in The Times, pl. 1 is turned to peaceful uses and the firefighters are transformed into gardeners. This print is based on the ancient metaphor of the king as Fountain of Hono... More
A sphere, projecting against a plane, James Gillray
Pitt, very thin, stands rigidly erect in profile to the right. Mrs. Hobart, immensely fat, completely fills a globe which stands on a rectangular platform on castors, and whose circumference rests against Pitt'... More
Scotch Harry's news or nincumpoop in high glee, James Gillray
The heads and shoulders of the King and Queen (left) and of Dundas (right) face each other. Dundas holds a letter with a broken seal postmarked Bristol. He leans forward with a satisfied and cunning smile. He w... More
Enter Cowslip, with a bowl of cream, James Gillray
An enormously fat lady stands in profile to the left, holding a bowl (resembling a punch-bowl), her left hand on her hip, holding up the frilled apron which drapes her quilted petticoat. She wears ringlets with... More
Caricature, Push-pin, James Gillray, public domain cartoon image
Three people sit at a round table playing push-pin. The Duke of Queensberry (right) leans on the table, pushing the pin. In his right hand is a double lorgnette over which he leers at his vis-à-vis, a very corp... More
St. George's Volunteers charging down Bond Street, after clearing the ...
Three grotesque and ill-matched soldiers charge rapidly and fiercely down the pavement. Their bayonets threaten three women who flee in terror, only legs, petticoats, and an upraised arm being visible on the ex... More
La bonnet-rouge - or - John Bull evading the tax hat
John Bull stands full-face on the pavement outside a shop window, holding on his head a red cap trimmed with fur of quasi-military, quasi-libertarian shape. He is a yokel with wrinkled gaiters, with a tattered ... More
"Oh! Listen to the voice of love", James Gillray
An ugly man (left) kneels (on a spotted handkerchief) at the feet of a plain old maid seated on an upright chair. He holds her left hand, his right is on his breast. She holds up her fan in a way more encouragi... More
Mamlouk, et Hussard Republicain, general result of Buonaparte's attack...
A French hussar on a sorry horse flees before a well-mounted Mameluke, with a sabre in each hand, who rides him down. The Frenchman (left) turns in his saddle to hold out defensively a sabre whose blade is insc... More
Characters in high life, James Gillray
A tall handsome lady walks diagonally forwards from left to right, her left hand on the arm of a much shorter companion with a larger head, perhaps a young girl. The latter, though her dress is simple, has a gr... More
Waltzer au mouchoir, James Gillray
A couple dance in an assembly-room. The man, active and disheveled, smaller than his immensely fat partner, holds the ends of a large spotted handkerchief, since it is impossible to grasp her waist. In the back... More
Corporeal stamina, James Gillray
The bulky Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827) stands in profile to the left. He wears a small round hat with long powdered hair tied back, and a whisker; a double-breasted coat over a double-breasted waistcoat, strip... More
Caricature, A Welch Tandem, James Gillray, public domain cartoon image
Three brothers, with similar but identical profiles, sit squeezed together in a small rustic phaeton drawn (left to right) by three prancing goats, two being wheelers. The driver is nearest the spectator. All h... More
German-nonchalence - or - the vexation of little Boney, James Gillray
After the title: 'Vide. The Diplomatique's late Journey through Paris.' Count Starhemberg (left), Austrian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to England, drives in a post-chaise drawn by two gallo... More
Germans eating sour-krout, James Gillray
Five Germans seated at a round table, gormandize savagely on cabbage and sausages. Three are grossly fat and coarse-featured and plebeian; one of these (r.) has tucked the table-cloth round his neck. A lean mil... More
Company shocked at a lady getting up to ring the bell
A violent disturbance in a luxuriously furnished breakfast parlour. The only lady present has risen from her chair to pull a bell-pull. The frantic efforts of five elderly men to stop her have produced a sequen... More
Harmony before matrimony, James Gillray
A pretty young woman and a fashionably dressed man sing together seated on upright chairs. She (r.) plays the harp, her head thrown back to look over her shoulder at the music-book which he holds open. On a rou... More
"The friend of the people," & his petty new-tax-gatherer, paying John ...
Fox and Lord Henry Petty stand at the door of a ramshackle tenement house. A distressed family look down at them from an open casement window over the door. Petty's hand is on the knocker. He holds a large open... More
A kick at the broad-bottoms! i.e. Emancipation of "all the talents"
George III (l.), just risen from the throne, kicks Grenville from the presence, holding him by the pigtail, and raising the sceptre to smite. Other members of the Ministry flee in confusion, their gestures show... More
The sound of the horn - or - the danger of riding an old hunter
While crossing a ford the horse of a man with a lady seated behind him rears and snorts and prepares to gallop after the hunt. Huntsmen follow a pack in full cry on the opposite hill (r.). The lady is very fat ... More
The valley of the shadow of death, James Gillray
Napoleon, advancing down a gently sloping causeway of rock which traverses water and flames, is halted by 'Leo Britannicus' who bounds savagely towards him. He drops a short chain attached to the nose of the 'R... More
The life of William Cobbett, written by himself. 2d. plate
This series of bitter satirical prints against the grand radical of the day are parodies on the autobiographical sketch in his own Register, published during this year. They need little further explanation than... More
The life of William Cobbett, written by himself. 1st plate
This series of bitter satirical prints against the grand radical of the day are parodies on the autobiographical sketch in his own Register, published during this year. They need little further explanation than... More
Thomas Rowlandson - Modern antiques
The cabinet of an antiquarian, richly filled with supposititious relics of the past. The chief features of the collection are a gathering of Egyptian deities and some magnificent sarcophagi. The satire, in some... More
Visit to Cockney farm (A) : Viewing the grounds &c &c &c
A non-political laugh, where the pretensions of new-rich townees were a frequent source of humor. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Untitled sketch with three figures (street vendor, fat boy and young m...
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Humming birds : Or a dandy trio
A caricature of three dandies playing on musical instruments. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Ned Twigger in the kitchen of Mudfog House
Jolly Ned is hoisting a glass as he hugs the amiable cook, nearly falling off the kitchen table in the process. In this delightful scene below stairs the servants are mightily enjoying the spectacle. Courtesy o... More
"so Skiffy-Skipt-on, with his wonted grace", James Gillray
Skeffington skips forward (left to right). His sharp-featured profile emerges, grinning, from a sharp-pointed collar and swathed cravat. His hair is swept forward in careful disarray, which, with his heavy whis... More
Untitled (woman standing in mid-century dress, standing with arms up ....
Woman in mid-century dress, standing with arms up. A seated man in a suit watches her. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Shere Khan in jungle, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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The Cold Lairs - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Mowgli leaving the jungle, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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Mowgli and Bagheera - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Kaa the python, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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Rikki-tikki, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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Mowgli and the Lone Wolf, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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Elephant with trappings, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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Baloo in the forest, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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Monkey fight, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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Elephant dance, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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Toomai of the elephants, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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The return of the buffalo herd, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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Council Rock, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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The village club, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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Akela the lone wolf, print by Edward Julius Detmold
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