The OP spectacles / Cruikshank del., British Cartoon Print
Satire showing head of Clifford with two circles representing huge spectacles, "Old house old prices & no private boxes" and "Old house old prices & no pigeon holes," over his eyes. Each circle contains a symme... More
Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.
Print shows a female figure labeled "Rep. Party" trying to choose from among three suitors labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison"; another female figure labeled "Dem. Party" is walking in the background with ... More
She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows an elderly woman labeled "Spain", possibly María Cristina, Queen Regent, struggling to maintain control of two diminutive figures, one labeled "Cuba", armed with a gun and sword, and the other label... More
Puck magazine cover - The Cuban melodrama / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Uncle Sam in the role of the "Noble Hero" in a melodrama, defending a young woman labeled "Cuba" from the "Heavy Villain" labeled "Spain". Caption: The Noble Hero (to the Heavy Villain) Stand back... More
Unto them that hath / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows an elephant labeled "G.O.P." holding a tambourine labeled "Stand Patism" and handing out free baskets labeled "Tariff Graft" containing a turkey, duck, or chicken to ragged figures labeled "C... More
The next candidate for statehood / O'Neill.
Illustration shows Columbia handing a dress labeled "Statehood" to a young woman labeled "New Mexico." Illus. in: Puck, v. 50, no. 1294 (1901 December 18), cover. Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
The Female frizzler, British Cartoon Print
British cartoon showing woman, seated on huge hairdo of another woman, as she works on the hairdo. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
The coffee-house patriots, or news, from St. Eustatia / H. Bunbury Esq...
Print shows interior view of a coffeehouse, presumably in London, where several man of commerce appear disgruntled at the news of the successful campaign to capture Saint Eustatius, a port used by British merch... More
Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the ye...
Detail showing convicts consisting of lords, esquires, and attorneys, in chains, boarding ship, for transport from England to Georgia, under the reign of King George III. Detail of British Museum Cartoon Collec... More
The heroic Charlotte la Cordé, upon her trial,... / Js. Gy., desn. et ...
"The interior of the Revolutionary Tribunal crowded with figures. Charlotte Corday (right) stands at the bar, a raised circular stone platform, her wrists linked by a chain, addressing her judges (left), who li... More
The night mare, British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows a scantily clad woman asleep on a bed, a little man sitting on her chest pulling back her see-through covers, as one of her arms hangs to the floor near a chamber pot written on it... "Source of N... More
John Bull fighting the French single handed / P.F.L.B. fecit., British...
Print shows John Bull rapping a French soldier on the head with a cudgel, stomping on a French officer with his right foot, and using his left foot to kick the French nobility out of England and back to France ... More
An escape a la Francois! - Public domain dedication image
"A burlesque representation of the flight to Varennes; the royal family in a two-wheeled carriage drawn (left to right) by four galloping horses with two postilions..." (Source: George)
Buonaparte at Rome giving audience in state / I.Ck., British Cartoon P...
Cartoon shows Napoleon, wearing tattered clothing, seated on a low throne; kneeling before him is a pope placing the keys of St. Peter at his feet as he kicks the crown off the popes head, saying "I say remembe... More
Whipping John of Islington, British Cartoon Print
Print shows an interior view of a room in which a man holds a bare-bottomed woman with a pained look on her face on his back as another woman holds up the woman's dress and points to her naked backside; a man, ... More
The Whitehall pump. Book illustration from Library of Congress, Britis...
Print shows Lord North pumping water from a water fountain topped with the head of George III onto the prostrate bodies of Britannia and a Native figure representing America. Several ministers and judges look o... More
The conference between the brothers how to get rich, British Cartoon P...
Print shows Admiral Richard Howe and General William Howe seated at a table discussing how to profit from the war in America. The Devil stands between them and answers their question, "... [H]ow shall we get ri... More
The taking of Miss Mud I'land, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a female figure as the Mud Island fortress, Fort Mifflin, with two flags on her bonnet, astride a cannon firing on the British warship "Isis"; also show the "Somerset", "Roebuck", "Eagle", and the "... More
The old sow in Distress, or the country parsons return from tithing, B...
Cartoon showing an obese parson on horseback, holding a pig and a chicken. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).
The British lion engaging four powers, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a lion confronting a spaniel, representing Spain, a fighting cock, representing France, a rattlesnake, representing America, and a pug dog, representing Holland. Catalogue of prints and drawings in... More
The raree show. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...
"The trial of Hastings in Westminster Hall is travestied as a raree show in a booth..." (Source: George) [Dent]. This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires pre... 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
Behold, he prayeth, British Cartoon Print
"Thurlow (right), in profile to the right, kneels in prayer at a table on which the head of the mace is visible..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and ... 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
The impeachment, or "The father of the gang turned Kings evidence", Br...
Print shows Edmund Burke standing behind and with his hands on the heads of Richard B. Sheridan and Charles James Fox who bow before him over a railing, perhaps before Parliament. Burke says, "Behold the abetto... More
"The rights of man; or Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking...
"Tom Paine, lean, and grotesquely caricatured, crouches, kneeling on one knee, to apply his tape-measure to a gigantic crown standing on the ground, the greater part of which is cut off by the right margin of t... 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
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
The dissolution; or The alchymist producing an ætherial representation...
"Pitt as an alchemist, but dressed as usual, sits in his laboratory blowing a furnace with bellows formed of a royal crown..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Pol... 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
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
--Affairs. The sweet prospect behind us, or The outs in office, Britis...
Print shows rear views of the Prince of Wales, Maria Fitzherbert, Charles James Fox, Lord North, Edmund Burke, a prospective Lord Chancellor, and Richard B. Sheridan, with buttocks exposed, defecating. On the w... More
Scene in Chatham Square - by a spectator
Cartoon shows a duel between Saul, who has the head of a donkey, and Stoningham in Chatham Square. Both men sit on horseback at a "distance [of] 2 rods," while three other man standing between them bet on the o... More
The Farmers toast, British Cartoon Print
British cartoon showing six fat farmers eating and drinking at a table. The farmers are 'monopolists', accused of holding corn in hopes of a still higher price. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collectio... More
The first Kiss this Ten Years! - or - the meeting of Britannia & Citiz...
A tall, thin, French officer kissing a fat, richly dressed, seated Britannia. His hat and sword lay on the carpet. Britannia's shield and trident rest on the wall behind her chair. Above them are portraits of G... More
The ghost of a guinea! or the country banker's surprise!! / Woodward, ...
Print shows a banker astonished by a guinea coin with King George III on it. The banker says, "Surely my eyes do not deceive me--it certainly must be a Guinea!--I declare I have not seen such a thing since I ha... More
National contrasts or Bulky and Boney / etch'd by Roberts., British Ca...
Print shows, on the left, a plump, "bulky" Englishman smoking a pipe while seated at a table laden with food and drink, on his left a cornucopia overflows with coins, and under the table is a dog with collar la... More
A new drop scene for D. L. T. / Thaumaso Scrutiny, Esqr., delt. & scul...
"A fantastic scene on the stage of Drury Lane Theatre. Tradegy and Comedy are being done to death by the management, while dogs and imitation animals are made ready to perform ..." (Source: George) This record ... More
True reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bo...
Print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labeled "Se... More
The cowpox tragedy - scene the last / G. Cruikshank, sculpt., British ...
Funeral procession showing coffin labeled "Vaccina aged 12 years" on which stands a golden calf; four vignettes, two on each side, present realistic scenes related to cow pox. Caption: Dedicated to the Associat... More
The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, British Cartoon P...
Print shows Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road "to Elba" from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand and the donkey's tail in the other while two drummers follow him playing a farew... More
Le tigre enchainé - A group of men in uniforms standing next to each o...
Cartoon showing Napoleon I as a tiger in chains held by a British officer holding a whip; two men representing Russia and Austria play musical instruments nearby. DeVinck, 9800 Forms part of: French Political C... More
The spirit moving the Quakers upon worldly vanities!! / Yedis, invt., ...
"Many quakers ride velocipedes, see No. 13399, towards a plain building, with Society of Friends Meeting House over the door..." (Source: George) Library of Congress copy is hand-colored. British Museum record... More
The aristocracy of color - Drawing. Public domain image.
Signed in stone: J. Cn. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Soloque. Emperor of Hayti, creating a grand duke
Published & for sale by J.L. Magee, no. 34 Mott St, NY. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
United States slave trade, 1830 - Public domain engraving
An abolitionist print possibly engraved in 1830, but undocumented aside from the letterpress text which appears on an accompanying sheet. The text reads: "United States' slave trade, 1830. The Copper Plate from... More
.00001 the value of a unit with four cyphers going before it
A satire on dissension and political intrigue within Andrew Jackson's administration, surrounding the Spring 1831 resignations of several members of his Cabinet. In the center Jackson sits in a collapsing chair... More
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures No. 19 or The Looking Glass
Sheet of 7 political cartoons by Seymour. See: British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, v. 11, p. 500 to 502 (catalogue entry nos. 16720-16726). This record ... More
A very bad man - Drawing. Public domain image.
The first of two prints formerly thought to be anti-Jackson satires, but actually dealing with the sensational trial of Methodist minister Ephraim K. Avery in May 1833 for the murder of Sarah Maria Cornell. (Se... More
Troubled treasures. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A crudely drawn anti-Jackson satire, applauding Henry Clay's orchestration of Congressional resistance to the President's plan to withdraw Treasury funds from the Bank of the United States. The print also attac... More
Set to between Old Hickory and Bully Nick
Satire on the public conflict between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle over the future of the Bank of the United States, and the former's campaign to destroy it. The print is sympathetic to Jackson, portrayi... More
New edition of MacBeth. Bank-oh's! Ghost
Another satire on the Panic of 1837, again condemning Van Buren's continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies as the source of the crisis. Clay shows the president haunted by the ghost of C... More
Fifty cents. Shin plaster - Public domain scan / drawing
Another mock shinplaster (see also nos. 1837-9 and -10 above). Again the artist attributes the shortage of hard money to the successive monetary programs of presidents Jackson and Van Buren, particularly to the... More
Uncle Sam sick with la grippe - Drawing. Public domain image.
A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... More
Treasury note, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
A parody of the often worthless fractional currencies or "shinplasters" issued by banks, businesses, and municipalities in lieu of coin. These fractional notes proliferated during the Panic of 1837 with the eme... More
The three mares/mayors, New York course, spring races, 1838
A satire on the 1838 New York mayoralty contest, here shown as a horse race between (left to right) Whig candidate Aaron Clark, Democrat Richard Riker, and Loco Foco Democrat Isaac L. Varian. Clark is clearly i... More
Theodore Maurisset - Prodige de la chimie / Maurisset, del. et sculp.,...
French cartoon shows a long line of people, with more arriving by stagecoach and railroad, at a medicine show where a quack with a lion's head, the "Prodige de la chimie," is marketing his hair tonic "De pommad... More
Presentation - Drawing. Public domain image., Political Cartoon
Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Animal magnetism - A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair talking to an...
A swipe at President Van Buren's independent treasury system and his continuation of the monetary policies of predecessor Andrew Jackson. The artist, clearly in sympathy with the Whigs, links corruption in the ... More
The great American steeple chase for 1844
An imaginative and elaborate parody on the upcoming 1844 presidential campaign. The artist favors Whig nominee-apparent Henry Clay and is highly critical of incumbent John Tyler. The "chase" for the presidency ... More
Texas coming in. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A pro-Democrat cartoon forecasting the collapse of Whig opposition to the annexation of Texas. James K. Polk, the expansionist candidate, stands at right near a bridge spanning "Salt River." He holds an America... More
The whale that swallowed Jonah - Public domain book illustration, Libr...
An election-year cartoon satirizing disharmony within the Whig ranks on the bank issue. The artist suggests a division of opinion between New England's Daniel Webster and presidential nominee Henry Clay on the ... More
Political cock fighters. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A figurative portrayal of the 1844 presidential contest as a cock-fight, in which Whig candidate Henry Clay prevails. Clay and Democratic opponent Polk battle in a pit or ring as several prominent political fi... More
Ultimatum on the Oregon question, Political Cartoon
In his typically jingoist view of Polk's handling of the Oregon question, the artist Edward Williams Clay belittles the self-interested attitudes of Europe toward the dispute. The issue of whether to settle the... More
The buffalo hunt - Drawing. Public domain image.
An optimistic view of the presidential prospects of Martin Van Buren, nominated at the Free Soil Party's August 1848 convention in Buffalo, New York. Here Van Buren rides a buffalo and thumbs his nose as he se... More
Hunting Indians in Florida with blood hounds
A tableau dramatizing the brutal tactics employed by Zachary Taylor as commander of U.S. forces against the Seminole Indians during the Second Seminole War (1835-42). Taylor, on horseback at right, presides ov... More
Isaac Cruikshank - Familiar ghosts. Sketch 2. Ghost of the vicar!!
Cartoon of a parson with an astonished expression, looking at a man holding a beer stein and smoking a pipe. Imp. Folios of Caricatures Lent London Published by S W Fores N50 Piccadilly June 4 1799 No copyrig... More
St. Monday / H. Roberts, sculp., British Cartoon Print
"This engraving is the frontispiece to a tract styled, "Low-Life; or One Half of the World, knows not how The Other Half Live." &c., "With an Address to the ingenious and ingenuous Mr. Hogarth..." (Source: Step... More
The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west, British Cart...
Print shows Dr. W. Scott on a pedestal, he is wearing clerical robes, a crown fashioned from tobacco leaves, and holding a branch from an apple tree in his right hand and a picture of the tax stamp; around the ... More
An analysis of modern patriotism performed by public opinion & display...
Print shows two views of Charles James Fox, on the left, as a member of parliament supporting the policies of Lord North, and on the right, when out of office, on a platform before a crowd arguing against the p... More
Haut tapfer zu auf diesen Hund ... / J.M. Will, excud. A.V.
Print shows Turks, represented by dogs, fleeing toward Constantinople after the Battle of Vienna, 1683. In the center, a large dog, representing the Sultan, is being beaten by two European officers(?). Overhead... More
Missisippi of 't wydbefaamde Goudland door de inbeelding der Windnegot...
"Five distinct designs. This engraved Dutch satire on the share mania of 1720 and few preceding years is No. 5 in vol. ii. of "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid", a collection of similar satires on the Mississi... More
The mitred minuet. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...
Print shows four Anglican bishops joining hands and dancing around a copy of the "Quebec Bill" which lies at their feet, on the left, Lord Bute, playing the bagpipes, and Lord North stand with another minister ... More
The hurly-burly pot - Public domain book illustration, Library of Cong...
The artist attacks abolitionist, Free Soil, and other sectionalist interests of 1850 as dangers to the Union. He singles out for indictment radical abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, Pennsylvania Free Soil ad... More
Philanthropic Consolations, after the loss of the Slave-Bill
William Wilberforce and Samuel Horsley, Bishop of Rochester, cavort with two black women in a well-furnished room. Wilberforce and a woman, wearing a print dress with her breasts exposed, sit on a couch smoking... More
Scene in Uncle Sam's Senate. 17th April 1850
A somewhat tongue-in-cheek dramatization of the moment during the heated debate in the Senate over the admission of California as a free state when Mississippi senator Henry S. Foote drew a pistol on Thomas Har... More
The rival queens or a political heat for Rege & Grege, British Cartoon...
An encounter between two stout ladies, Mrs. Fitzherbert and Mrs. Schwellenberg, each with a second: the Prince of Wales, his hands on his lady's waist, and Pitt holding out a lemon to the furious German woman, ... More
The late auction at St. Eustatia - by R-- & V--
Print shows the interior of an auction house where Admiral Rodney and General John Vaughan are disposing property seized from citizens on the island of Saint Eustatius which the British captured from the Dutch.
Halloo! Turks in Gotham - Drawing. Public domain image.
Signed in stone: WA. Title appears as it is written on the item. Purchase (Hubbard Fund); (DLC/PP-1976:041). Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
The opposition of Northern abolitionists, churchmen, and political figures to enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is criticized in this rare pro-Southern cartoon. In two panels artist Edward Williams ... More
The apotheosis - Drawing. Public domain image.
The print is a fragment of a larger lithograph entitled "Invasion of Cuba," composed of two panels, applauding American "filibustering" expeditions to liberate Cuba from Spain. (See also "The Great Naval Blocka... More
The gladiators of the Senate! The bulley's of the House
The artist parodies recent outbreaks of violence in Congress, and offers a pointed comparison between the elevated rhetorical sparring in the Senate and a more physical brand of combat in the House of Represent... More
Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. S...
Two humorous incidents supposedly from the life of Franklin Pierce. On the left, a repartee wherein Pierce, the distinguished trial lawyer, is embarrassed by an ignorant witness. Armed with pages of notes, Pie... More
Harmony in the wigwam! Democracy of the right brand-y
A comic scene ridiculing the Tammany Democrats of New York City. Tammany headquarters, known as the "Wigwam," here erupts in a drunken fracas over the Democratic platform for the presidential race of 1852. The ... More
The fish question settled - Public domain print
A facetious, and somewhat racist, look at public opinion surrounding the controversy over American fishing rights in British-controlled waters off North America. (See also "John Bull's Fish Monopoly," no. 1852-... More
Position of the Democratic Party in 1852. "Freemen of America, how lon...
A crudely drawn satire bitterly attacking Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Pierce and appealing to the "Freemen of America." The print, possibly executed by a free black, criticizes the Democrats' pla... More
Eclipse & no eclipse or two views of one object
Two scenes showing the differing perceptions of Franklin Pierce's stand on the issue of slavery, as viewed by the North and South. The cartoon is divided vertically by "Mason & Dixon's Line." An arrow identifie... More
"Buck" taking the "pot" - Drawing. Public domain image.
A pro-Buchanan satire, critical of the divisive or sectionalist appeal of the other two presidential contenders in the 1856 race. "Buck" or Buchanan (left) has evidently won a card game over Fremont (fallen at ... More
The "mustang" team - A cartoon of a horse pulling a cart with people o...
The abolitionist Republican presidential ticket and its supporters in the press are the targets of the cartoon. Candidate Fremont, wearing an emigrant's smock and carrying a cross (an allusion to his rumored Ca... More
Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler
The artist lays on the Democrats the major blame for violence perpetrated against antislavery settlers in Kansas in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Here a bearded "freesoiler" has been bound to the "Democr... More
The election - Drawing. Public domain image.
Two cartoons showing politicians trying to buy votes. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 1, 1857 Nov. 7, p. 713.
The political quadrille. Music by Dred Scott
A general parody on the 1860 presidential contest, highlighting the impact of the Dred Scott decision on the race. That controversial decision, handed down in 1857 by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, ruled that ne... More
5 to one ha, Confederate States of America.
Another show of Northern optimism in the early months of the Lincoln administration. Uncle Sam approaches from the left holding a bayonet, causing five Southern soldiers to flee in panic to the right. In their ... More
Strong's dime caricatures. No. 2, Little Bo-Peep and her foolish sheep
The second in a series of caricatures criticizing the secession of several Southern states from the Union during the last months of the Buchanan administration. Here the young nursery-rhyme shepherdess Bo-Peep ... More
The folly of secession, Confederate States of America.
South Carolina struggles against the outgoing Buchanan administration in an attempt to "smash the Union up!" The artist uses the age-old pictorial conceit of two parties pulling on the different ends of a cow, ... More
[Caricature of Abraham Lincoln wearing Native American headdress, seat...
Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy
The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta... More
The home of the American citizen after the tax bill has passed
Cartoon shows four tax collectors searching the home of an "American citizen," including under his wife's dress and under the children's bed; with the caption: "Scroggs says he is ready and willing to pay any a... More
The house that Jeff built - Public domain drawing
An extended and bitter indictment of Jefferson Davis and the Southern slave system. The work consists of a series of twelve vignettes with accompanying verse, following the scheme of the nursery rhyme "The Hous... More
Uncle Abe--"Hello! Ben, is that you? Glad to see you!" Butler--"Yes, U...
Cartoon showing President Abraham Lincoln leaning around a door, his left arm extending toward General Benjamin Butler, shown full-length, facing slightly right, standing with carpet bag labeled, "Butler N.O." ... More