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
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 old partners in the new navy job / Gillam.
Illustration shows John Roach and George M. Robeson dressed as 16th century soldiers, doing a song and dance routine on a stage; Roach is holding a paper that states "Contract for new U.S. Cruisers $2,440,000 a... More
A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].
Illustration shows a female figure holding out a crown labeled "The New Frisco", fashioned after a city skyline; a bear sits on the ground next to her and, in the background, are 16th or 17th century sailing sh... More
The gentlemen from New York / Keppler.
Illustration shows Thomas C. Platt and Chauncey M. Depew wearing 16th century theatrical costumes in a scene from Shakespeare's play Henry IV. Title from item. Caption: Falstaff Depew (to Prince Hal Platt) I w... More
The fumbler's clubb, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a group of men, a nursemaid and a housemaid admiring a "baby" which is actually a cat wrapped in swaddling. Text under image is satire of man, unable to father children, who thinks a cat is his chil... More
Spotprent op de rebelse staat van Holland, 1606
Cartoon on the rebellious state of Holland, 1606
1588. Deo trin-vni Britanniae bis ultori, In memoriam ..., British Car...
The destruction of the Spanish Armada, 1588, and the detection of the gunpowder plot, 1605. Print contains the irradiated name of Jehovah, under which is a tent with the Devil as president, holding a sealed pap... More
The royall oake of Brittayne, British Cartoon Print
Political cartoon against Cromwell. "Three Republicans cutting down an oak, in the branches of which are suspended the royal arms, crown and sceptre, and so many volumes labelled ... "Biblia Sacra," "Magna Char... More
Op't vernietegen van't genaemde Engels Parlement door Olivier Cromwel ...
Dutch cartoon protesting Oliver Cromwell's reign by showing him as Hercules clad in a lionskin shattering the royal money barrel, symbolically ending the rule of the Long Parliament. By an unknown Dutch artist.... More
Medley print. The jolly broom man's garland, British Cartoon Print
Montage of prints, text, and musical notation includes title page to song book "The jolly broom man's garland;" and small prints of birds, people, architecture, religion, and commedia dell'arte. Title devised b... More
A contented cuckold in the new fashion, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a half-length portrait of a cuckold counting his wealth in the form of jewelry that his unfaithful wife receives as gifts from her suitors; through a window in the upper right corner can be seen the... More