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High life at five in the morning, British Cartoon Print

High life at five in the morning, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an interior view of a room; a duke has arrived home drunk at 5 a.m. to find his bedchamber occupied by another man. Through the open curtains around the bed can be seen a bare-breasted duchess. On t... More

The prodigals nurse, or modern heir / M. Iackson, invt. ; Boitard sculpt., British Cartoon Print

The prodigals nurse, or modern heir / M. Iackson, invt. ; Boitard scul...

Print shows an interior view of a room in which a dapperly dressed young man, "Booby Squander, Esq.", turns over the deed to the family estate, his inheritance, to a money lender, the usurer "Solomon Thrifty", ... More

The dance of death / Gordon Ross.

The dance of death / Gordon Ross.

Illustration shows, in a banner across the top, men and women dancing at a dance club or nightclub; the banner breaks at the center and the women fall into prostitution, separating the bottom of the cartoon int... More

A family losing their possessions after the husband turns to drink

A family losing their possessions after the husband turns to drink

Print shows debt collectors, on the left, removing the possessions of a destitute family; the wife/mother and the children are on the right with the husband/father who is sitting before the fireplace, drinking ... More

The rake's progress at the university. No. 4. Expulsion waits that son of alma mater ...

The rake's progress at the university. No. 4. Expulsion waits that son...

Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 548.

His father's money / CH [monogram]., Political Cartoon

His father's money / CH [monogram]., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a young rake beneath a cloud of past exploits, smoking, and spilling a glass of alcohol, in the presence of a young woman fashionably dressed in red. An overturned chair and empty champagne b... More

The railroad that leads from earth to hell / Andrew B. Graham, Lith. Washington, D.C.

The railroad that leads from earth to hell / Andrew B. Graham, Lith. W...

Print shows a drunkard on the "railroad" to ruin which passes the "Devils Office" and the "Bar and Pool Room", a healthy "Tree of Live" over which hovers a "Guardian Angel", followed by a house "For Sale", then... More

The rake's progress at university. No. 2. Ah me! That thou the freshman's guide should'st read ...

The rake's progress at university. No. 2. Ah me! That thou the freshma...

Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 546.

The rake's progress at the university. No. 5. Convened for wearing gaiters--sad offence! ...

The rake's progress at the university. No. 5. Convened for wearing gai...

Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 549.

The rake's progress / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The rake's progress / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows a group of men identified as "Land Grafter, Politician, Special Privilege, Timber Grafter, Mineral Grafter, Public Utilities, Corporation Lawyer, [and] Tariff Grafter" sitting around a table ... More

The railroad that leads from earth to hell / Andrew B. Graham, Lith. Washington, D.C.

The railroad that leads from earth to hell / Andrew B. Graham, Lith. W...

Print shows a drunkard on the "railroad" to ruin which passes the "Devils Office" and the "Bar and Pool Room", a healthy "Tree of Live" over which hovers a "Guardian Angel", followed by a house "For Sale", then... More

The rake's progress at the university. No. 1. Ah me! What perils doth that youth encounter ...

The rake's progress at the university. No. 1. Ah me! What perils doth ...

Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 545.

The rake's progress at the university. No. 3. The master's wig the guilty wight appals ...

The rake's progress at the university. No. 3. The master's wig the gui...

Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 547.

The decay of home-life among the "smart set" / Ehrhart.

The decay of home-life among the "smart set" / Ehrhart.

Print shows a vignette cartoon about the aspirations for social life among the well-to-do; at center, "The Will-o'-the-Wisp of Social Aspirations" shows a crowd of rich people chasing after "Social Ambition", a... More

A rake's progress. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A rake's progress. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The fourth plate from Hogarth's series, in which two baliffs have stopped the Rake's sedan chair in St. James's street but are foiled in their attempt to arrest him for debt by a woman he had seduced and abando... More