![Lady Lindsay, wife of British Ambassador, Irene Boyle, [...] Sec, and Capt. T.E.B. Howe, Air Attache](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvbGFkeS1saW5kc2F5LXdpZmUtb2YtYnJpdGlzaC1hbWJhc3NhZG9yLWlyZW5lLWJveWxlLXNlYy1hbmQtY2FwdC10ZWItaG93ZS1haXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Lady Lindsay, wife of British Ambassador, Irene Boyle, [...] Sec, and Capt. T.E.B. Howe, Air Attache")
An altercation concerning r-l wives, &c / Lewis Marks del., British Cartoon Print
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Print shows Napoleon I standing on a slip of land labeled "Elba" yelling at George, Prince of Wales, who is standing on a patch of land labeled "England." Napoleon complains that the British have deprived him of his real wife, while the Prince of Wales, lamenting that he cannot get rid of his own, tells Napoleon that he is "a fortunate man to get rid of a r-l wife...."
Paper watermarked in lower left corner: E&I.
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
It wasn't really until the 1700s that caricature truly blossomed as a form of political criticism. In the late 1750s, a man named Thomas Townshend began using the techniques employed by earlier engravers and applying them towards a political model. This gave Thompson's cartoons a much greater feeling of propaganda than previous artistic critiques of the time. The intense political climate of the period, and often accusatory nature of most political cartoons forced many artists to use pseudonyms in order to avoid accusations of libel. Other artists took it a step farther, and left their cartoons completely unsigned, foregoing any credit they may have received. Political higher-ups were notoriously touchy about their reputations and were not afraid to make examples of offenders. Puck was the first successful humor magazine in the United States of colorful cartoons, caricatures and political satire of the issues of the day. It was published from 1871 until 1918.
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