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[Sister Jane], British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon
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"A woman (right) stands over a kneeling man brandishing a whip. He says: "Have mercy in God's name think oh think of my Poor Parents What have I Done - " She answers: "No you Dog Ill invent Lies to Get you Lock d, out to starve, hunger will make you Steal Bread & then Ill see you Hang'd!!!" Both are dressed in the fashion of c. 1797; he wears a spencer (see BMSat 8192). Behind her on the extreme right is a gibbet. Behind (left) the Devil emerges from cloud, nude and horned, holding a fork. He says, smiling at her: "Well Done Sister Jane." (Source: George)
Title from George.
Attributed to John Cawse by the British Museum.
Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum / by Mary Dorothy George, v. 7, no. 9091
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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