"Rosine! Rosine! Ma chère Rosine! Je jure que je t'adore"
Print shows an abbé rushing into the bedroom of "Rosine" professing his love for her, the woman (possibly intended to be a caricature of Marie Antoinette) stands to receive him with open arms, saying "Non, non,... More
The danger of crim con! / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print
Print shows a couple engaged in a "crim[inal] con[versation]"; the woman, seated on a chair, inclined toward a man seated next to her, her hands around his right arm; she says to him, "The good Man is gone a lo... More
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
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A sketch of the interior view of the House of Lords, representing the ...
Print showing the interior of the House of Lords during the trial of Caroline, queen, consort of George IV. Seated around a table in the center are the Queen, the Judges, the Bishops, the Lord Chancellor, the A... More
Aventuras de un catrin por amar a una casada
Broadside shows, on recto, a sad man sitting on a mattress thinking about a woman. The text conveys the story of a man who got caught in bed with another man's wife and was taken to court and sentenced to jail.... More
Crim. con., British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon
Cartoon print showing a woman who has taken an amorous couple by surprise, and says, "Get out of my house, you hussey, I hired you to do your own business, not mine." Criminal conversation is a legal term for a... More
High life at noon, British Cartoon Print
Print shows an interior view of a room in which two men and two women are taking tea; on the left, a man with an extremely long ponytail attempts to prevent the entrance of a messenger carrying a bill from "Lor... More
Mazeppa: pl. 1 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, being bound to the back of a wild horse by several men, as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair, shown here as the elderly ma... More
Los celos del negro con D. Folias
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a man with a gun stoops before a black man who is wearing a sombrero and holding a knife. A policeman runs towards both of them. The script concerns the murders of a blac... More
Why Jones discharged his clerks /
"Great hit. Two delinquent clerks are seated in a broker's office engaged in a game of cards. The boss suddenly appears walking through the corridor. The cards are thrown down in great haste and when the employ... More
Brady & Ziegfeld present Mlle. Fifi from Paris adapted from the French...
26947 U.S. Copyright Office "100 nights, Manhattan Theatre, New York." Caption: Great heavens! He's making love to my wife! Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 8... More
The r--l cock and chickens - or the father of his people!!!, British C...
Print showing George IV, horned and with wings which are spread to provide a protective, umbrella-like shell for his supporters, a gouty foot well wrapped, a ribbon around the other labeled "Infidelity - Honi S... More
This is the man who tells his wife that "woman's place is in the home"...
Illustration shows a woman wearing a large hat and a red dress sitting at a table in a nightclub with a man who is holding her hand across the table.
A scene from Don Giovanni as perform'd at the Kings Theatre, British C...
Print showing George IV, in the title role of Mozart's opera, surprised by the sudden arrival of his wife, Caroline, as Donna Anna, lately returned from Italy, during the wedding feast scene, at which a number ... 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
Allons plus de distinction ce malheur commun nous rend égaux
Print shows a member of the aristocracy and a member of the Third Estate embracing in a courtyard, they both wear the horns of cuckoldry which they consider a common misery among all classes; a woman leaning ov... More
Brother Tallman "What never?" Brother Broadman "No, never!" Brother T ...
Print shows Theodore Tilton as "Brother Tallman" and Henry Ward Beecher as "Brother Broadman", full-length portraits, facing each other, standing on the sidewalk outside a building, as Tilton accuses Beecher of... More
Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated / des. ...
Print shows, at center, Henry Ward Beecher with Elizabeth Tilton sitting on his lap as he embraces her, the "Holy Bible" open on her lap. Includes vignettes of the Henry Ward Beecher-Theodore Tilton scandal, in... More
Los celos del negro con D. Folias
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a man with a gun stoops before a black man who is wearing a sombrero and holding a knife. A policeman runs towards both of them. The script concerns the murders of a blac... More
The Reforming constable, or, The biter bit / Capt H---invt ; Cap B-- S...
Cartoon showing constable entering house, "in search of the sons and daughters of the Devil", and finding his wife committing adultery in a brothel. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library ... More
Consular coachmanship!!, British Cartoon Print
Print shows Josephine standing in a carriage on the left which is drawn by four "unruly" horses, two are labeled "A Jacobin" and "A Royalist"; Napoleon, having been tossed onto the back of a bull, probably repr... More
Quand l'hymen dort, l'amour veille Challe pinx ; Maucler sculp
Print shows a young woman, with her husband asleep at her side, sitting in a garden courtyard, slipping a love note into the quiver of a statue of Cupid, intended for her young lover who is peeking around a tre... More
Why Mrs. Jones got a divorce / - Public domain portrait print
"The scene opens by showing a pretty cook mixing bread in the kitchen. Jones comes in unexpectedly from a trip and carries a dress suit case. He inquires for his wife and is told by the cook that she is absent.... More
Aventuras de un catrin por amar a una casada
Broadside shows, on recto, a sad man sitting on a mattress thinking about a woman. The text conveys the story of a man who got caught in bed with another man's wife and was taken to court and sentenced to jail.... More
A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique / Js. Gillray--in...
An elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", ... More
High life at midnight, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a street scene: five upper class men and women returning home after an evening of entertainment are attacked by a group of lower class men armed with staffs intent on robbery. One of the well dresse... More
Jūsan, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan
Print shows a woman offering a lighted pipe to her lover reclining on a bed nearby, also, from an adjoining room, a man (probably her husband) peeking from beneath a small table with a portion of a bird (rooste... More
The cunning and happy family / J.L. Marks, fect., British Cartoon Prin...
Print shows Lady Conyngham sitting on a sofa with George IV sitting on her lap, kissing her, they are flanked by Conyngham's daughters, Lady Elizabeth, on the right, and Lady Maria, behind the sofa, on the left... More
The jealous husband - Victorian era public domain image
Card number: "442." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GG 25. "G.W. Thorne 60 Nassau St. New York" blind stamp on front of card. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of... More
Royalty in a rage or family quarrels / I.R.C. fecit., British Cartoon ...
Print showing George IV in a rage against family members (Frederick and William) who are unwilling to lend their support for the Bill of Pains and Penalties and his divorce from Caroline; he smashes a bottle of... More
The r--l cock and chickens - or the father of his people!!!, British C...
Print showing George IV, horned and with wings which are spread to provide a protective, umbrella-like shell for his supporters, a gouty foot well wrapped, a ribbon around the other labeled "Infidelity - Honi S... More
Crim. con., British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon
Cartoon print showing a woman who has taken an amorous couple by surprise, and says, "Get out of my house, you hussey, I hired you to do your own business, not mine." Criminal conversation is a legal term for a... More
A royal brewery, or how to cook a wife, British Cartoon Print
Print shows George IV, "a conning stoker," of some "Mischief brewing," stirring up the "Flames of Persecution," with "vengeance," saying, "If this trial fail I'l brew no more." Behind him is a vat "Filthy compo... More
Royalty in a rage or family quarrels / I.R.C. fecit., British Cartoon ...
Print showing George IV in a rage against family members (Frederick and William) who are unwilling to lend their support for the Bill of Pains and Penalties and his divorce from Caroline; he smashes a bottle of... More
A scene from Don Giovanni as perform'd at the Kings Theatre, British C...
Print showing George IV, in the title role of Mozart's opera, surprised by the sudden arrival of his wife, Caroline, as Donna Anna, lately returned from Italy, during the wedding feast scene, at which a number ... More
The r--l cock and chickens - or the father of his people!!!, British C...
Print showing George IV, horned and with wings which are spread to provide a protective, umbrella-like shell for his supporters, a gouty foot well wrapped, a ribbon around the other labeled "Infidelity - Honi S... More
Geschichte vom Kaiser Octavianus Indem sie so schrie, gingen ihr die A...
Illustration for a story showing King Octavian holding a sword in the queen's bedchamber, with his mother at his side accusingly pointing at the queen, her daughter-in-law, who is leaping out of a bed where a n... More
Brady & Ziegfeld present Mlle. Fifi from Paris adapted from the French...
26947 U.S. Copyright Office "100 nights, Manhattan Theatre, New York." Caption: Great heavens! He's making love to my wife! Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 8... More
Nu kawachi gayoi, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man crouching behind a fence in order to spy on his wife; she is standing on a veranda composing a poem expressing concerns for his safety on his journey to Kawachi. Title and other descriptive in... More
Merry making on the regents birth day, 1812 / G. Cruikshank., British ...
Print shows George, the Prince Regent, dancing and drinking at a lavish party with the wife of a man who sits with a dejected look on his face and holding a sheet of paper "Order of the day" which lists "Breakf... More
Henry roy de Navarre et la belle fosseuse
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Durand, printer. Morlon, A., artist. Knoedler (M.)... More
The jealous husband - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph
Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GG 24A. "G.W. Thorne 60 Nassau St. New York" blind stamp on front of card. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and o... More
Mazeppa - pl. 2 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More
Mazeppa - pl. 4 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More
Mazeppa - pl. 4 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More
The jealous husband - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph
Card number: "442." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GG 26. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Pur... More
Mazeppa - pl. 3 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More
Mazeppa - pl. 3 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More
Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated / des. ...
Print shows, at center, Henry Ward Beecher with Elizabeth Tilton sitting on his lap as he embraces her, the "Holy Bible" open on her lap. Includes vignettes of the Henry Ward Beecher-Theodore Tilton scandal, in... More