House-breaking, before sun-set, British Cartoon Print
British caricature showing man with musket "constitution" shooting bullets "resolve" from Treasury at man "truth" with hatchet and staff "loyality", man with axe "presumptive rights", man with crowbar "begum so... More
Reveil du Tiers Etat, ma feinte, il doit tems que je me revillise, car...
Clergyman and aristocrat recoiling from figure representing Third Estate, who is picking up chains and guns; storming of the Bastille in background.
The friend of humanity and the knife-grinder,-scene. The borough, in i...
George Tierney and a knife-grinder pushing his wheelbarrow in front of an ale-house. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
New morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Th...
Print shows French politician and Theophilanthropist Louis Marie la Révellière-Lépaux standing on a three-legged stool perched upon a stone dais reading Religion de la N[ature] to surrounding caricatures of peo... More
German-nonchalence;-or-, the vexation of Little-Boney / Js. Gillray in...
Cartoon showing Count Starhemberg riding past Napoleon, sniffing snuff, failing to pay his respects to him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
John Bull offering Little Boney fair play, British Cartoon Print
Bare chested sailor, "John Bull," standing in English channel with arms akimbo, looking at Napoleon, whose head looks over top of fortification on the French coast. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Colle... More
Blowing up the new opposition / Argus Invt., British Cartoon Print
Group of men, possibly the Foxite faction of Parliament, shooting guns and arrows at another group of men, the "new opposition," whose guns are misfiring. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Li... More
Queen Caroline. Britain's best hope!! England's sheet-anchor!!!, Briti...
British cartoon showing people praising Queen Caroline, who holds anchor, representing the Magna Charta, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the people. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection(L... More
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures No. 19 or The Looking Glass
Sheet of 7 political cartoons by Seymour. See: British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, v. 11, p. 500 to 502 (catalogue entry nos. 16720-16726). This record ... More
The globe-man after hearing of the vote on the Sub-Treasury bill
Evidently a companion to "The Globe Man Listening to Webster's speech on the Specie Circular" (no. 1838-3), the small, bust-length caricature of Democratic editor Francis Preston Blair shows him looking even m... More
Scene in Washington. Sunday Feby. 25. 1838
A caricature of James Watson Webb, prominent Whig editor of the "Morning Courier and New York Enquirer." Webb is shown parading, armed to the teeth, along Pennsylvania Avenue. He carries a sword cane, a musket,... More
Derniere procession constitutionelle pour l'Enterrement du serment civ...
Procession of priests with long noses, with Archbishop of Paris, Gobel, in front and mythical creature holding casket of civil oaths bringing up rear. Represents priests who were against the civil constitution ... More
Dédiée l'Assemblée Nationale--Liste de MMr. les Deputes de Paris a l'A...
Deputies of the Third Estate in a carriage drawn by two sheep and two bulls on their way to the Versailles directory; dishevelled lion; figure of the Republic with anchor on low platform behind; list of deputie... More
I totes for de Brig - Public domain portrait drawing
Two full length portraits of soldiers, one carrying buckets. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-60. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.987) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Civil War envelope showing caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferso...
Addressed to Mr. David F. Gorham, Mount Kisco, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem
Les auteurs de la belle Bourbonnaise / G. LaFosse.
French caricature shows two men in a balloon basket shaped like a tri-corner hat attached to a balloon with the face of a man (possibly Italian statesman Francesco Crispi) labeled "La belle Bourbonnaise" for an... More
Ascension de Madame Garnerin, le 28 mars 1802
French fashion magazine caricature shows fashionably dressed spectators watching Jeanne-Geneviève Garnerin fly in a balloon. A few years earlier, Garnerin had been the first woman to ascend in a balloon without... More
Caricature, Caricatures of popular songs, public domain cartoon image
13310 71 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford's (John H.) Sons.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Irish industries / F.O. - coin, public domain photograph
Four frame cartoon showing: "Infernal machine manufacturing" (two men making bombs), "The Irish vote manufacturers" (men at polls), "The landlord killing industry" (man shooting landlord from behind wall), and ... More
A desperate attempt to solve the Mormon question / Mayer, Merkel & Ott...
Composite of four caricatures on Mormonism by Gillam, Keppler, Opper, and Graetz. Illus. in: Puck, 1884, Feb. 13, pp. 376-377.
[William Randolph Hearst, full-length portrait, facing front, seated w...
William Randolph Hearst took charge of his father's paper, the San Francisco Examiner in 1886 when he was 23. In 1895, he acquired the New York Morning Journal. Hearst was instrumental in the development of w... More
The enchanted drawing / - vaudeville film
"Upon a large sheet of white paper a cartoonist is seen at work rapidly sketching the portrait of an elderly gentleman of most comical feature and expression. After completing the likeness the artist rapidly dr... More
When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be
Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing a man labeled "Railroad Magnate", possibly J.P. Morgan, dressed as a monk, knocking on the door of "Doctor Roosevelt" at the White House. Cartoon refers to Roosevelts effor... More
Caricature, Golferinos, public domain cartoon image
Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Melon-cholic days have come, the gladdest of the year
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Like stopping a pig in an alley The president seems to be having a har...
Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt herding a pig "Delegate" into a pen labeled "The Taft Lot." Cartoon refers to Roosevelt's efforts to wrangle delegates for William Howard Taft in the 190... More
Peter Dunne / Herford. - Public domain portrait drawing
Full-length profile of Peter Dunne playing harp. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Celebrities I have not met... More
The accidental cubists / drawn by De Zayas.
Illustration shows a three panel cartoon with Rembrandt's painting "The anatomy lesson" at top, and at center, a group of angry suffragettes with knives and hatchets transforming the painting, at bottom is the ... More
Grec et Français. Tu es bachelier et tu ne peux te faire comprendre ? ...
Published in: Le Figaro. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sur le Rhin. C'est gomme ca en francais, Mainz? Oui, est pour longtemp...
Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jean Louis Forain - Croquis du Front. Le Blessé
Public domain scan of cartoon drawing, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
White House aspirants join political rally at National Press Club. Tho...
A black and white photo of a sign that says dewey or don't we. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Carpet-bagger, Confederate States of America.
Music associated with the Confederate side
Bernard Shaw--"say, Einie, do you really think you understand yourself...
Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 78:7 (July 21, 1921). BAR updated record 1989-1994.
[Newspaper clippings (cartoons) relating to political campaign for ele...
10 pieces.; Campaign. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 19, Folder 32.
The cow-pock - or - the wonderful effects of the new inoculation / Js....
Caricature of vaccination scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras, showing Dr. Jenner vaccinating frightened young woman, and cows emerging from different parts of people's bodies.
Star Whiskey Distilled and warranted pure by C.L. Dixon, Cynthiana, Ky...
Advertisement for whiskey shows a caricature of an African American man holding a jug, saying "It 'zackly suits dis chile!" Date based on year lithographic studio was active.
John Bull, the leviathan of the ocean; or, the French fleet sailing in...
Cartoon showing John Bull eating French sailing ships; a satire on the French defeat during the War of the Second Coalition, possibly refers to the Battle of the Nile. Form part of : British Cartoon Prints Col... More
King Andrew the First - A drawing of a man dressed in a king's robes
A caricature of Andrew Jackson as a despotic monarch, probably issued during the Fall of 1833 in response to the President's September order to remove federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. The pr... More
[Caricature of Charles Scribner as an angel]
Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Pen and Inklings" by Oliver Herford, Harper's weekly, 58:22 (Feb. 21, 1914)... More
Ole Mose, or Freedom is a comin'
Music associated with the Union side
Josiah the first / Wm. Charles, Sc.
Caricature of wealthy American politician and civic reformer Josiah Quincy, an outspoken apologist for Great Britain and an opponent of the War of 1812. Quincy stands stiffly on a rocky shore while fish frolic... More
A full hand, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Head-and-shoulders caricature of African American man holding a package of tobacco. Copyright 1890 by Knapp & Co.
The Great God(kin) -- E.L. Godkin, editor of the New York Evening Pos...
Drawn on verso of invitation, Grand Conservatory of Music of the City of New York, dated 1899. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1936:0065). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National A...
Print shows Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, wearing armor, carrying lance and shield labeled "Shield of Aristocracy and Despotism," riding a donkey, emerging from the doorway to the "Dodsley Bookseller" the publis... More
Eh bien, J-- F--, dira-tu encore vive la noblesse?
Print shows a man, possibly Joseph-François Foullon, on his hands and knees with a woman of the Third Estate, a sword at her side, riding on his back. de Vinck, 2950 Blum, 206 Forms part of: French Political C... More
Il faut donc mourir puis qu'il n'i a plus de son
Print shows a pig sitting upright on the ground, dressed in ecclesiastical vestiments, on the right is a member of the Third Estate holding a long staff and a bell-like device on a string which he holds up befo... More
Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden, British C...
British caricature showing the King and Queen sitting in latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down and excreting. They look in horror at Pitt, who tells them of the shooting of Gusta... More
Evacuation of Malta, British Cartoon Print, James Gillray
Addington squats over cocked hat into which he evacuates papers including "Egypt," "Guadeloupe," and last, "Malta," Napoleon holds him by the cravat and threatens him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Co... More
Dandies dressing / I. R. Cruikshank fect., British Cartoon Print
Six men dressing in grotesque attire. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress)
The salamander safe. A millerite preparing for the 23rd of April
A playful caricature of a Millerite, an adherent of the Adventist preacher William Miller who predicted that the world would end on April 23, 1844. The man sits in a large safe labeled "Patent Fire Proof Chest,... More
Rohrer's bitters still ahead - Drawing. Public domain image.
Advertisement showing horses with bottle-shaped bodies labeled "bitters" racing behind horse labeled "Rohrer's Wild Cherry Tonic". LOT subdivision subject: Caricatures and cartoons. Title and other information ... More
A lʹhippodrome - l'equilibre dans l'air / Lefman, sc.
French caricature shows the balloonist Camille Dartois in a balloon labeled "Hippodrome" and Bradbury, a circus performer, standing while riding a horse at the Hippodrome, Paris. Illus. from: La grenouille, pr... More
The Appomattox of the third termers - unconditional surrender / J. Kep...
Cartoon showing Ulysses S. Grant, wearing Civil War uniform, in front of tents "Camp Bourbon," "post trading tent," etc., and Belknap, Cameron, Williams, and Murphy, as soldiers with unhappy faces, handing dama... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism / from sketches by a staff ar...
Two portraits of Oscar Wilde, titled "Let me tell you the reason why we love the lily and the sunflower", and "Satire is the romance whic ignorance pays to genius". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspap... More
A sop to Cerberus / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon showing Chester Arthur, carrying rope "2nd term aspiration" and holding out "bill excluding Chinese for 10 years" as sop to three-headed dog "western vote." Illus. in: Puck, v. 11, 1882 May 17, p. 163.
[African American dandy strikes another dandy with an umbrella]
V35189 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12. Copyrighted 1890 by The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich.
The crematory money-bilt [sic] system. "The cost of the equipment is g...
Chauncey M. Depew, President of the New York Central Railroad Company caricatured as a railroad cart stove. In the caption, the "s" in the word "system" is written as a "$" and the quotation marks are also repr... More
Rice's beautiful Evangeline, American vaudeville and popular entertain...
Caption: Chief of police. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cincinnati = New York." NY 7083. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Caricature, "Nigger in the wood pile", public domain cartoon image
Public domain photograph of 190ss woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Humorous phases of funny faces /
J. Stuart Blackton "draws" a series of funny faces, including a line drawing of two faces, a man with an umbrella, a line drawing of two faces in profile, and a clown. H75272 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Th... More
He jes bus' right into a lady's house an' stole all her jew'lry
(DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Book for Mothers" by Lucy Pratt, McClure's magazine, 30:505 (Feb. 1908).
The sculptor's nightmare / motion picture
At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. Instead,... More
Election Day! - Public domain drawing
J72583 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.W. Gustin. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"All alone! All alone! Nobody here but me!"
William H. Taft in dress, seated, holding "farewell" letters from a conservative republican and from a radical republican. Illus. in: Puck, 1911 Nov. 22.
Wilson's suggestion for a cartoon / Ireland.
Photograph of a cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt holding a club marked "legalized monopoly" for a baton as he leads a hallelujah "trust" chorus of rotund corporate men choir singing "Control us again." Publi... More
Sur le Front. Eh bien il la saura sa théorie... - Sa théorie ? C'est s...
Public domain scan of cartoon drawing, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jean Louis Forain - Le neutre. Venu en voisin
Published in: Le Figaro. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Active Artie and the kewpies / O'Neill.
Cartoon showing three scientists examining a baby, Artie; Artie doing acrobatic stunts, and kewpies playing. G53867 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Rose O'Neill Wilson. No. 2.
[The growth of democracy] - Drawing. Public domain image.
In the midst of a battle of flying artillery, two soldiers in the British army, one white and the other black, sit in a trench lighting cigarettes. In the distance a house explodes. No copyright information fo... More
Déplacement et Villegiature. Ou va til celin la? A S'Sean Luz! C'est l...
Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
You can't fool all of the people all the time unless they're Germans
Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 72:560-561 (Oct. 17, 1918).
La Bête Féroce. Ellle ne mordra plus, ses dents sont brisées
Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pour un renseignement. Te viens leur demander si qui oui ou non, je su...
Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Karl Kautsky, Beigeordneter des Staatssekretärs des Auswärtigen, Berli...
Caricature of Karl Kautsky. F.J.M. Rehse Archiv f. Zeitgeschichte u. Publizistik, München.
Papa love mama - Public domain dedication image
Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Happy Endings," Life, 79:5 (Jan. 19, 1922).
New York, New York. Miss Anna Rosenburg of the War Manpower Commission...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Caricatures on the side of a Wimpy's Restaurant in a working-class nei...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. J. Wellington Wimpy, generally referred to as Wimpy, was one of the characters in the long-running Popeye comic strip, created by E.C.... More
Lola has come! Enthusiastic reception of Lola by American audience
Caricature of theater scene, showing Lola Montez dancing on stage as Puritan peaks at her through his fingers and the house manager carries "half the house" agreement in his pocket.
William Heath - The royal milling match, British Cartoon Print
Caricature showing Lord Yarmouth hitting the Prince Regent in the eye, as Lady Yarmouth looks from behind screen covered with caricatures. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress... More
John Drew - Public domain portrait drawing
Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
The bird to bet on - Public domain print
Caricature showing game-cock with head of Gen. W.S. Hancock. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0589. Old Conn. no. 416.
The contrast / R. Dighton, delin., British Cartoon Print
Political cartoon showing two men representing England and France seated and looking angrily at each other. The Frenchman is holding container (of snuff?) and the Englishman is smoking pipe and holding newspape... More
A mid-summer day's dream--While our artist sleeps, his favorite subjec...
Cartoon showing the artist, Joseph Keppler, sleeping and dreaming of 10 well-known people of the time, including Butler, Grant, Talmadge, Beecher, Kelly, Bennett, S. Tilden, Whitelaw Reid, Tonans, and Peter Coo... More
Winooski - Public domain portrait drawing
Sidewheel steamship at dock. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: white river. Seated figure sketched in caricature on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-156. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.108... More
The Trollope Family, from a sketch taken from life, made in Cincinnati...
Print shows a caricature of Mrs. Trollope seated on floor with her book, Refugee in America, which caused much resentment. Six other people are present in the room, with an artist making an equestrian painting ... More
"Among those noticed on Main Street were --" / caricatures by Marius d...
Caricatures of 52 well-known people of the time, including across the top, left to right, Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Astor, Jacob H. Schiff, George J. Gould, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Herman Sielcken, Andrew Carnegie... More
N. Tom o' logical studies. The great tumble bug of Missouri, bent-on r...
A caricature of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton, as an insect rolling a large ball "Expunging Resolution" uphill toward the Capitol. The print employs Benton's own metaphor of rolling a ball for his uphill ... More
Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World Joseph Pulitzer
No publication information. (DLC/PP-1936:0065). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Andy veto - American Civil War sheet music
Music associated with the Union side
Desespoir des ennemis de la France a la decouverte de leurs complots
Print shows a 42 bust caricatures of members of a conspiracy discovered by no. 1 "La Vigilance du Gouvernement Français", a rooster or the Gallic cock, depicted at top center, holding "Correspondance de Mr. Dra... More
Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantas...
Cartoon showing Britannia clasping trunk of a large oak, while Thomas Paine tugs with both hands at her stay laces, his foot on her posterior. From his coat pocket protrudes a pair of scissors and a tape inscri... More
"Your men bin stealing my hogs" - Public domain portrait engraving
Full length sketch of older woman. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Caricature, Bliss, public domain cartoon image
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Doctor Syntax, in the middle of a smoaking hot political squabble, wis...
Doctor Syntax and other people drinking and smoking in an English inn. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress). DCRM(G) example 1B2 - source of title note Thomas Rowlandson - En... More
A literary debate in the Darktown Club--The question settled / Tho. Wo...
Caricature of two African American men, seated on floor, after a fight over a political debate. One with picture of G. Washington broken over his head, the other seated on poster advertising "De lions ob debate... More
An old fox tarr'd and feather'd
Print shows title page illustration of caricature of John Wesley as a fox in clerical robes. Illus. in: An old fox tarr'd and feather'd / Augustus Montague Toplady. London : Printed for M. Lewis [etc.], 1775, ... More
A lilliputian auction / Woodward del ; Cruikshank st., British Cartoon...
Comic scene: an auction of painting of Queen Cleopatra painted by Corregio; a parody of connoisseurship. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).