caricatures

Un repas du Grand Tueur S.M.K.K. Mohamed Willioum Louff II G.A. Wendt

Drawing shows caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II dressed as a Middle Eastern man with pistol and dagger in his belt and wearing vegetables as a headdress while lounging on a sofa as a scantily clad African woman d... More

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Thann" with the Thur River and the Witches' Tower in the foreground and the church of St. Theobald in the middle distance, with remarque showi... More

Do it now! The President would jump right into river improvement and g...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt deepening the Mississippi River with a shovel. In the background Uncle Sam is digging the Panama canal and a man labeled Germany says "Der selfish pig va... More

Brechnev i.e. Brezhnev - Public domain photogrpaph

Caricature of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev wearing a dark suit and two medals. As a Communist party official and chairman of the Presidium, he dominated the government between 1964 and his death in 1982, impl... More

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Metz" and the waterfront along a river in the foreground and the Metz Cathedral in the middle distance, with remarque showing the German eagle... More

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Thann" with the Thur River and the Witches' Tower in the foreground and the church of St. Theobald in the middle distance, with remarque showi... 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

Fisk, Jr.. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1936:0065). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Caricature, Carter H. Harrison, public domain cartoon image

Carter Henry Harrison, full-length caricature, holding a diminutive man in each hand. The Verdict Supplement, No. 34. Illus. from: Supplement to The Verdict, October 2, 1899, vol. II, no. 16.

The cradle of liberty in danger / Th. Nast.

Print shows General Benjamin Butler as a monstrous genie frightening an infant lableled "Boston, Mass." in a cradle labeled "Common Wealth of Mass." Captioned: "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum!" The Genie of Massachusetts smell... More

Childlike and -- Bland - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

A pair of Caesars - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

The broken slate - Public domain document scan of drawing

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S.S. New York, Lord Cassidy, the colored mascot, anniversary of Sant...

Title transcribed from item. Attribution based on negative D4-20793. "1012" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020791. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photograph... More

[William Jennings Bryan], Library of Congress drawings collection

Title devised by cataloger. 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 w... More

Johnson and Ainsmith, the big gun / Dunn, 1914.

Drawing shows caricatures of Washington pitchers Walter Johnson and Eddie Ainsmith behind a cannon. Vignettes show Johnson "mowing" over his opponents, while Ainsmith, dressed in armor, puts cement on his hand... More

Shanice, Royal, and Marquita Harris the caricatures just completed by ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Horse car sports going to a chicken show: all flush

R653[?] U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on lower right. Stamped on lower right: Library of Congress... More

Do it now! The President would jump right into river improvement and g...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt deepening the Mississippi River with a shovel. In the background Uncle Sam is digging the Panama canal and a man labeled Germany says "Der selfish pig va... More

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Metz" and the waterfront along a river in the foreground and the Metz Cathedral in the middle distance, with remarque showing the German eagle... More

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Metz" and the waterfront along a river in the foreground and the Metz Cathedral in the middle distance, with remarque showing the German eagle... More

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

J. Pierpont Morgan - Drawing. Public domain image.

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Celebrities I have never met" by Oliver Herford, American magazine, 75:122 ... More

Caricature, ["Six little pickaninnies"], public domain cartoon image

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bluebeard of New Orleans, Confederate States of America.

Carte-de-visite reproduction of a drawing shows a caricature of Gen. Benjamin Butler, military governor of New Orleans, May-Dec. 1862, as Bluebeard, for challenging the behavior of the city's Confederate women ... More

Col. Pluck. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Caricature of John or Jonathan Pluck, an illiterate hostler elected Colonel of the 84th Pennsylvania militia in a controversial 1824 election. He is shown here marching toward the left, raising a sword inscribe... More

Scene in Washington. In which the Presidental candidate of all the dec...

Whig senator Henry Clay is attacked here on several fronts. The artist alludes to his reputation for gambling, his widely publicized outburst in the House of Representatives in February 1838, and his alleged un... More

A group on the stairway of the "long room," at the New York Stock Exch...

Top illustration shows men crowded together and described in the text as "the snob, the bully, the gambler, the beggar, the Jew, the millionaire, the swell, and the gentleman, all engaged in the worship of a co... More

Three little (old) maids from school

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

Thanksgiving morning in the Johnsing family

"Dar bem'lec Johnsing, didn't I tole yer all 'long you dun feed dat turkey too much veg'table diet." (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as comic... More

The "press view" at the candidate show / Dalrymple ; J. Ottmann Lith. ...

Cartoon showing men, representing different newspapers, some with magnifying glasses, viewing presidential candidates, including Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Thomas Brackett Reed, William B. Allison, Bo... More

Caricature, "Nigger in the wood pile", public domain cartoon image

Title transcribed from item. The original publisher provided this title, printed at bottom left of the photograph. "G 2611" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018422. Gift; State Historical Society of Colo... More

The Melon-cholic days have come, the gladdest of the year

Title transcribed from item. Photograph of a painting. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09373. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Teddy and the beanstalk The harder he struggles to reach the ground th...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt clinging to the top of a beanstalk "Popularity" that is rising into a cloud "Third Term." Charles W. Fairbanks, Joseph B. Foraker, Robert M. LaFollette,... More

Back to the ark--No refuge for the dove in all the European sea

Field of raised bayonets, with "arbitration ark" in background. Illus. in: Puck, 1911 Nov. 29.

"Remember the Spanish leather miner?", Political Cartoon

John Sloan depicts himself in a full-length caricature, smoking a pipe and holding a pick over one shoulder. He wears a printed cloth tied around his waist and one arm, and a hat with a candle sticking from it.

"Oh, tell 'em anything! Wish 'em a Merry Christmas! Anything!"

Greeting card showing the artist's wife, seated at a desk, turning to ask her husband, "What'll I say?" The artist standing behind her chair and gesturing with a hand that holds a cigar, tells her to "Wish 'e... More

Brechnev i.e. Brezhnev - Public domain photogrpaph

Caricature of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev wearing a dark suit and two medals. As a Communist party official and chairman of the Presidium, he dominated the government between 1964 and his death in 1982, impl... More

"Six little pickaninnies", Detroit publishing company photo

Title, locale, and photographer attribution taken from entry for photo no. 7939 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898) Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc fram... More

Strong's dime caricatures. No. 3, South Carolina Topsey in a fix

The third in Thomas W. Strong's "Dime Caricatures" series of antisecessionist prints published early in 1861. Here Topsy, the impish slave child in Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," personifies the s... More

Reed as Cupid - Public domain document scan of drawing

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Tarantula, México, Noviembre 2 de 1902, núm 49

A look into the future Coming events cast their shadows before

Halftone photomechanical reproduction of a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and two African men beside a dead rhinoceros. From stereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y. On verso of PRES FILE - Roos... More

Strong's dime caricatures. No. 4, "The schoolmaster abroad" at last

The fourth in Strong's series of antisecessionist satires. Here the artist is optimistic about newly elected Abraham Lincoln's ability to end the secession movement among the Southern states. (The Library's imp... More

The Great Anaconda or Creature of the Woods McAllister & Bro. optician...

Photograph shows montage with photograph of Major General McClellan's head on cartoon body of a snake. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Macrafly, March 2016... More

L'intrépide Nadar, Nadar Collection 1850-1910

Caricature shows French photographer and balloonist Felix Nadar sitting in the basket of a balloon in flight while holding his camera.

Cartoon showing Ulysses S. Grant, as an acrobat, on trapeze "third ter...

Illus. in: Puck, v. 6, 1880 Feb. 4, pp. 782-783.

The main trouble, Washington, D.C.

Title on verso. Includes cutout prints of three heads. No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

A modern Cornelia - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Into the ring - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

An uneven contest - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

The Teddy idea of a Vice-President who would "do things" (A pictorial ...

Photograph of a cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt dressed as a gaucho shooting at the feet of a woman in an American flag dress and Statue of Liberty crown as a heavy, cigar-smoking gaucho plays guitar. Publis... More

Caricature, The boss of the ring, public domain cartoon image

A caricature of New York financier James Fisk as a bulldog. The print may have been issued around September 1869, when Fisk and a few associates precipitated a financial panic by their attempts to corner the go... More

Reed as Cupid - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Thann" with the Thur River and the Witches' Tower in the foreground and the church of St. Theobald in the middle distance, with remarque showi... More

[Ibsen as midnight sun over fjord]

"I once drew Ibsen looking bored across a deep Norwegian fjord ..." Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congr... More

[Ibsen as midnight sun over fjord]

"I once drew Ibsen looking bored across a deep Norwegian fjord ..." Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congr... More

Satan tempting Booth to the murder of the President

Lincoln's assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth, is goaded by a hideous Mephistophelian figure to shoot the unsuspecting President, who is visible in a theater box beyond. Booth stands erect, his left arm behind hi... More

Pere-scie / AB ; lith. de Becquet, rue Childebert No. 9.

Print shows Jean-Charles Persil wearing minister's robes, with long saw-toothed nose with which he attempts to decapitate Charles Philipon who is lying on a stack of "La Caricatura" volumes with his hands bound... 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

L'assembleé des aristocrates - A drawing of a large group of people

Print shows a tightly composed group of caricatured heads, including a few animal heads, of the aristocracy. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

[An economist of life]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

"Political economy. Uncle Abra'm (reading): De brack murdrer ob Jer'miah Johnsing pays de oxtreme pendlety of de law. Now, dat's w'at I nebber could ouderstan' no'how. Why d'ey wait till de murderin's all dun f... More

Caricature, Pleasant dreams, public domain cartoon image

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The champions in the fray - Public domain dedication image

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Caricature, Watermelon Jake, public domain cartoon image

Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08920. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Caricature, Polly in the peanut patch, public domain cartoon image

Title transcribed from original jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062096. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

My dear judge of noses ... - Public domain drawing

Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Caricature, Black tee, public domain cartoon image

Title transcribed from item. "560" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018479. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[J. Forbes Robertson], Library of Congress drawings collection

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, 58:27 (Nov. 1, 1913) ... More

White House aspirants join political rally at National Press Club. Was...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zip coon - Print, Library of Congress collection

Music cover(?) showing caricature of an extravagantly dressed African American man. Copyright by Endicott & Swett. Composed by G.W. Dixon, national vocalist. Title transcribed from item.

Horse car sports going to a chicken show: all flush

R653[?] U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on lower right. Stamped on lower right: Library of Congress... More

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Thann" with the Thur River and the Witches' Tower in the foreground and the church of St. Theobald in the middle distance, with remarque showi... More

"One strike!" / Hamilton ; Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. Co., New York.

Speaker Reed bowling over Martin of Texas, who was engaged in a filibuster, objectors Holman, Spinola, and Breckinridge, and obstructionists Crisp, R.Q. Mills, and Amos J. Cummings, while McKinley, Dana, and re... More

[African American banjo player]

Print shows an African American man playing a banjo and singing. V35185 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5. Copyrighted 1890 by The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich.

Pulitzer / O. Herford. Joseph Pulitzer

Caricature of Joseph Pulitzer, full-length, standing, facing left. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congre... More

Caricature, Progress, public domain cartoon image

Reproduction of lithograph shows caricature of a young woman playing football. Copyright by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Illus. in: Puck, v. 48, no. 1243 (1901 Jan. 9), p. 16.

Caricature, Carter H. Harrison, public domain cartoon image

Carter Henry Harrison, full-length caricature, holding a diminutive man in each hand. The Verdict Supplement, No. 34. Illus. from: Supplement to The Verdict, October 2, 1899, vol. II, no. 16.

Caricature curiosity / Woodward, delt., British Cartoon Print

Caricature of a porcine clergyman and a skinny volunteer officer examining caricatures of themselves in what is probably William Holland's printing shop window. Parson Puzzletest is furious, but his companion, ... More

The political sphynx i.e. sphinx

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

A pair of Caesars - Public domain document scan of drawing

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

That South Carolina cyclone, or the terrible tantrums of the untamable...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Paderewski, Library of Congress drawings collection

In same frame with CAI - Herford, nos. 53 b and c; this image is at bottom. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: ... More

The Kaiser's last line of defence. Sa derniere ligne de defense! E.A. ...

Postcard shows caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm glaring at a line of troops, which is composed of elderly men and women, children, and animals. No. W 620.

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Metz" and the waterfront along a river in the foreground and the Metz Cathedral in the middle distance, with remarque showing the German eagle... More

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Thann" with the Thur River and the Witches' Tower in the foreground and the church of St. Theobald in the middle distance, with remarque showi... More

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Metz" and the waterfront along a river in the foreground and the Metz Cathedral in the middle distance, with remarque showing the German eagle... More

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

Dress, the most distinguishing mark of a military genius / designed an...

Caricature of a military officer, which appeared in "Advice to the Officers of the Army, to the Officers of Ordinance, and to the Secretary of War" (Philadelphia: Matthew McConnel, 1813). Title appears as writ... More

The ghost of a dollar or the bankers surprize / W. Charles, Del et Scu...

A caricature of Philadelphia merchant and financier Stephen Girard, here called "Stephen Graspall, Banker & Shaver." He stands behind a counter with a small slot in it, staring at an apparition of an 1806 Span... More

The big type war of the yellow kids / Leon Barritt.

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, full-length, dressed as the Yellow Kid, each pushing against opposite sides of a pillar of wooden blocks that spells WAR. Illus. in Vim, v. 1, no. 2 (29 June 1898).

Discovery of the Sage of Chappaqua by H.M. Stanely. The Sage disappear...

A caricature of Horace Greeley, commenting upon (or perhaps anticipating) his disappearance from public life after his defeat in the November 5 presidential election. Journalist Henry Morton Stanley, famous for... More

A darktown race - facing the flag. Match between "his lowness" and "th...

Print shows two African American men, one holding a baseball bat or club and the other holding a long spike, sitting on horses on a racetrack; another African American man is standing on a barrel, next to the "... More

The pride of Iowa -- cold water and Wheeler -- 'till death

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Nero - Public domain document scan of drawing

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

I want yer, ma honey! I do - Public domain document scan of drawing

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Caricature, He's good enough for me, public domain cartoon image

Photograph of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt as Rough Rider patting Theodore Roosevelt as statesman on the back. Illus in: New York World (1912 March 10).

Joel Baggs he sez, sez he: Spring's in sight, sumbudy's seen a robin, ...

Half-length caricature of an elderly man holding his hat and smoking a cigar. The man is bald and has a full, bushy beard. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: Clubb 14 / [club logogra... More

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.

Don Dismallo running the literary gantlet, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Edmund Burke in fools dress receiving lashes on his bare back as he runs a gauntlet of his peers which also includes Justice holding a sword, and Liberty, with staff topped with a liberty cap, who h... More