19th Century Antique Prints Caricatures French 

L’Escamoteur – The Illusionist: French Satirical Engraving

January 4, 2019January 5, 2019 WCL 816 Views caricature, magic, magician

Wonderful colored engraving by Morette after a work by Pasquier.   A magician or illusionist entrances an audience at a French

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18th Century Caricatures Historic Personalities History 

La Reponse Incroyable – A Satire of Diplomacy

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 WCL 537 Views caricature, incroyable

In this wonderful satire, the French Foreign Minister asks a British diplomat how he is faring. The British Diplomat says

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18th Century Antique Prints British Caricatures 

William Hogarth – “The Bruiser” Antique Engraving

April 11, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 637 Views bear, caricature, dog, william hogarth

This wonderful work by William Hogarth represents the quarrel between two great 18th century satirists.  Hogarth depicts British poet and

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19th Century Caricatures Caricatures Historic Personalities Napoleonica Naval / Nautical 

Napoleonic Era Caricature – Une Scene du Deluge – Defeat of Prussia in the War of the Fourth Coalition

January 2, 2018January 2, 2019 WCL 575 Views caricature, napoleonica, Prussia

A Scene from the Flood of 1806 Napoleonic Era Caricature on the War of the Fourth Coalition Handcolored Eau Forte

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Caricatures 

The Gastronome After Lunch – Caricature by James Gillray

March 13, 2016May 7, 2018 WCL 2266 Views caricature, Gillray, James Gillray

Der Gastronome – The Gourmand Handcolored copperplate engraving by the famous British caricaturist James Gillray entitled: “Der Gastronome Nach dem

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19th Century Antique Prints Caricatures Food and Wine French Kitchen 

Le Baron Brisse by Andre Gill – French Cookbook Author Gets Rosted

March 13, 2016July 27, 2016 WCL 2064 Views caricature

Le Baron Brisse – by Andre Gill Caricature by Andre Gill  Le Baron Brisse – Cover Illustration for La Lune

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20th Century Fine Art German Portraits Realism 

Otto Kirchner – A German Gentleman in His Library

July 31, 2015November 26, 2015 WCL 2824 Views books bookworm, caricature, German, Kirchner, Library, Old Man, portrait, scholar

Otto Kirchner (Eckartshausen 1887 -1960) Otto Kirchner was a well known Bavarian painter of potraits and genre scenes. This wonderful

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19th Century Antique Prints Bedroom Caricatures French Kitchen 

Honoré Daumier – La Lecture du Journal – Plate 3 from Silhouettes

March 19, 2014January 3, 2019 WCL 1226 Views caricature, daumier

Honoré Daumier  La Lecture du Journal Aubert et Cie – November 1, 1840 Plate 3 from Silhouettes A man in his

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19th Century Animals Antique Prints Caricatures Cats Fine Art 

Cat Caricatures – Children’s Illustration

February 23, 2014January 24, 2016 WCL 1924 Views animal, animals, caricature, cat, cats, funny, humor

Caricatures of Cats Two wonderful framed caricatures of cats from an illustrated children’s book circa 1890-1900. The first shows elegantly

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