Satirist Collection (page 2)

Leicester Square, Westminster, London, c1805. Artist: Samuel Rawle
Leicester Square, Westminster, London, c1805. View showing No 30 Leicester Square, the home of William Hogarth from 1733 until his death in 1764

William Hogarths tomb in St Nicholas churchyard, Chiswick, Hounslow, London, c1820

View of Mawson House, Chiswick Lane, Chiswick, London, 1882. Artist: John Crowther
View of Mawson House, Chiswick Lane, Chiswick, London, 1882. This was the early residence of Alexander Pope

The painters march from Finchly... 1753. Artist: Paul Sandby
The painters march from Finchly, dedicated to the King of ye Gypsies as an encourager of Art &c, 1753. Hogarth, accompanied by a woman who points to a pair of horns over his head, flees from a village

Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish clergyman, satirist and poet. Swift (1667-1746) was the author of Gullivers Travels, Battle of the Books and A Tale of the Tub. (Colorised black and white print)

Voltaire 1694-1778. - Gemalde von Carmontel, 1934
Voltaire 1694-1778, 1934. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778), French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters. Voltaire was a central figure in the French Enlightenment

Samuel Butler, English poet and satirist, 18th century (1894). Artist: George Vertue
Samuel Butler (1612-1680), English poet and satirist, 18th century (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

William Hogarth, 18th century English painter, printmaker, satirist and cartoonist, (c1850). Much of Hogarths work was targeted at contemporary politics, lifestyles and customs

Portrait of Pietro Aretino, c1517. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi
Portrait of Pietro Aretino, c1517. Pietro Aretino (1492-1556), Italian author, playwright, poet and satirist who influenced contemporary art and politics and invented erotic literature

Hansi, French artist, 1930. Hansi was the pseudonym of Jean-Jacques Waltz, a staunchly pro-French Alsatian who produced satirical works mocking Germany

Cult of the individual: Salvator Rosa, Italian Baroque artist, 1640 (1956). A self-portrait of Rosa (1615-1673), a painter, printmaker and poet. From the National Gallery, London

Voltaire, French writer, 18th century (1956). Voltaire (1694-1778) was a central figure in the French Enlightenment. From the Collection AMH de Lessert, Geneva

Honore Daumier, French artist, c1870s (1956). Daumier (1808-1879) is best known for his caricatures of French political figures and satirical observations on 19th century French life

Andre Gill, French caricaturist, 1868. Born Louis-Alexandre Gosset de Guines (1840-1885) he adopted the name Andre Gill in tribute to his hero, the English caricaturist James Gillray

Honore Daumier, French artist, 1868. A prolific draughtsman, Daumier (1808-1879) is best known for his caricatures of French political figures and satirical observations on 19th century French life

Alexander Pope, English poet and satirist, 18th century (1906). Three drawings in pencil by Bernard Lens, in the royal collection at Windsor Castle

John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician, satirist, mathematician and polymath (1906). Arbuthnot (1667-1735) was the inventor of the figure of John Bull

Rabelais, 1882. Francois Rabelais (c1495-1553) was a French writer, satirist, humanist, doctor and monk. Born at Chinon in Touraine

Dedication written by William Hogarth, 1745 (1865). Artist: Frederick George Netherclift
Dedication written by William Hogarth, 1745 (1865). A dedication written for a History of the Arts&c, which he intended publishing as a supplement to theAnalysis of Beauty- also a receipt

Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish priest, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and poet, (c1850). Swift (1667-1745) was the author of Gullivers Travels, Battle of the Books and A Tale of the Tub

Henry Bunbury Esq, 1787. Artist: Thomas Ryder
Henry Bunbury Esq, 1787. Portrait of British artist Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811). Bunbury was an equerry to the Duke of York

Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire, 18th century French writer and satirist, (1828). Artist: J Pass
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire, 18th century French writer and satirist, (1828). Voltaire (1694-1778) was a central figure in the French Enlightenment

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, c1873. Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, c1873. Portrait of Carlyle (1795-1881)

Voltaire, French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters, 19th century. Artist: James Mollison
Voltaire, 18th century French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters, 19th century

Moliere, 1775. Artist: Thomas Cook
Moliere, 1775. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Moliere (1622-1673), was a French theatre writer, director and actor, one of the masters of comic satire

Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian author, 1880s. Artist: Konstantin Schapiro
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian author, 1880s. Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889), better known as Shchedrin, was a prominent satirist

Pietro Aretino, Italian author, playwright, poet and satirist, c1548-1551 (1912). Artist: Titian
Pietro Aretino, Italian author, playwright, poet and satirist, c1548-1551 (1912). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1912)

Voltaire, 1774. Artist: W Walker
Voltaire, 1774. Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet), 18th century French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters. Voltaire (1694-1778) was a central figure in the French Enlightenment

Voltaire, French author and epitome of the Enlightenment, 18th century. Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778) in a box at the theatre crowned with laurels as the unique man of all ages

John Skelton, (c1460-1529), 16th century. Skelton, English poet and satirist, was tutor to Prince Henry (Henry VIII). From an edition of Collyn Clout his satirical poem of 1522 which contained

Voltaire, 18th century French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire, 18th century French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters. Voltaire (1694-1778) was a central figure in the French Enlightenment

Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, poet and cleric. Swift (1667-1746) was the author of Gullivers Travels, Battle of the Books and A Tale of the Tub

Francois Rabelais (c1495-1553), 1777. Artist: Pierre Savart
Francois Rabelais, French writer, satirist, humanist, doctor and monk, 1777. Born at Chinon in Touraine, Rabelais (c1495-1553)

Political poster for The Budget League, British, 1910. This group published a weekly magazine with the objective of rallying support for the prime minister, David Lloyd George

Satirical advertisement for Copes Tobaccos, c1890s. Artist: John Wallace
Satirical advertisement for Copes Tobaccos, c1890s. During the 1890s Copes Tobaccos commissioned a series of political prints from artist John Wallace, who drew carttons as George Pipeshank

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