Comic Collection (page 11)

Capricornus - a Caper-o -corns, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
Capricornus - a Caper-o -corns, 19th century

Les Savoyards, 1818. Artist: George Cruikshank
Les Savoyards, 1818

Inconvenience of a Crowded Drawing Room, 1818. Artist: George Cruikshank
Inconvenience of a Crowded Drawing Room, 1818

Men in traditional dress, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Men in traditional dress, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway

Dauberval with Mlle Allard in Sylvie, 1766, (1885). Artist: Louis de Carmontelle
Dauberval with Mlle Allard in Sylvie, 1766, (1885). French ballet dancer and choreographer Jean Dauberval (1742-1806) is widely credited with the invention of comic ballet

La Poupee, Theatre de la Gaite, Paris, 1896. Artist: Henri Meyer
La Poupee, Theatre de la Gaite, Paris, 1896. La Poupee (The Doll) is a comic opera in a prelude and three acts composed by Edmond Audran with a libretto by Maurice Ordonneau

Mlle Delna, portraying a vivandiere in the comic opera, La Vivandiere, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Mlle Delna, portraying a vivandiere in the comic opera, La Vivandiere, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st April 1895

Inventions and Discoveries, 19th century

Poster for Just a Kiss, at the Theatre Pigalle, Paris, 20th century. A comic operetta by Georges Delance with music by Francis Lopez and Michel Eisemann

Comic relief, Egyptian Limestone, Herakles and the Cretian Bull, 4th century

Etruscan terracotta figure of a comic actor, 2nd century BC
Etruscan terracotta figure of a comic actor from Vulci, Italy, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Les Grandes Journees de la Revolution Francaise, Revolution of 1789, France. Colour Lithograph. Private collection

Les Journee Fatales du Premier Empire, Revolution of 1789, France. Colour Lithograph. Private collection

Greek terracotta vessel of a comic actor, 2nd century BC
Greek terracotta vessel of a comic actor, wearing a mask impersonating a runaway slave sitting on an altar, from a Greek city in south Italy. From the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

What a Pity the Race of Centaurs has become Extinct!, 1866 Artist: George du Maurier
What a Pity the Race of Centaurs has become Extinct!, 1866. An illustration of how the world would look like if centaurs still existed

Hair-Dressing by Electricity, 1866. At the top a man is having a bowl cut in order to achieve the medieval look. A scruffy, hairy artist is depicted in the top left corner

General Adoption of the Rolling Skate, 1866. Artist: George du Maurier
General Adoption of the Rolling Skate, 1866. Men, women and children are all on roller skates, going about their usual business. In the top picture even the policeman is on skates

Boxing, from Worlds Dudes series (N31) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

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