Ridiculous Collection

Magnus Stenbock, 1665-1717, count, field marshal, 1708. Creator: Georg Engelhard Schroder
Magnus Stenbock, 1665-1717, count, field marshal, 1708

Une Loterie Philantropique. 1845. Creator: Honore Daumier
Une Loterie Philantropique, 1845. A philanthropic lottery. Le monsieur - pour mes vingt francs je gagne un affreux sac de dame - quell ridicule

A Political Error: The man who sawed off the branch, but who sat at the wrong...The Crimea, 1854 Creator: Unknown
A Political Error: The man who sawed off the branch, but who sat at the wrong end while he did it; The Crimea, 1854 From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30

Military Dandies or Heroes of 1818, published October 26, 1818. Creator: William Heath
Military Dandies or Heroes of 1818, published October 26, 1818

A Russian Dandy, published December 8, 1818. Creator: William Heath
A Russian Dandy, published December 8, 1818

"Forward march, go on. By Robson". (c1850s). Creator: Fritz von Dardel. "Forward march, go
"Forward march, go on. By Robson". (c1850s)

Lucia celebration at Koberg in Västergötland 1848. Creator: Fritz von Dardel
Lucia celebration at Koberg in Vastergotland 1848

The Mystery of Masonry Brought to Light by the Go... [first published December 1724]
The Mystery of Masonry Brought to Light by the Gormagons, [first published December 1724] later reissue

Monstrosity of 1829: "Lo this is their very guise", 1829
Monstrosity of 1829: " Lo this is their very guise", 1829

Preparatif pour le depart du Prince et Princesse des Nabots. L incomparable Baron de Catagon leur presentes une Nouvelle Coeffure, do son Invention

A Trip to Scarborough, March 3, 1783. Creator: James Bretherton
A Trip to Scarborough, March 3, 1783

Plus que ca d ballon... excusez!, from Actualites, published in Le Charivari
Plus que ca d ballon...excusez!, from Actualites, published in Le Charivari, June 13, 1855, June 13, 1855

The Muff, February 16, 1787. Creator: Attributed to Henry Kingsbury (British, active ca
The Muff, February 16, 1787

The Masculine Gender, February 2, 1787. Creator: Attributed to Henry Kingsbury (British
The Masculine Gender, February 2, 1787

Mode de l annee prochaine, ca. 1830. Creator: V Ratier
Mode de l annee prochaine, ca. 1830. After Charles Philipon

Rentree joyeuse et triomphale des Don-Quichottes Prussiens en Allemagne, apres la conquete de la France, sous conduite de l Aigle autrichien

A voir det elegant et sa haute frisure, On le croiroit un Senateur, Mais ce n est qu un garcon marchand, Dont sa bonne mesure sera son bonheru ou son malheur, 1720-75

Le Roy et la Reine des Nabots arrives nouvellement aLondre
Le Roy et la Reine des Nabots arrives nouvellement a Londre. Grands amateurs de la coeffure nouvelle, 18th century

L Anglais a la Promenade Tout Deconcerte, 1720-75. Creator: Unknown
L Anglais a la Promenade Tout Deconcerte, 1720-75

Six Stages of Mending a Face, Dedicated with respect to the Right Hon-ble. Lady Archer, May 29, 1792

Times Past - A Welch Gentleman going to make a visit, 1830. Creator: William Heath
Times Past - A Welch Gentleman going to make a visit, 1830. Racist caricature of a Welsh man riding a goat on St Davids Day, with a leek in his hat

Emouvant Suicide, 1899. Creator: Abel Faivre
Emouvant Suicide, 1899. Moving Suicide : a man lies on railway tracks looking at his watch: How late the train is! Hopefully nothing has happened to it

Just A goin to Begin!, 1887. Artist: Tom Merry
Just A goin to Begin!, 1887. WH Smith as a fairground showman, invites the public to his show; the principal parliamentary figures are there

A Wooden Substitute, or Any Port in a Storm, 1821. Alderman Wood takes Caroline of Brunswicks left arm, staring at her and grinning inanely; in the background Bergami stands with arms raised

The Q-ns Ass in a Band-box, 1821. Caroline of Brunswick, inside a box, sits on a zebra which stands in a round band-box; the zebra, with the head of Alderman Wood

The City Churches in Danger, 1834. Four City aldermen in ceremonial dress, including Sir John Key and Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, pull on ropes attached to church steeples

Catching an elephant, 1812. Two prostitutes encourage a hugely obese man towards the door of the Royal Bagnio in Bagnio Court, later known as Roman Bath Street

The Atlas of the Landed Interest, 1784. Thomas Powys, MP for Northamptonshire, carries a large bale representing the interests of the landowners

A City Hunt, or Preparations for Lord-Mayors Day!!!, c1790
A City Hunt, or Prparations (Preparations) for Lord-Mayors Day!!!, c1790. Two men attack a turtle with a sword and a mace, while a third, in aldermanic gown, has tripped over and lost his wig

The Saveall, or Economy, 1828. Artist: Thomas McLean
The Saveall, or Economy, 1828. The Duke of Wellington stands between Apsley House, (his future home - still under construction), and the Triumphal Arch on Constitution Hill

A meeting of umbrellas, 1782. Artist: James Gillray
A meeting of umbrellas, 1782; showing three men holding umbrellas meeting and having difficulty in passing. The umbrella, only recently introduced for men, was an object of derision

Locomotion, London, c1820. Artist: George Cruikshank
Locomotion, London, c1820. In the centre a man wearing steam driven boots has ground to a halt, as the fire has gone out, below a servant attempts to start a blaze with a pair of belows

Monstrosities of 1821, 1835. Artist
Monstrosities of 1821, 1835. A number of men and women dressed in the exaggerated fashions of the period, promenading in the park. Their dandyism is echoed by a black poodle on the right

Monstrosities of 1819, and 1820, 1835. Artist
Monstrosities of 1819, and 1820, 1835. Candies and dandyzettes promenade in a park

The Ladies Contrivance, 1777. Two sedan chairs pass on the cobbled street, the nearer one has been specially enlarged to accommodate a woman sporting an enormous hair-style which was the fashion of

Be Not Amazed, Dear Mother! It Is Indeed Your Daughter Anne, 18th century (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

La Francoise a Londres: The French Lady in London or The Head-dress of the Year 1771. A satire on the exaggerated hairstyles of the day

The Ladies Disaster, 1771. Artist: Caldwell
The Ladies Disaster, 1771. A woman loses her wig in a high wind. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Be not amaz d dear Mother, it is indeed your daughter Anne, 1770. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

The York Reverence or City Loyalty, Amply Rewarded, 1796. Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1821) and his wife Frederica, Duchess of York (1767-1820)

An Ape painting an Ass, 1753. Artist: George Bickham
An Ape painting an Ass, 1753. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

Satire on a picture auction, 1730. Artist: William Henry Toms
Satire on a picture auction, 1730. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London)

The phiz and character of an Alexandrine hyper-critch and comentator, 1728. His Holiness [The Pope, as a monkey] and his Prime Minister [a donkey]

High Change in Bond Street - ou - la Politesse du Grand Monde, 1796. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Hints to the ladies to take care of their heads, 1776. An elaborate hairdo catches fire. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

The Preposterous Head Dress or The Feathered Lady, 1776. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily

French Costume, (1885). A womans elaborate and heavy hairstyle is held up with a stick by her black servant. Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789

A scene from Les Precieuses Ridicules by Moliere, (1833). Artist: Jackson
A scene from Les Precieuses Ridicules by Moliere, (1833). Les precieuses were witty and educated intellectual ladies who frequented the salon of the marquise de Rambouillet

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