Satire Collection (page 100)

The Irish Horse and Master (?), 1885. Artist: John Tenniel
The Irish Horse and Master (?), 1885. Mr Punch tells John Bull to ignore Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), Irish politician, as he is sure to come a cropper riding the Irish horse

A Waiting Game, 1886. Artist: John Tenniel
A Waiting Game, 1886. Lord Randolph Churchill (left) trying to make Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician, show his hand and let Churchill

King O Connell at Tara, 1843. Daniel O Connell (1775-1841) Irish politician, The Liberator, leader of the Repeal (of union with Britain) movement, shown as the King of the Irish

The Puseyite Moth and the Roman Candle, 1850. Edward Pusey (1800-1882) English theologian and leader of Oxford Movement, shown as an Anglican moth in danger of being singed by the flame of Roman

The Cats Paw: or Poor Pu(s)sey, 1850. Edward Pusey (1800-1882), English theologian, Anglo-Catholic and a leader of the Oxford Movement, shown being used as a cats paw by the Pope. Cartoon from Punch

Extraordinary Mildness of the Political Season, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel
Extraordinary Mildness of the Political Season, 1869. Disraeli congratulating Gladstone on the Sovereigns speech at Opening of Parliament

Great Cattle Show, 1850. The Roman Bull that didn t get the prize. Mr Punch and John Bull viewing the Bull (Papal edict on the restoration of the English Roman Catholic Church) with distaste

Lydia Ernestine Becker (1827-1890), British advocate of female suffrage, 1870. The editor of Womens Suffrage Journal 1870-1890

Marianne, the Queen of the Washerwomen, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Marianne, the Queen of the Washerwomen, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 25th February 1893

The New Stamp Duty, 1880. Artist: John Tenniel
The New Stamp Duty, 1880. Cartoon concerning the introduction by the Postmaster General, Henry Fawcett, of the Post Office Savings Bank penny stamp savings scheme. From Punch. (London, 1880)

A Foolish and a Betting Man and A Wise and a Better Man, 1852. Cartoon from Punch (London, 1852) on the folly and profligacy of smoking and betting contrasted with the wisdom and prudence of saving

Laundresses strike, 1891. A strikers leader addressing a meeting in Hyde Park, London. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 27 June 1891)

Mammons Rents, 1883. The housing conditions of a poor labouring family, partly caused by high rents. Landlords were making up to 50% on their investments in already condemned properties

Otto von Bismarck German statesman, when Conservative Deputy and Inspector of Dykes, 1867. Artist: Andre Gill
Otto von Bismarck German statesman, when Conservative Deputy and Inspector of Dykes, 1867. Cartoon published in La Lune (Paris, 1867) showing Bismarck (1815-1904 as a cat with a mousetrap)

Le Char de l Etat Navigue sur un Volcan, 1871. Artist: Henry Bonaventure Monnier
Le Char de l Etat Navigue sur un Volcan, 1871

Character, 1853. Artist: Henry Bonaventure Monnier
Character, 1853

Joseph Prudhomme, c1825-1877. Artist: Henry Bonaventure Monnier
Joseph Prudhomme, c1825-1877

Basile, c1825-1877. Artist: Henry Bonaventure Monnier
Basile, c1825-1877

Two Characters, c1825-1877. Artist: Henry Bonaventure Monnier
Two Characters, c1825-1877

The Couple with the Bouquet, c1825-1877. Artist: Henry Bonaventure Monnier
The Couple with the Bouquet, c1825-1877

A Couple, c1825-1877. Artist: Henry Bonaventure Monnier
A Couple, c1825-1877

Mistaking Cause for Effect, 1849. A boy thinks the Water Board man is turning on cholera. Cholera first appeared in Britain in 1831

Tom, Jerry and Logic in the Press Yard, Newgate prison, London, 1821. Artist: George Cruikshank
Tom, Jerry and Logic in the Press Yard, Newgate prison, London, 1821. They are watching shackles being removed from a prisoner

Tom, Jerry and Logic at the Grand Carnival, 1821. Artist: George Cruikshank
Tom, Jerry and Logic at the Grand Carnival, 1821. Illustration for Life in London by Pierce Egan, 1821

Tom and Jerry as observers in the Bow Street Magistrates Court, London, 1821. Artist: George Cruikshank
Tom and Jerry as observers in the Bow Street Magistrates Court, London, 1821. A shackled prisoner in the dock (left), an elegant Cyprian (prostitute) and a coachman giving evidence (centre)

Simpleton, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
Simpleton, 1819-1823. Plate 4 of Proverbs, published in 1864. The series also known as disparates (absurdities) or suenos (dreams) is seen as symbolic of the absurdity of the human condition

Female Riddle, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
Female Riddle, 1819-1823. Plate 1 of Proverbs, published in 1864 by the Spanish Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. The series is also known as disparates, meaning follies

Until death, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Until death, 1799. Plate 55 of Los Caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain The series is evidence of the artists political

Sons of Freedom, Hear My Story, 1834. A man, looking as if he has been in a drunken brawl, serving his sentence in the village stocks

Gulliver in Lilliput. Lemuel Gulliver, set ashore after a mutiny, regains consciousness and finds himself a prisoner of the Lilliputians

Lemuel Gulliver, set ashore after a mutiny, finds himself in kingdom of the Houyhnhns. He discusses mankind with his master

Misfortune in the Tulip Hall, c1816. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Misfortune in the Tulip Hall, c1816. Dr Syntax is bitten by a dog and falls over, upsetting some of the potted plants arranged on staging in the conservatory

Garde Nationale (ancien tenue), Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Garde Nationale (ancien tenue), Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Gendarmerie Republicaine, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Gendarmerie Republicaine, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Genie Auxiliaire, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Genie Auxiliaire, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Chirurgiens de la Garde Nationale et de l Armee, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Chirugiens de la Garde Nationale et de l Armee, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. A pair of military surgeons greet each other

Etat Major de la Garde Nationale, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Etat Major de la Garde Nationale, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. An aristocratic-looking mounted National Guardsman

Le Plan Trochu, 1870-1871. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III, the Prussians surrounded Paris on 9 September 1870

The Mysteries of the Commune, 1871. Satirical cartoon depicting Bismarck and Wilhelm I of Germany at the time of the Paris Commune (1871). From a private collection

Paris besieged, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Aux Camp des Pupilles de la Republique, 1871. Cartoon published at the time of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. From a Private collection

Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Une Bonne Prise, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, and Joseph Paxton, 1851. Artist: John Tenniel
Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, and Joseph Paxton, 1851. Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, handing Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace, a £ 20

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish statesman, 1854. British Prime Minister from 1852-1855, he reluctantly took Britain into the Crimean War

Wax models of Peary and Cook, polar explorers, at Madame Tussauds, London, 1909
Wax models of Peary and Cook, polar explorers, at Madame Tussaud s, London, 1909. American explorer Robert E Peary claimed he had reached the North Pole in 1909 at his third attempt

Vision of an intellectual family in the 1950s, 1883
Vision of an intellectual family in the 1950s. Anticipated result of selective breeding in Man. From A. Robida Le Vingtieme Siecle, Paris, 1883

Draisienne or velocipede shown replacing horses in the French post service, 1818
Draisienne or velocipede, France, 1818. The Draisienne was the forerunner of the bicycle and was invented by Baron von Drais in France in 1817

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