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Mrs. Jesse Hare (Catherine H. Welch), 1848. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Mrs. Jesse Hare (Catherine H. Welch), 1848. Mrs. Jesse Hare (Catherine H. Welch) (ca. 1790-1874). Jesse Hare (1789-1861)was an extremely wealthy tobacco manufacturer

The Jew and Morris Bosle Begin to Understand Each Other, 1830s. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Jew and Morris Bosle Begin to Understand Each Other, 1830s

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream, 1609-1665. Creator: Nicolas Poussin
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream, 1609-1665

Study of Cupid (Head of a Girl), 1904. Creator: Alphonse Legros
Study of Cupid (Head of a Girl), 1904

She Understood the Speech of Birds, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Understood the Speech of Birds, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

John Locke, 1775. Artist: Smart, W
John Locke, 1775. Locke (1632-1704) is regarded as the father of British empiricism. He was the author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690)

Mail delivery before the grand military manoeuvers, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Mail delivery before the grand military maneuvers, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 23rd September 1893

The Franco-Russian Entente, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Franco-Russian Entente, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 30th September 1893

The Frog and the Ox, 1893. Artist: Jean de la Fontaine
The Frog and the Ox, 1893. The Frog who would grow as big as the Ox by Jean de la Fontain. The Triple Alliance was a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary

The Only Seal of Confession, 1865. A wife admitting some small sin to her protective, kindly, and forgiving husband. Punch is making the point that the only confession that should be permitted in

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