Henry Alken humorous prints from the 1800s

Alken, Henry

Symptoms of Being Amused (1822)

Illustrations to Popular Songs (1823)

Sporting Prints
(circa 1830)

 

 
H.K. Browne

Browne, Hablot Knight (a.k.a. "Phiz")

Dickens Illustrations:

A Tale of Two Cities

Bleak House

David Copperfield

Dombey & Son

Little Dorrit

Martin Chuzzlewit

Nicholas Nickleby

Our Mutual Friend
[illustrated by Marcus Stone, not Phiz]

Pickwick Papers


Mr. Facey Rumford's Hounds (1865) [with John Leech]



Cruikshank etchings

Cruikshank etchings
(Isaac Robert, George, George Jr.)

Eccentric Excursions or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country in different parts of England & South Wales (1801)

Miscellaneous 19th Century hand-coloured cartoons by Cruikshank, Heath, Denbigh and others

Miscellaneous 19th Century uncoloured cartoons primarily by the Cruikshanks

Life in London
(1822)

My Sketch Book
(1833-1836)

The Cruikshankian Momus (1892)

Dickens Illustrations
Oliver Twist (1838-1841)

Sketches with Boz (1836-1839)

 
Honoré Daumier's

Daumier, Honoré

Les Gens de Justice (1959)


 
Richard Dighton etchings 1820s

Dighton, Richard

A London Nuisance series, caricatures of prominent Londoners of the day
(1820s)

  Thomas Maclean cartoons

Doyle, John ('HB')
McLean's, publisher

HB Sketches, Political Sketches of HB, etc.
(1820s-1840s)



James Gillray etchings

Gillray, James

The Works of James Gillray...
(1847 Bohn edition)

 
Henry Heath Demonology & Witchcraft etchings from circa 1840

Heath, Henry

The Caricaturist's Scrapbook Demonology & Witchcraft
(circa 1834-1840)



William Heath caricatures and cartoons

Heath, William

Caricatures and cartoons from various sources (1800s)

 
authentic William Hogarth prints

Hogarth, William

The Works of William Hogarth

various editions – Cook, Heath, lifetime Hogarth, etc.



John Leech etchings

Leech, John

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
(1853)

The Comic History of England (1848)

Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865) [with Hablot K. Browne, AKA "Phiz"]

The Comic History of Rome
(mid-19th century)

Hawbuck Grange (1893)

Charles Dickens Illustrations
(circa 1840s)

Follies of the Year
(circa 1860s)

also, various black and white Political Etchings

 
British satirical caricatures cartoons miscellaneous

Miscellaneous British cartoons, caricatures, satirical drawings, etc., from the 19th Century



Punch, or the London Charivari

Punch, or the London Charivari (1840s-1935)

Punch cartoons
(1844-1916)

People in Punch
(1934-1935)

 
Thomas Rowlandson etchings of Dr. Sytax
Rowlandson, Thomas
"Dr. Syntax" etc.
(1810s-1820s)


Scenes in London, 19th century hand-colored cartoons

Scenes in London

hand-colored engravings (possibly by Robert Seymour) depicting life in London—from an unknown 19th century publisher

 
Seymour's Humorous Sketches

"Seymour's Sketches"
(1866)

Humerous engravings from one of the 19th century's masters—Robert Seymour


     
Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair Magazine
(1869-1914)

(also known as "Spy" prints)

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  Comical French Characters

Comical French Characters

unknown source, early 1800s


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