127 photos found in gallery: "Cartoons" The Linen Hall Library
Gallery contains a selection of 18th century cartoons and
caricatures which satirize the follies and vices of the age.
Included are works by the renowned British artists William
Hogarth and James Gillray (sometimes spelt James Gilray). These
cartoons and etchings depict an age of excesses, vice and greed
and would soon become an integral and effective part of
journalism. Included are some of Hogarth's famous series of
moral works; the Harlot's Progress, the Rake's Progress,
Marriage a-la Mode and Industry and Idleness. Gillray images
include many of his famous political and social satires directed
against George III, as well as a selection of caricatures he
issued during the French Revolution, ridiculing Napoleon and the
French and glorifying John Bull. This collection also contains a
series of beautifully hand coloured humorous images entitled
Elements of Skating.