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Georgian satires - coloured etchings of grotesque characters - are iconic artworks. Many were political; yet witchcraft and magic also featured.

'The Dog & the Devil' (1807) depicts a magician's assistant, who dressed up as a devil to fool a client, but was attacked by his dog.

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2019-07-27

➡️La bibliothèque de l'ancienne université de Cambridge, 1800.
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) illustrateur, caricaturiste anglais.
➡️La bibliothèque de prêt, 1800-1801.
Isaac Cruikshank (1764-1811) peintre, caricaturiste écossais. Satires politiques et sociales.

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2019-04-24

It's apparently! Among the 53,000 images of titfers of all shapes and sizes we have here are these satires from c1900 on the fashion for women to wear huge and enveloping hats. Postcard illustrations by 'B. L.' from the Grenville Collins collection

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2019-01-15

Caricaturist James Gillray born in London 1756, famous for his etched political & social satires,

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2018-08-13

Drawn from the ’s collection, new exhibit celebrates humor in art, an incredibly rich though easily overlooked tradition through works including Renaissance caricatures, biting English satires, and 20th-century comics.

https://t.co/zF11iWH4te

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2018-07-15

FLBLB : Toujours plus de Tezuka pour toujours plus de satires bienveillantes et toujours visionnaires sur nos sociétés post-modernes (clonage, genre humain, communication, etc.).

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2018-06-13

Caricaturist James Gillray born in London 1756, famous for his etched political & social satires,

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2017-08-13

Exhibition "Bawdy Bodies: Satires of Unruly Women" is on view thru June 24 at Univ. of Colorado Boulder https://t.co/XHMXgrHGGp

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2017-04-05

"Bawdy Bodies: Satires of Unruly Women" Opens Sept. 24. Graduate student workshops & public lectures being planned.

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2015-07-29