Public ridicule posters & prints

Man tied up on donkey Cornelis de Wael

Man tied up on a donkey Cornelis de Wael

Print satirising Franz Anton Mesmer, 1784 Unknown

Mr. Stacy Marks's a Select Committee is Unintentionally a Satire Upon the Proceedings of Many Public Bodies in which Cockatoos... Anonymous

A meeting of umbrellas James Gillray

The April Fool consigned to Infamy and Ridicule James Gillray

A Brace of Public Guardians, July 10, 1800 Thomas Rowlandson

Buy a Broom?!!, 1825 George Cruikshank

Satire on a picture auction William Henry Toms

Public characters Thomas Rowlandson

The Public Order also reigns in Paris, 1831 Grandville

Public Opinion George Bernard O'Neill

Hudibras in Tribulatio William Hogarth

Ah! You want to meddle with the press Honore Daumier

Utility Combined with Elegance Captain HR Howard

Caution to Young Ladies who ride in Crinoline on Donkeys Anonymous

Dr. Brodum and his Assistant as Work Pro Bono Publico Thomas Rowlandson

The Finishing of an Alderman's Picture Anonymous

Guard Parade, 1820s School Russian

Ridiculous Taste, or The Ladies Absurdity, c.1776 Matthew or Matthias Darly

The Mocking of the Prisoners, ca. 1540 Giorgio Ghisi

Ridiculous taste or the ladies absurdity, 1771 Anonymous

Public Meeting at the Princes' Hall Piccadilly to Protest against the Egyptian Policy of the Government Anonymous

Monstrosity of 1829: 'Lo this is their very guise', 1829 William Heath (attributed to)

The phiz and character of an Alexandrine hyper-critch and comentator Anonymous

The Next Novelty Anonymous

Christus No. 1, 1915 Arthur Segal

Exaltation of Faro's daughters Anonymous

Ridiculous Folly Francisco de Goya

Ridiculous taste or the ladies absurdity, 1771 Matthew Darly

To the Public... William Blake

Caricature of Franz Anton Mesmer, c1785 Anonymous

Scene from Les Précieuses Ridicules Anonymous

The Publican's Friend Anonymous

Dressing of a Mannequin; La Toilette de Mannequin, 1835 Jean Alphonse Roehn

The Ridiculed Kiss, 1908 Konstantin Andreevic Somov