Humourous fashion posters & prints

Caricature of the crinoline French School

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

The Humours of the Pantheon William Humphrey

The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Featherd Lady, 1776 Matthew or Matthias Darly

Utility Combined with Elegance Captain HR Howard

The Next Novelty Anonymous

Mr Woodward in the character of Bobadil J Reading

Humours of the Fleet Prison Anonymous

Friendship - A Principal Beard 1793 John Kay

Advantages of Wearing Muslin Dresses! Dedicated to the Serious Attention of the Fashionable Ladies of Great Britain James Gillray

Following the fashion James Gillray

Caricature of Raimondo Cocchi Thomas Patch

The Ladies Contrivance Anonymous

Horse sticking out tongue Anonymous

Characters in High Life, June 20, 1795 James Gillray

The Line of Beauty, cartoon in 'Punch', published December 9 1879 George Du Maurier

Terrier in Knit Cap Anonymous

Osterreich and the Cavaliere Ghezzi, print made by Matthias Oesterreich, 1751 Pier Leone (after) Ghezzi

Le Journal Pour Rire, Journal d'Iimages, Journal Comique, Critique, Satirique e…, August 23, 1850 Unknown

Thou Tuneful Scarecrow and Thou Warbling Bird, caricature of Farinelli, Cuzzoni and Heidegger Joseph Goupy

Ridiculous taste or the ladies absurdity, 1771 Matthew Darly

Theatrical Pleasures, Plate 5: Feasting in the Saloon, ca. 1835 Theodore Lane

The Five Orders of Periwigs, 1761 William Hogarth

Recontre d'Anglais a Paris; Le Suprême Bon-Ton No. 23, ca. 1815 Adrien Pierre François Godefroy the Younger

Portrait of Yorkshire piglet Anonymous

Dance mania, 1809 Philibert Louis Debucourt

La Calavera de la Catrina, 1913 Jose Guadalupe Posada

The Five Orders of Perriwigs, 1761 William Hogarth

Le Goût du Jour, No. 21: Les Modernes Incroyables, from Caricatures Parisiennes, ca. 1815 Georges Jacques Gatine

Courtesan of Eguchi, Painting:1770-80; inscription: 1820s-1830s Shunsho

Le Roy et la Reine des Nabots arrivés nouvellement à Londre. Grands amateurs de la…, 18th century Unknown

General Adoption of the Rolling Skate George du Maurier

L'Amour et les Graces Arrivant de Londres; Le Suprême Bon-Ton No. 24, 1815 Adrien Pierre François Godefroy the Younger

Taking the waters at Handley Spa, 1845 John Leech

Theatrical Pleasures, Plate 4: Taken Places Occupied, ca. 1835 Theodore Lane

The New Woman' Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours