Ridicule posters & prints

The April Fool consigned to Infamy and Ridicule James Gillray

Scene from Les Précieuses Ridicules Anonymous

Monstrosities of 1821 George Cruikshank

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

The Ridiculed Kiss, 1908 Konstantin Andreevic Somov

Phoebus Exposing Mars and Venus to the Ridicule of the Olympians, ca. 1615 Anonymous

Hints to the ladies to take care of their heads Anonymous

Ridiculous taste or the ladies absurdity, 1771 Anonymous

Yatsushi kokei sansho, Transformation of three ridiculous laughs Kubo Shunman

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

Ridiculous taste or the ladies absurdity, 1771 Matthew Darly

Utility Combined with Elegance Captain HR Howard

Caution to Young Ladies who ride in Crinoline on Donkeys Anonymous

Man tied up on donkey Cornelis de Wael

Ridiculous Folly Francisco de Goya

Buy a Broom?!!, 1825 George Cruikshank

Christus No. 1, 1915 Arthur Segal

Caricature Ridiculing Overcoloristic Orchestration Berlioz

The Next Novelty Anonymous

Satire on a picture auction William Henry Toms

Cartoon Ridiculing Montgolfiere; Balloon Anonymous

Guard Parade, 1820s School Russian

Exaltation of Faro's daughters Anonymous

The Finishing of an Alderman's Picture Anonymous

Colinet Mocked by Two Boys, from Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil, 1821 William Blake

Six Stages of Making a Face Thomas Rowlandson

Print satirising Franz Anton Mesmer, 1784 Unknown

Caricature of George Ade and Orson Collins Wells, 1912 9 William Herman Schmedtgen

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

The Enraged Botanist Thomas Rowlandson

Illustration of 18th-Century Woman With Ridiculous Headpiece Anonymous

Man tied up on a donkey Cornelis de Wael

The Ladies Disaster Caldwell

A True Art Lover Honore Daumier

Prehistoric Peeps: A Night Lecture on Evolution, 1894. Edward Tennyson Reed

Ah! You want to meddle with the press Honore Daumier