Social commentary posters & prints

A Waterman's Family Gustave (after) Dore

Flower Girls Gustave Dore

The Only Thing They Respect or Fear Political Cartoon Thomas Nast

Our (Very) Friendly Societies! Joseph Swain

Peasant Woman Leaning on a Pitchfork Julien Dupre

The Pig that Pays the Rint Charles Samuel Keene

A Gin Shop, c.1808-09 Thomas Rowlandson

Southwark Fair, 1733 William Hogarth

Head of a Peasant Woman: Right Profile, 1884 Vincent van Gogh

The Arrival of Ferries at London Bridge Thomas (after) Rowlandson

Mother and Child Robert McGregor

The Groom; Le Groom, 1890 Henri Delavallee

Can't Be Coaxed, John George Brown

The Possum Hunter William Aiken Walker

Peasants Returning from the Fields at Sunset, 19th century Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky

Motherhood Eugene Carriere

Rich And Poor; or, the Two Christmas Dinners Illustration Anonymous

Tramp at Night; Un Vagabond de nuit, Mihaly Munkacsy

Marriage by the Book, caricature from 'Les Metamorphoses du Jour' series Grandville

Field Hand William Aiken Walker

Young Peasant Girls Feeding Barnyard Animals Auguste Theodule Ribot

A Fellah Woman John Singer Sargent

A Peasant Woman with Vegetables and Bread Auguste-Xavier Leprince

The Robbing Hood Debating Society Anonymous

The Crossing Sweeper, 1893 William Powell Frith

Street Urchins Karl Witkowski

Hail! Here comes the conquering Hero, 1893 Edward Henry Corbould

Illustration Depicting Police Court Shortcomings Oppet

The Christening, 1863 Emile Antoine Bayard

Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Refusing Emperor Theodosius Admission to Milan Cathedral Theodor Boeyermans

The Hungry Turkey Eugenio Zampighi

A Young Peasant Girl, Sleeping, 1874 Leon Bazile Perrault

The Generous Lady, 1874 Nathanial Schmitt

A Moment's Rest, 1882 George Clausen

Only a Nickel, Joe, 1906 John George Brown

Phaetona, or Modern Female Taste Colley