The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature

PART I. THE NAPOLEONIC ERA

The Beginning of Political Caricature 1

Hogarth and his Times 12

James Gillray 19

Bonaparte As First Consul 28

The Emperor at his Apogee 35

Napoleon's Waning Power 44

PART II. FROM WATERLOO THROUGH THE CRIMEAN WAR

After the Downfall 57

The "Poire" 65

The Baiting of Louis-Phillipe 73

Mayeux and Robert Macaire 90

From Cruikshank to Leech 97

The Beginning of Punch 101

Retrospective 111

'48 and the Coup d'état 119

The Struggle in the Crimea 128

PART III. THE CIVIL AND FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WARS

The Mexican War and Slavery 143

Neglected Opportunities 159

The South Secedes 166

The Four Years' Struggle 175

Nations and Men in Caricature 188

The Outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War 197

The Débacle 206

PART IV. THE END OF THE CENTURY

The Evolution of American Caricature 231

The Third French Republic 236

General European Affairs 245

Thomas Nast 255

The American Political Campaigns of 1880 and 1884 269

The Influence of Journalism 278

Years of Turbulence 289

American Parties and Platforms 309

The Spanish-American War 330

The Boer War and the Dreyfus Case 342

The Men of To-day 355

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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What It Is and What Is It? Frontispiece

French Invasion of England 3

Nelson at the Battle of the Nile (Gillray) 5

Bonaparte after Landing (Gillray) 6

John Bull Taking a Luncheon (Gillray) 8

French Consular Triumvirate (Gillray) 11

Capture of the Danish Ships (Gillray) 14

The Broad-Bottom Administration (Gillray) 16

Pacific Overtures (Gillray) 19

The Great Coronation Procession (Gillray) 21

Napoleon and Pitt (Gillray) 23

Armed Heroes (Gillray) 25

The Handwriting on the Wall (Gillray) 27

The Double-Faced Napoleon (German cartoon) 29

The Two Kings of Terror (Rowlandson) 31

The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver (Gillray) 33

Napoleon's Burden (German cartoon) 36

The French Gingerbread Baker (Gillray) 38

The Devil and Napoleon (French cartoon) 39

The Consultation (French cartoon) 41

The Corsican Top in Full Flight 45

Napoleon in the Valley of the Shadow of Death (Gillray) 47

The Spider's Web (Volk) 48

The Partition of the Map 49

Napoleon's Plight (French cartoon) 50

The Signature of Abdication (Cruikshank) 52

The Allies' Oven (French cartoon) 54

The New Robinson Crusoe (German cartoon) 55

Napoleon Caged (French cartoon) 56

Restitution 58

Adjusting the Balance 60

John Bull's New Batch of Ships (Charles) 62

Russia as Mediator (Charles) 63

The Cossack Bite (Charles) 63

John Bull and the Alexandrians (Charles) 64

John Bull's Troubles (Charles) 64

The Order of the Extinguishers (French cartoon) 67

Proudhon 68

Digging the Grave 69

Le Poire (Philipon) 70

The Pious Monarch 74

The Great Nut-Cracker 75

Enfoncé Lafayette (Daumier) 77

The Ship of State in Peril 79

The Pit of Taxation (Grandville) 81

The Question of Divorce (Daumier) 83

The Resuscitation (Grandville) 84

Louis Philippe as Bluebeard (Grandville) 85

Barbarism and Cholera Invading 89

The Raid 89

Mayeux (Traviès) 91

Robert Macaire (Daumier) 93

Extinguished! 94

Louis Philippe as Cain 95

Laughing John-Crying John 96

The Wellington Boot 99

The Land of Liberty 103

England's Admonition (Leech) 104

The Napoleon of Peace 105

The Sea-Serpent of 1848 107

Europe in 1830 109

Honoré Daumier (Benjamin) 112

The Evolution of John Bull 115

Joseph Prudhomme (Daumier) 116

The Only Authorised Lamps (Vernier) 120

Italian Cartoon of '48 121

Napoleon le Petit (Vernier) 122

The New Siamese Twins 123

Louis Napoleon and Madame France 124

The Proclamation (Gill) 125

Split Crow in the Crimea 126

Bursting of the Russian Bubble 130

General Février Turned Traitor (Leech) 131

Rochefort and His Lantern 133

Brothers in Arms 134

An American Cartoon on the Crimean War 136

Theatrical Programme 138

The British Lion's Vengeance (Tenniel) 139

The French Porcupine (Leech) 141

Bank-Oh's Ghost, 1837 144

Balaam and Balaam's Ass 144

New Map of the United States 145

The Steeplechase for 1844 147

Uncle Sam's Taylorifics 150

The Mexican Commander 151

Defense of the California Bank 153

The Presidential Foot Race 153

Presidential Campaign of '56 154

No Higher Law 155

The Fugitive Slave Law 157

The Great Disunion Serpent 158

Rough and Ready Locomotive Against the Field 160

Sauce for Goose and Gander 162

Peace (Nast) 164

Virginia Pausing 166

Civil War Envelopes 167

Long Abe 168

The Promissory Note 169

The Great Tight Rope Feat 170

At the Throttle 171

The Expert Bartender 172

The Southern Confederacy a Fact 173

The Brighter Prospect 174

"Why Don't you Take It?" 175

The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track 176

Little Mac in his Great Act 178

The Grave of the Union 180

The Abolition Catastrophe 181

The Blockade 182

Miscegenation 183

The Confederacy in Petticoats 184

Uncle Sam's Menagerie 185

Protecting Free Ballot 186

The Nation at Lincoln's Bier (Tenniel) 187

Figures from a Triumph 189

The Diagnosis (Cham) 190

The Egerean Nymph (Daumier) 191

Paul and Virginia (Gill) 192

The First Conscript of France (Gill) 193

The Situation (Gill) 195

Louis Blanc (Gill) 197

Rival Arbiters (Tenniel) 198

The Man Who Laughs (Gill) 199

The Man Who Thinks (Gill) 200

"To Be or Not to Be" (Gill) 201

Achilles in Retreat (Gill) 202

The President of Rhodes (Daumier) 203

A Tempest in a Glass of Water (Gill) 204

A Duel to the Death (Tenniel) 205

September 4th, 1870 206

Her Baptism of Fire (Tenniel) 207

André Gill 208

The Marquis de Galliffet (Willette) 209

The History of a Reign (Daumier) 210

"This has Killed That" (Daumier) 211

The Mousetrap and its Victims (Daumier) 211

Prussia Annexes Alsace (Cham) 213

Britannia's Sympathy (Cham) 214

Adieu (Cham) 215

Souvenirs and Regrets (Aranda) 216

The Napoleon Mountebanks (Hadol) 217

Prussia Introducing the New Assembly (Daumier) 219

"Let us Eat the Prussian" (Gill) 220

Design for a New Handbell (Daumier) 222

Germany's Farewell 223

Bismarck the First 224

Trochu-1870 225

Marshal Bazaine (Faustin) 226

Rochefort 227

The German Emperor Enters Paris (Régamey) 228

Caran D'Ache 232

Gulliver Crispi 233

Changing the Map (Gill) 234

Poor France! (Daumier) 237

The Warning (Daumier) 238

The New Year (Daumier) 239

The Root of all Evil 240

The Napoleonic Drama 241

The French Political Situation (Régamey) 243

New Crowns for Old 245

Tightening the Grip 246

Aeolus 247

"L'état, C'est Moi" 248

The Hidden Hand 249

The Irish Frankenstein 250

The Daring Duckling 251

Settling the Alabama Claims 252

Gordon Waiting at Khartoum 253

The Gratz Brown Tag to Greeley's Coat (Nast) 256

Thomas Nast 257

Labour Cap and Dinner Pail (Nast) 259

The Rag Baby (Nast) 260

The Inflation Donkey (Nast) 261

The Brains of Tammany (Nast) 262

A Popular Verdict 263

The Tattooed Columbia (Keppler) 264

Splitting the Party 265

The Headless Candidates 266

On the Down Grade 267

Forbidding the Banns (Keppler) 270

The Wake (Keppler) 272

A Common Sorrow 273

Why They Dislike Him 274

The First Tattooed Man (Gillam) 275

A German Idea of Irish Home Rule 279

The New National Sexton 280

Horatius Cleveland 281

Bernard Gillam 282

Joseph Keppler 283

The John Bull Octopus 285

The Hand of Anarchy 286

The Triple Alliance 287

A Present-Day Lesson 290

Gordon in Khartoum 291

The Spurious Parnell Letters 291

Dropping the Pilot (Tenniel) 292

L'Enfant Terrible 293

William Bluebeard 294

Chinese Native Cartoon 295

Japan in Corea 296

Business at the Deathbed 297

The Start for the China Cup 297

End of the Chinese-Japanese War 298

The Chinese Exclusion Act 299

The Great Republican Circus (Opper) 300

To the Rescue 301

A Pilgrim's Progress 302

General Boulanger 303

The Hague Peace Conference 303

A Fixture 304

Group of Modern French Caricaturists 305

The Anglo-French War Barometer 307

Rip Van Winkle Awakes 310

They're Off 311

Where am I at? (Gillam) 312

The Political Columbus (Gillam) 314

Cleveland's Map of the United States (Gillam) 315

Return of the Southern Flags (Gillam) 317

The Champion Masher (Gillam) 319

The Harrison Platform (Keppler) 320

The Chilian Affair 322

A Political Tam O'Shanter (Gillam) 324

Don Quixote Bryan and the Windmill (Victor Gillam) 325

Outing of the Anarchists 326

To the Death 327

The Great Weyler Ape 328

We are the People 329

Be Careful! It's Loaded (Victor Gillam) 331

The Safety Valve 333

The Latest War Bulletin (Hamilton) 334

Spanish Cartoons of the Spanish-American War 335

The Spanish Brute (Hamilton) 337

Spanish Cartoons of the Spanish-American War 339

The Rhodes Colossus (Sambourne) 342

The Situation in South Africa (Gillam) 343

Bloody Cartography 344

Lady Macbeth 345

The Flying Dutchman 346

Oom Paul's Favorite Pastime 347

Up against the Breastworks 348

The Napoleon of South Africa 349

Fire! 350

The Last Phase of the Dreyfus Case 350

Toward Freedom 351

The French General's Staff 352

Between Scylla and Charybdis 353

Devil's Island 354