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Political Cartoons and Caricature

Cartoons that comment on public life through caricature, from eighteenth century satirical prints and the first American political cartoon to newspaper cartoons about prime ministers and the Senate. A work belongs here when the cited article calls it a cartoon, caricature or political cartoon. It excludes fine art drawings and prints made for private contemplation. The group follows the form the cited article names for the work.

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Los Caprichos (Wikipedia)
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The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's satirizing Spanish society at the end of the 18th century, particularly the nobility and the clergy.
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The Plumb-pudding in danger (Wikipedia)
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The Plumb-pudding in danger, or, State Epicures taking un Petit Souper is an 1805 editorial cartoon by the English artist James Gillray.
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Supermac (cartoon) (Wikipedia)
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"Super-Mac" was a 1958 cartoon image of Harold Macmillan, which became an enduring nickname for him.
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Join, or Die (Wikipedia)
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Join, or Die. (stylized JOIN, or DIE.) is a political cartoon showing the disunity in the American colonies, originally in the context of the French and Indian War in 1754.
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The Bosses of the Senate (Wikipedia)
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The Bosses of the Senate is an American propagandistic political cartoon by Joseph Keppler, published in the January 23, 1889, issue of Puck magazine.
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Dropping the Pilot (Wikipedia)
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Dropping the Pilot is a political cartoon by Sir John Tenniel, first published in the British magazine Punch on 29 March 1890.
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Cow tools (Wikipedia)
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"Cow tools" is a cartoon from The Far Side by American cartoonist Gary Larson, published on October 28, 1982.
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On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog (Wikipedia)
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"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an adage and Internet meme about Internet anonymity that began as a caption to a cartoon drawn by Peter Steiner and published in the July 5, 1993, issue of the American magazine The
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