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World politics -- Caricatures and cartoons

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

English and French Medical Caricatures, circa 1760-1835

 Series — Box 7, MS-67, item: 9, 21-49
Scope and Contents Caricature by definition is a representation in which the subject’s distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. Nineteenth-century medicine provided caricaturists with a wealth of material. Artists humorously exaggerated medical conditions and physical characteristics. Bulbous noses, protruding stomachs, and hunched backs were some of the more common features drawn to extraordinary proportions. Bizarre treatments, massive doses...
Dates: circa 1760-1835

PAAS Dye Company WWI egg transfer sheet

 Collection — Box BW 57: [Barcode: X032668454], Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16860
Content Description This collection contains a single uncut sheet of seventeen portraits of European royals, military, and political leaders to be used as transfer patterns for decorating Easter eggs by the Paas Dye company. These “Transfer-O-s” are printed in reverse on tissue paper measuring roughly 5 X 9 inches. Produced sometime before the United States entered the First World War, the packaging includes a quality disclaimer made by the company related to wartime supply chain issues saying “Any variation...
Dates: c.1915