Genre and Humor

The term "genre" on our site covers a broad range of art, from sentimental to cynical, from melodramatic to mocking, including a large selection from the heyday of genre prints in 19th century Britain and France. Related items on our site also include Currier & Ives prints and 20th century illustration art. See also our online article About Genre & Humor.

Humor

The Prices. Full Price, Half Price, High Price and Low Price

The Prices
1827

 Natural History Collectors Caricature - Matters of Taste No. 1

Natural History Collectors Caricature: Matters of Taste No. 1
19th C.

 print

G.E. Madeley
Anamorphic Trades
London: 1830
Hand-colored lithographs

 Artist's Studio with Model in Napoleon Costume

Giovanni Battista Quadrone
Artist's Studio with Model in Napoleon Costume
c. 1878

 print

Amos Doolittle
Bonaparte in Trouble
Connecticut: c. 1814
Physiomorphic wine man

Physiomorphic Wine Man
c. 1950s

 Physicomorphic wine figure

Physiomorphic Wine Figure
c. Late 18th C.

 Chess Players print

George Cruikshank
Game of Chess
19th C. Engraving

 Georgian Clothing Store Caricature

W. Heath 
Magazin de Modes
London: 2nd Qtr. 19th C.

Pastoral & Daily Life

DeBucourt Family Pair

De Bucourt 
Families
Paris: 1780s

 Hannah Kilham, Family Maxims

Hannah Kilham
Family Maxims
1st Qtr 19th C.

 Going to Work print

Eden Upton Eddis Going to Work
London: 1871

 Wheatley Genre Print - The Return from Market

Francis Wheatley
Return from Market
London: 1789

 Eglinton Jousting Tournament

Edward Corbould
Eglinton Jousting Tournament
Folio of lithographs, 1840

Animals

Girl and Dog

Currier & Ives
Mind Your Lesson, Fido
c. 1860

 Twas a Calm Still Night

Currier & Ives
Calm Still Night
New York: 1880
Lithograph trade card

 Parrot and Cat

Currier & Ives
Parrot and Kitten
c. 1870

 Plumb Mice

H.G. Plumb
Mice on Books and Romeo and Juliet
American: 19th Century
Watercolors

Allegories, Stories & Songs

Mondo de Savii [The World of Wise Men]

Mondo de Savii [The World of Wise Men]
Late 17th C.

 Love Wounded

Love Wounded
1798

 Seasons of the Year

Seasons of the Year
18th C.

 Elegant Women Neoclassical Allegories of the Four Seasons

Allegories of the Four Seasons
1812
John Gilpin

Thomas Stothard
John Gilpin
London: 1825

 The Prodigal Son Receives His Patrimony, Luke XV

Carington Bowles
The Prodigal Son
London: 1775

 Courage D'Amazili et de Telasco

Courage D'Amazili et de Telasco
2nd Quarter 19th C.

 The Thorn

Robert Burns
The Thorn
London: 1804

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