Public domain art: satire

Artworks depicting satire, catalogued by the museums that hold them. Each one is free to download, with its colour palette extracted from the image and its maximum print size measured at 300 DPI.

Works in Public domain art: satire

A happy evening party in Clichy, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 16, 1865

Aaron Martinet

At a usurer's, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 21, 1865

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In Clichy, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, April 11, 1865

Destouches

Well, are you finally finished?... after all, it's tiring to relax for such a long time, from 'The countryside artists,' published in Le Charivari, February 2, 1865

Aaron Martinet

A fantastic painter, from 'A sketch from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 11, 1865

Honoré Daumier

If patience had disappeared all over the world, one would surely find it again at a bus station in Paris, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, February 4, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Stop pushing please... you have the number 57 and I just called number 3!, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, February 4, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Come on... don't be such a bourgeois.... at least have a look at this Courbet!, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 22, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Bailiff at the commercial court, from 'Parisian Sketches,' published in Le Charivari, May 13, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Ah, my dear sir, allow me to tell you that this year you have quite simply exhibited a masterpiece, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 31, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Still more Venuses this year... always Venuses!... as if there were any women built like that!, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 10, 1865

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A visit to the studio, from 'The difficult moments of life,' published in Le Charivari, March 28-29, 1864

Honoré Daumier

Don't shoot!!!, from 'Hunting sketches,' published in Le Charivari, September 4, 1865

Aaron Martinet

A sudden awakening, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, November 1, 1865

Aaron Martinet

On the imperiale, "At one's feet one can observe the swarming of a human ant-hill," from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire

Honoré Daumier

Just imagine my good fellow.... if they knew how we make their cheese, they surely wouldn't hurry so much, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 30, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Horseback exercises not without hazards, from 'The regeneration of man through gymnastics,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, November 4, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Wine harvest in Argenteuil, from 'Autumn sketches,' published in Le Charivari, September 21, 1865

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A rainy day: The guest is condemned to six hours of billiards, from 'The joys of country life,' published in Le Charivari, October 4, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Not everything in country life smells like roses... especially when having to take care of the manure, from 'The joys of country life,' published in Le Charivari, September 12, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Yoohoo! here it is again!, from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier

Ireland and Jamaica: Patience!, from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"

Arnaud de Vresse

The search for a house in the country: What is especially beautiful, sir, is the view!, from 'Parisian habits,' published in Le Charivari, April 25, 1866

Arnaud de Vresse

Gertrude, we need to have our cow analyzed, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, February 1, 1866

Arnaud de Vresse

Gentlemen in workhouse clothes: If the rich are disguising themselves as poor, one might get the idea that the poor might transform themselves into the rich, from 'News of the day'

Aaron Martinet

Entrusted with guarding the Insignia of Wallachian sovereignty until the forthcoming election: the throne, the sceptre ... and the trunk., from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 30, 1866

Arnaud de Vresse

The Prussian bluebeard getting ready to finish off another new Chamber of Deputies, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 13, 1866

Arnaud de Vresse

Madame Gargantua: A model, recommended for the next carnival, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 2, 1866

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Election reform in England, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, February 26, 1866

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The defendant (whispering to his lawyer): All this seems to bore the president. Why don't you just suggest to simply let me go home, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, February 17, 1866

Aaron Martinet

A political-geographical anatomy lesson, from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier

If I had known....., from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"

Destouches

Are you sure at least that I will be comfortable?, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 14, 1866

Arnaud de Vresse

The decline of the drama in 1866, from 'Parisian habits,' published in Le Charivari, May 2, 1866

Honoré Daumier

–You take your pin-gun in your hand like this.... you fire... puff... this kills ten times more people than the old system... –Ah, yes papa, this is what one calls progress, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 8, 1866

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One hunt follows the next and none is alike, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 15, 1866

Honoré Daumier

What about that..., they don't seem to be interested in me anymore, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, May 30, 1866

Destouches

–My dear Holsteiner, I urge you to vote. –Pardon me, but am I going to end the same way as this one?, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, June 23, 1866

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Empedocles receiving the divine honors from the inhabitants of Salinonte for having a river purified: Project proposed b the Charivari to the Academy of Fine Arts, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, May 1, 1866

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An uncomfortable situation, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, June 5, 1866

Arnaud de Vresse

On the railroad, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 18, 1866

Honoré Daumier

The concierge rehearsing his December smile: Take care! take care! For New Year's Day is approaching!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 13, 1866

Destouches

Thank God for the rain... especially since Europe was almost set on fire, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, October 8, 1866

Arnaud de Vresse

Making sure that there is no Fenian under his bed, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 21, 1866

Destouches

Madame Prudhomme, they are reorganizing the army. It is only right that I serve my duty as a Zouave, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, November 28, 1866

Arnaud de Vresse

No my children... you are not part of this play here!, from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier

The concierge the day after, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, January 1, 1867

Honoré Daumier

Is this really what the philosophers were thinking of when they asked that the nations should form a mutual bundle?, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 22, 1867

Honoré Daumier

Hi! Hi! he licked the butter off my bread!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, May 3, 1867

Arnaud de Vresse

You find spring too cold this year... next year you will perhaps find it too hot, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 30, 1867

Arnaud de Vresse

Coachman, for the hand of our daughter!..., from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"

Arnaud de Vresse

Deep thoughts of a grocer: One really mustn't speak badly of the sheep of Panurge... these here are getting sheared too, from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"

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Coachman, for the hand of our daughter!..., from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, June 6, 1867

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Madame is moving, from 'News of the day'

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The world fair: Pardon me for not offering you a chair, but you know... Peace: Don't worry, I am not used to being seated, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 16, 1867

Arnaud de Vresse

Stop!!!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, June 4, 1867

Aaron Martinet

Marius in the ruins of Carthage, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 7, 1867

Honoré Daumier

On Sentry Duty: Autumn –and the password? Time–Fraternity and artillery, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 30, 1867

Arnaud de Vresse

First prize for growth – Prussia: Note: the prize winner is a bit deformed, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 13, 1867

Honoré Daumier

The cloud of ducks obscures the sky so much that poor Europe does not know which road to take, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, October 22, 1867

Destouches