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Antique Prints of Emblems and Satire
Welcome to our collection of antique prints of emblems and satire. In our catologue you can find many coats of arms, other emblems and satire prints. We also offer prints of the Monkeyana collection by T. Landseer, depicting monkeys, acting out scenes from Shakespeare or illustrating lines from Cowper, Dryden...
Antique Prints of Emblems and Satire
Welcome to our collection of antique prints of emblems and satire. In our catologue you can find many coats of arms, other emblems and satire prints. We also offer prints of the Monkeyana collection by T. Landseer, depicting monkeys, acting out scenes from Shakespeare or illustrating lines from Cowper, Dryden and others.
Emblems & Satire There are 44 products.
The Monkey-Cupid - Landseer (1828)
Antique print, titled: 'The Monkey-Cupid' - A winged monkey with a garland of roses. He holds a bow while an arrow lies beneath his curled tail (in which a ring and love-knot can be seen).
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Great Skills have they in Palmistry - Landseer (1828)
Antique print, titled: '"Great Skills have they in Palmistry"' - Monkeys dressed as people. Still smiling delightedly in the arms of her newlywed spouse (wearing silk top hat) the bride lets her fortune be told by a palmist (with a baby monkey on her back).
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The Impotence of the Uniform - Landseer (1828)
Antique print, titled: 'The Impotence of the Uniform ("Hence, horrible Shadow! Unreal Mockery, hence!").' - Monkeys dressed as people. In the foreground a monkey pistoleer shies away from a monkey dressed as a ghost (with tablecloth thrown over himself), falling against another. A battle in the background. (The caption is a citation of Shakespeare's...
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When first I saw thee graceful move - Landseer (1828)
Antique print, titled: '"When first I saw thee graceful move".' - Monkeys dressed as people. A couple in the foreground (she slim and languishing; he singing entranced). A harbour scene with brawl in the background.
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A Fool to pleasure, yet a Slave to fame - Landseer (1828)
Antique print, titled: '"A Fool to pleasure, yet a Slave to fame".' - Monkeys dressed as people. An excessively dressed lady monkey (with pompadour, frills, curls, and a hat dressed with flowers like a field's edge) shies away from the street-urchin (with broom and dustpan). The 'lady's' pug yaps at the other monkey from underneath her skirt. Marked proof...
