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Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

Adam Green - August 16, 2016 in cartoon, japan, Kobayashi Kiyochika, propaganda, russia, Russo-Japanese War, war

Propaganda cartoons from the pen of Japanese artist Kobayashi Kiyochika.

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Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

Adam Green - August 16, 2016 in cartoon, japan, Kobayashi Kiyochika, propaganda, russia, Russo-Japanese War, war

Propaganda cartoons from the pen of Japanese artist Kobayashi Kiyochika.

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Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

Adam Green - August 16, 2016 in cartoon, japan, Kobayashi Kiyochika, propaganda, russia, Russo-Japanese War, war

Propaganda cartoons from the pen of Japanese artist Kobayashi Kiyochika.

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Cartoon Map of Europe in 1914

Adam Green - January 29, 2014 in cartoon, Europe, first world war, germany, maps, political cartoon, satire, war, world war one

A German cartoon from 1914 showing the lay of the political land as seen from the Germ…

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Cartoon Portraits of Leading 19th Century Figures (1873)

Adam Green - August 17, 2012 in browning, caricature, cartoon, darwin, gustave dore, Images, Images-19th, Images-Engraving-Line, Images-Illustrations, Images-People, john ruskin, mark twain, non-article, tennyson, william morris

A selection of the more well known of the leading 19th century figures featured in Cartoon Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Men of the Day (1873) with drawings by Frederick Watty and accompanied by biographical pieces on each of the subjects. With the exception of one, it is a compilation of all the cartoon portraits that were featured in Once a Week, a magazine originally founded as a result of a dispute between Bradbury and Evans and Charles Dickens. Bradbury and Evans had been Dickens’ publisher since 1844, including publishing his magazine Household Words. In 1859, Bradbury and Evans refused to carry an advertisement by Dickens explaining why he had broken with Mrs. Dickens. In consequence, Dickens stopped work on Household Words and founded a new magazine, All The Year Round, which he decided would be editorially independent of any publisher. Bradbury and Evans responded by founding Once A Week, with veteran editor and abolitionist hero Samuel Lucas at the head. (Wikipedia)

(All images extracted from Cartoon Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Men of the Day (1873) housed by the Internet Archive, and donated by the University of Toronto).

Charles Darwin

Robert Browning

Gustave Doré

William Morris

Professor Owen

Benjamin D’Israeli

A.C. Swinburne

Wilkie Collins

Alfred Tennyson

John Ruskin

Mark Twain

H.M Stanley

Matthew Arnold

George MacDonald

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Cartoon Portraits of Men of the Day (1873)

Adam Green - August 17, 2012 in caricature, cartoon, non-article, texts, Texts: 19th, Texts: Miscellaneous, Texts: Non-fiction, Texts: Picturebooks

Cartoon portraits and biographical sketches of men of the day, the drawings by Frederick Waddy; 1873; Tinsley Brothers, London.

A book of caricatures of famous “Men of the Day” (as was the case in 1873) – including the likes of Darwin, Swinburne, Tennyson and Browning – drawn by cartoonist Frederick Watty and accompanied by biographical pieces on each of the subjects. With the exception of one, it is a compilation of all the cartoon portraits that were featured in Once a Week, a magazine originally founded as a result of a dispute between Bradbury and Evans and Charles Dickens. Bradbury and Evans had been Dickens’ publisher since 1844, including publishing his magazine Household Words. In 1859, Bradbury and Evans refused to carry an advertisement by Dickens explaining why he had broken with Mrs. Dickens. In consequence, Dickens stopped work on Household Words and founded a new magazine, All The Year Round, which he decided would be editorially independent of any publisher. Bradbury and Evans responded by founding Once A Week, with veteran editor and abolitionist hero Samuel Lucas at the head. (Wikipedia)

See the post in our Images collection for a selection of the more well known of those featured.

The book is housed by the Internet Archive, donated by the University of Toronto

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The Flowers Personified (1847)

Adam Green - July 30, 2012 in anthropomorphism, cartoon, flowers, Images, Images-19th, Images-Engraving-Line, Images-Illustrations, J.J. Grandville, non-article

Images by the great Parisian cartoonist J.J Grandville from his Les Fleurs Animées – his last work, originally published posthumously in 1847, the year of his death. With its mix of the satirical and poetic, the book is considered to be one of his most supreme achievements.

(All images taken from Volumes 1 and 2 of an 1867 edition of the book housed at the Internet Archive, and donated by the Joseph Sablé Centre. Thanks to the Old Book Illustration Scrapbook Blog, through which the book was found).

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Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly (1919)

Adam Green - March 9, 2012 in animation, cartoon, early cartoon, Films, max fleischer, non-article, out of the inkwell

Max Fleischer (1883–1972) was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. He brought such animated characters as Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye, and Superman to the movie screen and was responsible for a number of technological innovations. One of these was the Rotoscope, a technique in which animators trace over live-action film movement frame by frame. The technique was used to create his “Out of the Inkwell” series for Bray Studios. (Wikipedia)

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Note this film is in the public domain in the US, but may not be in other jurisdictions. Please check its status in your jurisdiction before re-using.

CLIPS	SHORT	FULL LENGTH SILENT	FULL LENGTH TALKIE
Princess Nicotine (1909) 6min	Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) 12min	Last of the Mohicans (1920) 1hr11min	Meet John Doe (1941) 2hr3min
The Unappreciated Joke (1903) 1min	Frankenstein (1910) 13min	The General (1926) 1hr19min	Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) 1hr19mins
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895) 21sec	The Great Train Robbery (1903) 10min	Wolf Blood (1925) 1hr7min	Reefer Madness (1938) 1hr8min
The Kiss (1896) 25secs	Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) 20min	Battleship Potemkin (1925) 1hr13min	The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) 1hr57min
Trapeze Disrobing Act (1901) 2min	Are You Popular (1947) 10min	The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) 1hr11min	Scarlet Street (1945) 1hr43min
Annie Oakley Fires Her Gun (1894) 20secs	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) 13min	For The Term of His Natural Life (1927) 1hr33min	The Last Man on Earth (1964) 1hr27min
Operation Cue (1955) 52sec	Never Weaken (1921) 28min	Intolerance (1916) 2hr57min	Quicksand (1950) 1hr18min
Dutch Fashion Reel (1969) 1min50sec	Betty Boop: Minnie The Moocher (1932) 7min46sec	The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 1hr46min	Suddenly (1954) 1hr16mins
Buffalo Dance (1894) 14sec	American Day in Tripoli, Libya (1962) 14min	The Thief of Bagdad (1924) 2hr20min	Five Minutes to Live (1961) 1hr14min
VD is for Everybody (1969) 1min	Your Name Here (1960) 10min10sec	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) 1hr11min	Cyrano De Bergerac (1950) 1hr53min
The Enchanted Drawing (1900) 1min29sec	The Night Before Christmas (1905) 8min44sec	Stella Maris (1918) 1hr13min	Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) 1hr40min
Time-Lapse Demolition of the Star Theatre, New York (1901) 1min49sec	The Dream of Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland, California (1924) 7min23sec	The Lost World (1925) 1hr8min	Gulliver's Travels (1939) 1hr18min
Dog Factory (1904) 4min37sec		Alice in Wonderland (1915) 42min	The Battle of San Pietro (1945) 43min
Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly (1919) 3min38sec
Prelinger Archive 35mm Stock Footage

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Betty Boop: Minnie The Moocher (1932)

Adam Green - September 18, 2011 in betty boop, cartoon, early cartoon, Films, minnie the moocher, non-article

Minnie the Moocher defined Betty’s character as a teenager of a modern era, at odds with the old world ways of her parents. In the cartoon, after a disagreement with her parents, Betty runs away from home, accompanied by her boyfriend Bimbo, only to get lost in a haunted cave. A ghostly walrus (rotoscoped from live-action footage of Calloway), sings Calloway’s famous song “Minnie the Moocher”, accompanied by several other ghosts and skeletons. This haunting performance sends the frightened Betty and Bimbo back to the safety of home.

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Note this film is in the public domain in the US, but may not be in other jurisdictions. Please check its status in your jurisdiction before re-using.

CLIPS	SHORT	FULL LENGTH SILENT	FULL LENGTH TALKIE
Princess Nicotine (1909) 6min	Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) 12min	Last of the Mohicans (1920) 1hr11min	Meet John Doe (1941) 2hr3min
The Unappreciated Joke (1903) 1min	Frankenstein (1910) 13min	The General (1926) 1hr19min	Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) 1hr19mins
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895) 21sec	The Great Train Robbery (1903) 10min	Wolf Blood (1925) 1hr7min	Reefer Madness (1938) 1hr8min
The Kiss (1896) 25secs	Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940) 20min	Battleship Potemkin (1925) 1hr13min	The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) 1hr57min
Trapeze Disrobing Act (1901) 2min	Are You Popular (1947) 10min	The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) 1hr11min	Scarlet Street (1945) 1hr43min
Annie Oakley Fires Her Gun (1894) 20secs	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) 13min	Faust (1926) 1hr55min	The Last Man on Earth (1964) 1hr27min
Operation Cue (1955) 52sec	Never Weaken (1921) 28min	Intolerance (1916) 2hr57min	Quicksand (1950) 1hr18min
Dutch Fashion Reel (1969) 1min50sec	Betty Boop: Minnie The Moocher (1932) 7min46sec	The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 1hr46min	Suddenly (1954) 1hr16mins
Buffalo Dance (1894) 14sec