Caricatures From Long Ago

Sometimes it feels to me as if caricatures have been around forever. There are (and will be) always political figures to make fun of, by using the power of a pen and a paper. Such simple tools, and yet, with a great impact. The caricatures here are from the 19th and 18th century France and England. They are basically all political from all aspects (such as society injustice). I do wonder, did these caricatures, have more impact than the political caricatures today? Or are they the same? Either way, the talented cartoonist certainly knows how to provoke us.

Great Caricatures
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