Infinite Jest at The Met

Infinite Jest; Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine a The Met,  September 13, 2011–March 4, 2012

Top and Tail, Miss Heel After Mr. Perwig, 1777, Hand-colored etching with stipple, 14  1/16 x 8 9/16 in.

The Grimaces (Les Grimaces) from the series Recueil des Grimaces (Collection of Grimaces), Louis-Léopold Boilly, Printed by Delpech1823, Lithograph, 13 1/8 x 10 in

Hum-Bug (P. T. Barnum), from the Comic Natural History of the Human Race, Henry Louis Stephens, Lithographer: Rosenthal, Publisher: Samuel Robinson, 1851, Color lithography with watercolor and gum, 13 1/2 x 8 13/16 in

Dinners Drest in the Neatest Manner, Thomas Rowlandson, Publisher: Thomas Tegg, October 1811, Hand-colored etching, 10 5/8 x 14 1/2 in.

Six Stages of Mending a Face, Dedicated with respect to the Right Hon-ble. Lady Archer, Thomas Rowlandson, Publisher: Samuel W. Fores, May 29, 1792, Hand-colored etching, 10 3/4 x 15 1/16 in.

An Englishman at Mabille (Un Anglais à Mabille), from Galerie pour Rire, no. 34, Joseph Bettannier, Claude Régnier Conder, Morlon, Publisher: Bulla frères, 1861, Color lithograph, 24 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.

The Legislative Belly, Honoré Daumier, Publisher: Charles Philipon, January 1834, Lithograph on wove paper, 13 11/16 x 19 5/8 in.

Mr. Prune, Honoré Daumier, Lithographer: Becquet, Publisher: Aubert et Cie, June 27, 1833, Lithograph, 13 9/16 x 9 13/16 in

The Two Are But One (Les deux ne font qu'un), Anonymous, late 18th century, Hand-colored etching, 5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.

The Fashions of the Day – or Time Past and Time Present: The Year (1740) a Lady's Full Dress of Bombazeen – The Year (1808) Lady's Undress of Bum-be-seen, Anonymous, Publisher: William McCleary, hand-colored etching, 10 x 14 1/8 in.

Two Grotesque Heads: Old Woman with an Elaborate Headdress and a Man with Large Ears, attributed to Francesco Melzi, 1491–1570, Pen and brown ink, 2-1/8 x 3-7/8 in.