Transcriber's Notes Typographical features such as italic and bold fonts are indicated as _italic_ and =bold=. The 'oe' ligature is given as separate characters. Text shown in mixed 'small capital' letters has been shifted to all uppercase. Superscripted letters are prefixed with a carat (^) character. When multiple letters appear as superscripts, they are enclosed in brackets ({}). Illustrations appear as [Illustration: caption] in their approximate positions in the text. There are several decorative illustrations which appear merely as [Illustration]. Two illustrations, on pp. 199 and 204, were labelled No. 127. To resolve this, the second of them, and references to it, were changed to No. 127a. Footnotes have been moved to the end of the paragraphs where they are referenced. Please consult the Transcriber's Note at the end of this text for details regarding the resolution of any other textual issues. A HISTORY OF CARICATURE AND GROTESQUE. [Illustration: _ARISTOTLE AND PYTHAÏS._ _From an Engraving by Burgmair_ (_15th cent._)] A HISTORY OF CARICATURE AND GROTESQUE In Literature and Art. BY THOMAS WRIGHT, M.A., F.S.A. [Illustration] THE ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY F. W. FAIRHOLT, F.S.A. London: CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY. 1875. LONDON: SAVILL, EDWARDS, AND CO., PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET, COVENT GARDEN. [Illustration] PREFACE. I have felt some difficulty in selecting a title for the contents of the following pages, in which it was, in fact, my design to give, as far as may be done within such moderate limits, and in as popular a manner as such information can easily be imparted, a general view of the History of Comic Literature and Art. Yet the word comic seems to me hardly to express all the parts of the subject which I have sought to bring together in my book. Moreover, the field of this history is very large, and, though I have only taken as my theme one part of it, it was necessary to circumscribe even that, in some degree; and my plan, therefore, is to follow it chiefly through those branches which have contributed most towards the formation of modern comic and satiric literature and art in our own island.