Caricatures

How to buy

Where to see and buy these framed caricatures.

Schlossladen at Wasserschloss Gesmold. The visitor's shop 'Schlossladen' at this traditional castle near the town of Melle is a fitting environment for these delightful and humorous mementos of times past.

The hand-coloured caricatures are available to the discerning collector either set in gilt frames with a double mount, or in a cellophane wrapper with the double mount only. In both cases they are mounted according to the framing-standards of the Fine Art Trade Guild.

For more information on opening hours and address details, please visit the Schloss Gesmold Website (in German).

Schloss Gesmold.
The Schlossladen is located in the old Orangerie on the left.

The Art of Humor

Links to various resources on the internet

Punch on the Web. Website of Punch magazine and Punch Cartoon Library. There is good background material on this website about the specific Punch Humor. Punch Ltd..

The British Cartoon Archive. Located at the University of Kent’s Templeman Library in Canterbury, the Archive is a registered museum - with library, archive, gallery - dedicated to the history of British cartooning over the last two hundred years. The Archives at Canterbury.

Wikipedia article. About the history and techniques of hand-colouring, although focussing mainly in adding colour to photographs, is interesting to read. It lists a number of further links at the bottom. See the Wikipedia article on hand-colouring

Wikipedia Artikel (Deutsch). Übersichtsartikel über Karikaturen, inklusive eine kurze Geschichte und weiterführende Links. Wikipedia: Karikatur