Caricature
A caricature (from the Italian caricatura, which means "loaded portrait") is a portrait or drawing of a person that exaggerates the way they look, usually to create a humorous effect, or a political statement.
Caricature Media
A Caricature Group John Hamilton Mortimer, 1766
Ancient Pompeiian graffiti caricature of a politician
James Gillray's The Plumb-pudding in danger (1805), which caricatured Pitt and Napoleon, was voted the most famous of all UK political cartoons.
An example of a caricature created using computerized techniques, superimposed over a photographic image
Caricature of a French military officer by Denis Dighton, 1812
A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over"—"Let Us Prey." by Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly newspaper, September 23, 1871.
Caricatures of George Armstrong Custer by illustrator/cartoonist Jack Davis
Other websites
- Celebrity Caricature Archived 2008-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Caricature Archived 2007-11-23 at the Wayback Machine