William Hogarth, satirist painter and print maker in 18th century England. He looked askance at society and its failings in series such as "Beer Street and Gin Lane,: :The Harlot's Progress." "The Rake's Progress" and "Marriage a la Mode."
Geoffrey Chaucer satirized friars, goverment officials and merchants, among many, in "The Canterbury Tales."
Jonathan Swift is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language.
Lewis Carroll, aka Charles Dodgson, is notable for the satirical Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky."
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).
Thomas Nast (September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist who is considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon".[1] He was the scourge of Boss Tweed and the Tammany Hall political machine. Among his notable works were the creation of the modern version of Santa Claus and the political symbol of the elephant for the Republican Party.
Local painter and print maker Leonard Maiden satirizes the casino life and the delusions of African-American people.
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