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cartoon

kɑrˈtun
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Cartoon on the fashion of 1716. Hall with a concert with musicians and audience consisting of monkeys dressed in the fashion of the day with large crinolines with whalebones, 1716. At the top of the balustrade an undressed monkey with a mirror. With caption in French and Dutch.
Cartoon on the fashion of 1716. Hall with a concert with musicians and audience consisting of monkeys dressed in the fashion of the day with large crinolines with whalebones, 1716. At the top of the balustrade an undressed monkey with a mirror. With caption in French and Dutch.
  1. (v) cartoon
    draw cartoons of
  2. (n) cartoon
    a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
  3. (n) cartoon
    a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
Illustrations
Cartoon depicting the fall of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and the Remonstrants. Prince Maurits is holding a large winnowing basket (basket) from which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and his supporters are shaken. Left Gilles van Ledenberg who takes her own life. To the right of Maurits' retinue are, among others, Count William Louis and Frederik Hendrik. In the background an angel and Time near a temple in the divine light. Below the image a German caption: Laest Nassou vri wannen es kan nichts / Dan das wannen, lst ihm gaer wool geraten '.
Cartoon depicting the fall of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and the Remonstrants. Prince Maurits is holding a large winnowing basket (basket) from which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and his supporters are shaken. Left Gilles van Ledenberg who takes her own life. To the right of Maurits' retinue are, among others, Count William Louis and Frederik Hendrik. In the background an angel and Time near a temple in the divine light. Below the image a German caption: Laest Nassou vri wannen es kan nichts / Dan das wannen, lst ihm gaer wool geraten '.
Print is part of a magazine with cartoons on the Second Boer War.
Print is part of a magazine with cartoons on the Second Boer War.
Cartoon with Prince Willem V as Bacchus sitting naked on a wine barrel. The prince spits into a chamber pot that is held up by the Lady Constance van Lynden van Hoevelaken who also lifts her skirts and offers her services. Right JHS Baron van Nagell, left Frans Godard Baron van Lynden van Hemmen and GG Baron Bentinck. With three-line caption and fictitious signatures. Title print from a pamphlet.
Cartoon with Prince Willem V as Bacchus sitting naked on a wine barrel. The prince spits into a chamber pot that is held up by the Lady Constance van Lynden van Hoevelaken who also lifts her skirts and offers her services. Right JHS Baron van Nagell, left Frans Godard Baron van Lynden van Hemmen and GG Baron Bentinck. With three-line caption and fictitious signatures. Title print from a pamphlet.
Cartoon in which the warring factions from the Seven Years' War in the year 1758 play a game of billiards on the map of Eastern Europe. Players include: Prussia, Hanover, France, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Poland and Switzerland. The Dutchman is neutral in the spectacle. Arches against the back wall depict battles and sieges. In the caption, the combatants speak in German. Numbered top left: No. 4.
Cartoon in which the warring factions from the Seven Years' War in the year 1758 play a game of billiards on the map of Eastern Europe. Players include: Prussia, Hanover, France, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Poland and Switzerland. The Dutchman is neutral in the spectacle. Arches against the back wall depict battles and sieges. In the caption, the combatants speak in German. Numbered top left: No. 4.
Cartoon of Stadtholder Willem V who is lying like a fat pink Cupid, a shovel in his hands, asleep against two moneybags with 24,000,000 Ducats. In the foreground a row of small Orange trees with human heads in pots. In the air a procession of pregnant women with garden attributes.
Cartoon of Stadtholder Willem V who is lying like a fat pink Cupid, a shovel in his hands, asleep against two moneybags with 24,000,000 Ducats. In the foreground a row of small Orange trees with human heads in pots. In the air a procession of pregnant women with garden attributes.
Cartoon depicting the journey of the Jesuits expelled from Bohemia and Hungary in 1619 to the rasp house, to the saints Raspino and Puno, in Amsterdam. A carriage with Jesuits drives through a landscape in the direction of the gate of the Rasphuis in Amsterdam, the Jesuits in the cart are indicated by name. The car is driven by Arnaud, lawyer at the Court of Paris. The performance is accompanied by a text sheet with a German verse over three columns.
Cartoon depicting the journey of the Jesuits expelled from Bohemia and Hungary in 1619 to the rasp house, to the saints Raspino and Puno, in Amsterdam. A carriage with Jesuits drives through a landscape in the direction of the gate of the Rasphuis in Amsterdam, the Jesuits in the cart are indicated by name. The car is driven by Arnaud, lawyer at the Court of Paris. The performance is accompanied by a text sheet with a German verse over three columns.
Cartoon from ca.1572 on the statue of the Duke of Alva, erected by himself in the courtyard of the citadel of Antwerp in 1571. Next to Alva in the sky the Time and the devil, under his feet he tramples Widow and Orphan, Justice and Truth. To the left a group of Beggars retrieving their stolen hearts from the pedestal of the statue. On the right the personification of the Tenth Penning with William of Orange with his troops. In the background a landscape ravaged by war. In the show cartouches with inscriptions in Dutch.
Cartoon of the statue of Alva, c. 1572
Cartoon of the dismissal of Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft, mayor of Amsterdam on November 27, 1787. Interior in which Hooft kneels before the prince and asks for forgiveness. With caption.
Cartoon of the dismissal of Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft, mayor of Amsterdam on November 27, 1787. Interior in which Hooft kneels before the prince and asks for forgiveness. With caption.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
On the cartoon show "The Jetsons," Jane is 33 years old and her daughter Judy is 15 years old.
  1. Cartoon
    A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.
  2. Cartoon
    a motion picture consisting of a series of frames, each being a photograph of a drawing rather than a frame produced by filming a scene of true action, and in which the objects are displaced slightly in succeeding frames so as to give the appearance of motion when projected as a motion picture on the screen. The types of characters portrayed in such films are often similar or identical to those in a comic strip.
  3. Cartoon
    same as comic strip.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
There is a 6-foot tall stone monument dedicated to the cartoon character Popeye in Crystal City, TX. .
  1. (n) cartoon
    In art, a design of the same size as an intended decoration or pattern to be executed in fresco, mosaic, or tapestry, and transferred from the strong paper on which it is usually drawn either by cutting out the figure and outlining it on the surface to be decorated with a sharp point, or, in the case of a composition, by pricking, and pouncing with a bag of muslin filled with charcoal-dust. Colored cartoons intended to be woven in tapestry are cut in strips, placed under the web, and exactly copied by the weaver; the seven by Raphael, purchased by Charles I. of England, are well-known examples.
  2. (n) cartoon
    A picture, either a caricature or a symbolical composition, designed to advocate or attack some political or other idea of present interest or some prominent person: as, the cartoons of “Punch.”
  3. (n) cartoon
    Sometimes written carton.
  4. cartoon
    In painting, to make a working design. See cartoon, n., 1.
  5. cartoon
    To caricature or ridicule by a cartoon; make the subject of a cartoon.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
Walt Disney's first cartoon character was called Oswald the Rabbit.
  1. (n) Cartoon
    kär-tōōn′ a preparatory drawing on strong paper to be transferred to frescoes, tapestry, &c.: any large sketch or design on paper, esp. a representation of current events in a comic paper
  2. (v.t) Cartoon
    to make a cartoon or working design: to caricature by a cartoon
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F. carton,cf. It. cartone, pasteboard, cartoon); fr. L. charta,. See 1st card

Usage in the news

Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Haywire . motherjones.com

In fact, we're probably the only people we know under 50 who actually laugh aloud at the cartoons. nymag.com

Remember when a Saturday afternoon double feature was always preceded by a lively cartoon. nytimes.com

A live-action/cartoon mix that's misguided in just about every way. hollywoodreporter.com

File photo / The Plain Dealer, 1986 Bill Watterson, creator of the syndicated cartoon strip "Calvin & Hobbes ," is shown in this Feb 24, 1986, file photo at his home in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. syracuse.com

But before he became wildly famous for his cartoon strip, he drew editorial cartoons for Sun Newspapers in the early to mid 1980s. cleveland.com

Comedy Rod Lott Fans of "The Mighty Boosh" — that's a beloved Brit-com, not a cartoon sound effect — must check out the film "Bunny and the Bull". okgazette.com

In Charlie Brown's classic cartoon, Linus camped out in the most sincere pumpkin patch he could find to wait for the Great Pumpkin. spotlightnews.com

A gallery of David Horsey 's political cartoons for the Los Angeles Times. aberdeennews.com

Since David Horsey drew this Black Friday cartoon in 2009, many retailers have pushed store openings into Thanksgiving Day. latimes.com

A shift in immigration numbers shows as many are heading back to Mexico as are coming north, as this updated Horsey cartoon illustrates. latimes.com

Strap on 3-D glasses and watch holograms of cartoon sperm sprinting to fertilize an egg. cbsnews.com

A new Brian Duffy cartoon titled Humpty Congress for KCCI-TV. kcci.com

All kids ever seem to talk about these days are cartoons, toys and marriage. cbsnews.com

As protests, many of them violent, continue to shake the Muslim world in the wake of depiction of Muhammad in a series of cartoons, two religious scholars discuss the use of religious imagery in public places and in the media. pbs.org

Usage in scientific papers

The reader can see this in the context of the cartoon picture shown in Fig 10.
Order and quantum phase transitions in the cuprate superconductors

Cartoon illustrating different electrode bias configurations useful in measurement of stray DC biases and charge, with the specific DC bias combinations producing 1ω0 forces and torques listed on the right.
Possibilities for Measurement and Compensation of Stray DC Electric Fields Acting on Drag-Free Test Masses

The evolution is characterized by several characteristic radii (see Fig. 10 for a cartoon picture), which we will discuss in turn below.
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Progress, Problems & Prospects

Fig. 1. A cartoon representation of the η Carinae system showing the various X-ray emission and absorption components.
Eta Car and Its Surroundings: the X-ray Diagnosis

One is tempted to say, like the wife in a classic New Yorker cartoon “they got your weight wrong too.” At that 1987A got off easier than the supposed SNR OA 184, which is a mere H II region, ionized by an 07.5V star (Foster et al. 2006).
Astrophysics in 2006

Usage in literature

A tree that grows through sunny noons To furnish sporting page cartoons. "The So-called Human Race" by Bert Leston Taylor

KAULBACH has just finished the cartoon of his Homer. "The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852" by Various

The sixth volume contains three of his cartoons, while the almanack of the year (1844) has several of his illustrations. "English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century." by Graham Everitt

HOW TO HANDLE CARTOONS. "Stained Glass Work" by C. W. Whall

TAPESTRY FROM THE CARTOONS. "The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed." by Elizabeth Stone

The cartoons for the Glyptothek were all by Cornelius's own hand. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4" by Various

Then they dragged themselves up on the bank and started what looked like a cartoon of a mud-slinging campaign. "Sube Cane" by Edward Bellamy Partridge

In May, 1504, Lionardo began the cartoon of the Battle of Anghiari. "Michelangelo" by Romain Rolland

Cruel cartoons, picturing her in a beggar's dress were scattered broadcast. "Women of the Teutonic Nations" by Hermann Schoenfeld

Rogers, who composed many ingenious and telling cartoons. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3" by Various

Usage in poetry
I AM making a Cartoon of a Woman. She is the People.
She is the Great Dirty Mother.
And Many Children hang on her Apron, crawl at her
Feet, snuggle at her Breasts.
"Cartoon" by Carl Sandburg Author object (86)
It was all because Bear Hawkins, who's some clever with the pen,
Drew a bunch o' comic picters of our foremost fightin' men;
He cartooned Windy Porter as a sheep in cowboy's clothes
And he handed worse to others 'fore he hails the stage and blows.
"Valentine Day in Cactus Center" by Arthur Chapman