Ch. Rogier, Apparaatgjde der Muidskupen

This hand-colored engraving depicts Charles Rogier as a grotesque figure in period dress, a common attack on Belgian political figures during the independence era. The caricature exaggerates facial features and posture in the tradition of Northern European satirical prints—inheritors of Hogarth's moral narratives and Gillray's partisan venom. A tiny figure below emphasizes the subject's absurdity through scale. Printed text below delivers pointed criticism. Such political caricatures, distributed as single sheets and in bound collections, provided mass audiences with visual commentary on public figures and events. This tradition of crude, personally mocking imagery laid groundwork for the sequential narrative and character-driven humor that would define modern comics.