For historians of the eighteenth century, caricature is a term fraught with complexity. As David Francis Taylor argues, its meanings vary widely, leading to some confusion (David Francis Taylor, ‘The Practice of Caricature in 18th-century Britain’, Literature Compass, Volume 14, Issue 5 (2017) p. 1). While in art history, ‘caricature’ refers to an exaggerated or distorted representation—rooted in the Italian carico meaning ‘to load’ or ‘to charge’— for this investigation, the term will predominantly denote the single-sheet prints of the period (Taylor, ‘The Practice of Caricature’, p. 1.). Although the exaggerated elements in these prints are crucial, this book focuses primarily on the broader category of these visual sources.