Satirical drawings and caricature were already used in the 17th century to express the discontent of aristocrats with royal power. They only became popular, however, during the 19th century, with the rise of liberalism. Newspapers were increasingly being allowed to criticise politics and the arts scene. The best known were ”La Caricature” and “Le Charivari”, in which Honoré Daumier took his first steps as a political caricaturist, at the start of the July Monarchy. The law of 29 August 1835 on the restriction of the freedom of the press reinstated censorship for illustrations, prints and lithographs, which led to the disappearance of many newspapers. This forced Daumier and other illustrators of his day to abandon political satire and focus on cartoons about morals and manners. It was not until the new 1868 press law that newspapers such as André Gill’s “La Lune” appeared. “Portraits-charges” were also very popular. They were characterised by their likeness to the subject and a grotesque oversized head on a small body.