Thomas Rowlandson, whose work in seen here, was a master of this form, from Italian for "to load"
[DOC] [TLE] Jill Krementz covers "Infinite Jest" at the Met | New York Social Diary [PAR] Sep 23, 2011 ... Caricature  from the Italian carico and caricare, to load and ... faces and 
physiques, showing people as animals and objects in its purest form.