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James Gillray

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Hand-colored caricature of a man in blue uncorking a bottle that bursts with froth, beside shelves of bottled caricature head

Uncorking Old Sherry

published March 10, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of a mounted beggar, a kneeling man aiming a blunderbuss, and coins spilling on a forest road.

Begging no Robbery; i.e. Voluntary Contribution, or John Bull Escaping a Forced Loan

published December 10, 1796

Hand-colored satirical print of a man in a mill pouring gold coins while figures collect the money.

John Bull Ground Down

published June 1, 1795

Hand-colored caricature of John Bull holding gold coins beside a Requisition Budget sack and a Treasury archway, by Gillray.

Opening of the Budget

published November 17, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of a man in blue coat leading three dogs with human faces, a LOANS sack on his back.

John Bull and His Dog Faithful

published April 20, 1796

Hand-coloured satirical print of Britannia reclining while Death looms behind curtains and doctors struggle in chaos.

Britannia Between Death and the Doctors

published May 20, 1804

Hand-colored caricature of a giant man in a blue coat straddling a chair while small officials scatter below.

The Giant Factotum Amusing Himself

published January 21, 1797

Hand-colored caricature of a sleeping winged nude beside a ducat bag, with women on clouds and potted orange trees with faces

The Orangerie

published September 16, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of a wounded lion attacked by a bellows of reports, with animals, a donkey and a seated woman.

The Wounded Lion

published July 16, 1805

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray showing a stout man in a blue coat speaking to men in a tavern, with a speech bubble

The Worn-out Patriot

published October 13, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of two heavyset men in top hats walking arm in arm past a lit brick building on a city street.

Pillars of the Constitution

published February 1, 1809

Hand-colored print of a parliament chamber with a man in a blue coat walking past seated and standing onlookers toward a cler

Sketch of the Interior of St. Stephens, As it Now Stands

published March 1, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of election candidates: a goose atop a greased pole, a devil behind, and a cheering crowd below.

Election Candidates

published May 20, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of Pandora lifting a flaming box before a crowded parliamentary chamber, with serpents and spilled le

Pandora Opening her Box

published February 22, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a crowd of men tumbling from a palace room while a figure with a scepter gestures beside a throne.

A Kick at the Broad Bottoms

published March 23, 1807

Hand-coloured satirical print of a crowded sickroom with clergy, a reclining man, and onlookers speaking in banners, 1806.

Visiting the Sick

published July 28, 1806

Hand-colored caricature of politicians in Charon's boat crossing dark water toward a fiery underworld, with witches overhead.

Charon's Boat

published July 16, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a parliament chamber with a crowd, a winged creature firing a red-hot shot, and scattered papers.

A Plumper for Paul

published March 13, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of two men falling while ice skating on a frozen lake, with birds flying overhead.

Elements of skateing: A fundamental Error in the Art of Skaiting

1805

Hand-colored caricature of two exaggerated skaters in top hats on a frozen lake, with bare trees and hills behind.

The Elements of Skating: Attitude is Everything

published November 24, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of two skaters blown by wind on ice, one clutching the other, with a bent tree and fallen figure behi

The Elements of Skating: The Consequence of Going Before the Wind

1805

Hand-colored print of a rider tumbling over a refusing horse at a wooden gate, with a cow and trees in the background.

Clearing a Five-Bar Gate

published August 20, 1805

Hand-coloured caricature of a rider thrown into a river from a rearing horse, with a hunt in the hills behind.

The Sound of the Horn

published December 1, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a crowd cheering a man riding a goose with giant scissors on a city street.

Triumphal Procession of Little-Paul-The Taylor Upon his New Goose

published November 8, 1806

Hand-colored satirical etching of men in an interior dressing in elaborate ceremonial costumes, by James Gillray, 1806.

Making Decent; i.e. Broad-Bottomites Getting into the Grand Costume

published February 20, 1806

Hand-coloured caricature of a state wagon stuck in mud, pulled by donkeys, with a soldier and horses watching.

The State Waggoner and John Bull

1804

Hand-colored caricature of a Pope and cardinal before a crowd of clergymen at Oxford, with a devil figure at left.

Introduction of the Pope to the Convocation at Oxford, by the Cardinal Broad-Bottom

published December 1, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a British officer clubbing red and blue crocodiles in the Nile, with pyramids in the background.

Extirpation of the Plagues of Egypt; Destruction of Revolutionary Crocodiles

published October 6, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of two scenes: a thin French figure in a pink coat eating greens, and a stout Briton carving a roast.

French Liberty, British Slavery

published December 21, 1792

Hand-colored caricature of two men on a street with guards at an archway, one holding a scroll, by James Gillray.

Meeting of Unfortunate Citoyen

published May 12, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of a crowned king and other figures playing blindman's buff on a shore, by James Gillray, 1795.

Blindman's Buff or Too Many for John Bull

published June 12, 1795

Hand-colored caricature of fashionable figures bowing on an esplanade, with officers in red coats and a crowd of women in bon

The Esplanade

published June 1, 1797

Hand-colored caricature of a winged devil on two sticks carrying a man in a cloak over a city and smoke.

Le Diable-Boiteux

published Feburary 8, 1806

Hand-colored caricature of a balance scale under sunrays, with two baskets of men hanging over a globe.

The Cabinetical-Balance

published February 16, 1806

Hand-colored caricature of a speaker at a railing addressing a crowd holding mugs, with a banner reading Pewter-Pot Bill.

The Hustings

published May 21, 1796

Hand-coloured caricature of a man tossed from a Coalition Blanket by two men while a crowd cheers in a street.

The High Flying Candidate

published November 11, 1806

Hand-colored caricature of a goose-headed man and a small man in blue dueling with pistols in a grassy landscape.

Patriots - Deciding Point of Honor!

published May 4, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of two men in a basket labeled Sinking Fund under a striped parachute of interest labels.

The National Parachute

published July 10, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of small men dressing in oversized military clothes before a seated figure labeled Treasury Bench, 18

Lilliputian-Substitutes, Equiping for Public Service

published May 28, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a man shoveling gold coins from a sack labeled The Sinking-Fund, with a crowd scrambling below.

John Bull and the Sinking-Fund

published February, 1807

Hand-colored satirical etching of clergy tumbling through a stormy sky toward a golden gate, above a globe marked Ireland and

End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation

published May 17, 1805

Hand-colored satire split into Old England with ships and columns, and New France with gallows, guillotine and ruins under da

The Contrast or Things as they Are

published November 12, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of a crowded election scene with coaches, horsemen, a donkey cart and cheering crowds on a road.

Posting to the Election

published December 1, 1806

Hand-colored satirical print of a balloon carrying a papal figure over a crowd and Oxford-like spires.

He Steers His Flight

published August 8, 1810

Hand-coloured caricature of a French flotilla with LIBERTY flag in a storm, with figures clinging to a post on a rocky shore.

The Storm Rising

publilshed February 1, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of a crowded 1804 election procession with a carriage, pullers, flags and a drummer.

Middlesex Election

published August 7, 1804

Hand-colored caricature of mourners in a funeral procession carrying a draped coffin toward a stone church with a speech ball

The Funeral Procession of Broad-Bottom

published April 6, 1807

Hand-colored print of men in wigs and period dress gathering in an elegant hall with framed landscapes and candelabra.

The Bengal Levee

published November 9, 1792

Hand-colored caricature of officers drinking, smoking and playing horns in a crowded military tent, with a Union flag on the

Fatigues of the Campaign in Flanders

published May 20, 1793

Hand-colored caricature of theatrical performers and musicians crowded in a green room with a harlequin dancing.

Dilettanti-Theatricals

published February 18, 1803

Four hand-coloured panels showing a patient being bled, vomiting, purging, and then dining with a companion.

Breathing a Vein

published January 28, 1804

Hand-colored etching of a crowded clifftop promenade at Brighton with donkeys, parasols, a dog, and ships on the sea.

Morning Promenade Upon the Cliff, Brighton

published January 24, 1806

Hand-colored print of a shivering man in a top hat and green coat walking through rain past a gnarled tree and crow.

Raw Weather

published February 10, 1808

Hand-colored etching of a farm family showing their daughter at a piano to seated neighbors in a crowded parlor.

Farmer Giles & His Wife Shewing off their Daughter Betty to their Neighbors, on her Return from School

published January 1, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of two men driving a carriage pulled by three goats past a rocky cliff, with a whip raised overhead.

A Welch Tandem

published June 21, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a grimacing man in a red cap holding a bowl of medicine beside a fireplace and shelf of bottles.

Taking Physick

published February 6, 1800

Hand-colored etching of a man in a red nightcap smoking a pipe in bed beneath a framed portrait and a hanging sword.

German Luxury

published January 22, 1800

Hand-colored caricature etching of a red-coated man with a pitchfork facing an old woman leaning over a wooden stile.

Palemon and Lavinia

published January, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of a stout woman in orange gown and a kneeling heavyset man in black clasping her arm, 1791.

"Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt."

published March 20, 1791

Hand-colored satirical print of a seated woman being inoculated, surrounded by caricatured figures with cow horns and animal

The Cow-Pock- or- The Wonderful Effects of the New Innoculation!

June 12, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a pregnant woman in a pink gown facing a seated man in a purple coat in a furnished room.

And Would'st Thou Turn the Vile Reproach on Me?

published February 2, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly woman in a blue cloak sharpening a blade by a fireplace, with a cat asleep nearby.

Comfort to the Corns

published February 6, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a red-nosed stout man in a chair having his nose treated with metal rods by a thin practitioner.

Metallic-Tractors

published November 11, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a blue coat surrounded by eager figures beneath an oak tree in a countryside.

Fortune-Hunting

published November 20, 1804

Hand-colored caricature of an old gentleman on a platform surrounded by crowds of servants seeking places, 1809.

Old English-Gentleman Pester'd by Servants Wanting Places

published May 16, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a butcher offering meat to a startled man beside a chopping block with price lists.

The British Butcher, Supplying John Bull with a Substitute for Bread

published July 6, 1795

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray showing an exaggerated embrace on a shore with a cheering crowd, windmill, frogs and

The Reception in Holland

published September 8, 1799

Hand-colored caricature of a man pulling a carriage with a family, a woman reading, and a dog, beside a roadside signpost.

La Promenade en Famille- A Sketch from Life

published April 23, 1797

Hand-colored caricature of a nursery where Britannia sleeps in a cradle, watched by figures labeled with political references

The Nursery, with Britannia Reposing in Peace

published December 4, 1802

Hand-coloured caricature of French warships wrecked in a stormy sea, with sailors struggling and faces in the clouds above.

End of the Irish Invasion

published January 20, 1797

Hand-colored caricature of a French tailor fitting a stout man in a green coat before a mirror, standing on a Nouveaux Costum

French-Tailor, Fitting John Bull with a "Jean de Bry"

published November 8, 1799

Hand-colored caricature of a muzzled dancing bear led by a man with a cane, with a fiddler and a small figure beside it.

The Bear and His Leader

published May 19, 1806

Hand-colored caricature of Britannia fainting while men tend her, a harlequin figure brags, and boats approach through smoke.

Physical Aid, or Britannia Recover'd from a Trance!

published March 14, 1803

Hand-colored print of a kneeling man praying before an altar with a red liberty cap, tablets, busts and winged heads.

Shrine at St. Ann's Hill

published May 26, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of a fierce man with a sword threatening a bewigged old man over a bag labeled Malta.

Evacuation of Malta

1803

Hand-colored caricature of a large British officer and a small French officer facing off, with speech bubbles and onlookers.

Armed Heroes

1803

Ink and wash sketch of a chaotic crowd of figures around a central group of gesturing men, by James Gillray, 1805.

Het schouwtoneel van de wereld: De napoleontische oorlogen (recto). Lijst van onderwerpen die ‘het talent van de Brit…

1805

Hand-coloured caricature of a sleeping man in bed threatened by a sword-wielding soldier, with a cannon and eagle nearby.

Comforts of a Bed of Roses

published April 21, 1806

Hand-coloured caricature of a bandaged John Bull attended by doctors and a small uniformed figure, with warm water bowls and

Doctor Sangrado Curing John Bull of Repletion-With the Kind of Offices of Young Clysterpipe & Little Boney

published May 2, 1803

Hand-colored caricature of a man with raised sword standing over a kneeling figure, with speech balloons and an officer at ri

The Magnanimous-Minister, Chastising Prussian-Perfidy

published May 2, 1806

Hand-colored caricature of a rowboat with three men, a whale with human faces, warships, and a burning coastline under smoke.

British Tars, Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour

published October 1, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of women in muslin gowns catching fire near a fireplace while others at a tea table panic.

Advantages of Wearing Muslin Dresses!

published February 15, 1802

Hand-colored satirical etching of a ballroom with a seated woman by a fireplace and a bowing gentleman in yellow breeches.

A Broad Hint of not Meaning to Dance

published November 20, 1804

Hand-colored etching of a stout woman in yellow waltzing with a slim young man in green, with other couples dancing in a room

Waltzer au Mouchoir

published January 20, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a woman playing piano beside a heavyset man in spectacles dozing in a chair, 1798.

Lullaby! Sooth him with a Lullaby!

published July 12, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of an older woman pointing at a younger woman beside a black crow under a table, 1794.

"Miss, I have a Monstrous Crow to pluck with you!!"

published November 1, 1794

Hand-colored etching of a woman in a green dress and plumed hat singing at a piano with sheet music.

"Here's Songs of Love and Maids Forsaken"

published March 30, 1793

Hand-colored print of an elderly man kneeling before a smiling seated woman in a pink gown holding a fan.

Oh! Listen to the Voice of Love

published November 14, 1799

Hand-colored print of a woman in a sheer white gown and tall feathered headdress holding a fan in a decorated room.

Ladies Dress, As it Soon Will Be

published June 20, 1796

Hand-colored etching of a gentleman with a cane walking past a frosty column, railings, and a snow shovel on Pall Mall.

Maecenas, In Pursuit of the Fine Arts

published May 9, 1808

Hand-colored print of a fashionable woman in a plumed turban beside a nursemaid holding an infant in an elegant room.

The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress

published February 15, 1796

Hand-coloured caricature of fashionable figures strolling outdoors with faces hidden by veils, hats and bonnets.

Les Invisibles

1810

Hand-colored satirical print of a crowded card party with feathered headdresses and a man peering over a seated woman.

Lady Godina's Rout; - or - Peeping Tom Spying Out Pope Joan

published March 12, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of four figures playing cards at a round table, with a woman in a floral dress on the left.

Two-Penny Whist

published January 11, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of a violinist, a cellist and a smiling woman at a keyboard, with candles and two dogs under the tabl

Ars musica

published February 16, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of five exaggerated figures laughing around a table with wine, on a floral carpet.

A Decent Story

published November 9, 1795