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James Gillray

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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 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 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 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 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

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 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-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

Hand-colored caricature of a crowded music room with a sleeping man, a flute player, a harpsichord, and a child with a horn.

A Little Music

published February 26, 1810

Hand-colored caricature of men singing and drinking wine around a table in a tavern, with a dog and scattered bottles.

Anacreontick's in Full Song

published December 1, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a stout woman and a man in blue coat with striped stockings dancing, the man raising a tankard.

My Poll and my Partner Joe

published April 18, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of a carriage stopped at a thatched tavern, with a woman approaching a horse with a poker.

Posting in Ireland

published April 8, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of a coach overturning on a steep Scottish mountain road, with sheep, a dog, and a seated shepherd.

Posting in Scotland

published May 25, 1805

Hand-colored print of a man in red uniform on a brown horse with a spotted saddle cloth, raising a riding crop before tents.

A Portrait

published March 17, 1809

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray: a charioteer with a lion and white horse rises through clouds beneath a sun labeled

Light Expelling Darkness,-Evaporation of Stygian Exhalations,-or-The Sun of the Constitution, Rising Superior to the…

published April 30, 1795

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray showing a secret committee at a table and a crowd gazing at four violent scenes.

Exhibition of a Democratic Transparency, with its Effect Upon Patriotic Feelings

published April 15, 1799

Hand-colored satirical print of a boat labeled The Constitution sailing between a rock and a whirlpool, with struggling men i

Britannia Between Scylla and Charybdis

published April 8, 1793

Hand-coloured satirical print of a chaotic street with revolutionary soldiers, a bull, a guillotine, and a Liberty cap.

Promis'd Horrors of the French Invasion

published October 20, 1796

Hand-colored four-panel caricature of John Bull's progress from comfort to war, ruin and a maimed veteran's return.

John Bulls Progress

published June 3, 1793

Hand-coloured satirical etching in four panels showing petitioners, a throne, crowds in top hats and cattle, by James Gillray

Patriotic Petitions on the Convention

published October, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a crowded parliament chamber with red-capped figures, scales, money bags and a crown.

Patriotic Regeneration, -viz. - Parliament Reform'd, a la Françoise...

published March 2, 1795

Hand-colored print of a seated Chinese emperor receiving a kneeling European diplomat amid courtiers and gifts in an ornate h

Reception of the Diplomatique & his Suite, at the Court of Pekin

published September 14, 1792

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray: a kilted man fires a cannon from a rock while a bear rides a boat in stormy seas.

Bruin in his Boat

published June 20, 1806

Hand-colored etching of courtiers and fashionably dressed women gathered in an ornate room beside an open door, by James Gill

The Bridal Night

published May 18, 1797

Hand-coloured satirical print of women dressing soldiers in yellow flannel uniforms in a stone room, with swords and helmets

Flannel Armour; Female Patriotism

published November 18, 1793

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray showing sans-culottes figures feeding bread to Europe, with labeled regions and John

Sans-culottes

n.d.

Hand-coloured caricature of a French flotilla on a stormy sea, with men straining at a capstan on the right shore.

Spotprent op de Franse plannen voor een invasie van Engeland, 1798

1798

Hand-colored caricature of cormorants with human faces fishing in a stream of new taxes pouring from a cliff face.

A Great Stream from a Pretty Fountain

published May 9, 1806

Hand-colored print of a reclining winged Cupid beside a gold money sack, with potted orange trees and women figures in clouds

De Orangerie: De Hollandse Cupido, uitrustend van de vermoeienissen van het planten

1796

Etched caricature of a coiled rattlesnake over a mountain landscape, with tent encampments in its coils, by James Gillray, 17

The American Rattle Snake

April 12, 1782

Etching of three caricatured figures eating from a bowl labeled John Bull's Blood at a feast, under a stone archway.

Monstrous Craws at a New Coalition Feast

May 29, 1787

Hand-colored caricature of Alecto and a train of figures, with a recruiting sergeant drumming and enlisting John Bull, by Jam

Alecto and Her Train, at the Gate of Pandaemonium:-or-The Recruiting Sarjeant Enlisting John Bull, Into the Revolutio…

July 4, 1791

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray, 1802, showing a seated ruler, a corpulent figure in yellow, and bowing courtiers.

Introduction of Citizen Volpone & His Suite, at Paris.-Vide, The Moniteur, & Cobbetts Letters

November 15, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a mounted officer leading chained, ragged volunteers, with some riding a donkey and a cart.

French Volunteers Marching to the Conquest of Great Britain

October 25, 1803

Hand-colored caricature of a plumed figure baking gilded kings in a brick oven, with crowns and coins scattered on the floor.

Tiddy-Doll, the Great French-Gingerbread-Baker; Drawing Out a New Batch of Kings, His Man Hopping Talley, Mixing Up t…

January 23, 1806

Hand-coloured satirical print of a rowing boat pursued by a whale with caricatured faces, ships and burning towns behind.

British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broad-Bottom Leviathan trying Billy's Old Boat, and the Little…

October 1, 1807

Hand-colored Gillray caricature of robed clergy and gentlemen around a table with an infant in a basket, under gilded candela

L'Enfant Trouvé:-a Sample of Roman Charity!-or-the Misfortune of Not Being Born with Marks of "the Talents"

May 19, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a man with raised sword scolding a kneeling figure, with a feathered officer at right and speech b

The Magnanimous-Minster, chastising Prussian-Perfidy.-Vide-Morning Chronicle April 28th

May 2, 1806

Sepia print of four winged putti in an oval frame, one raising a crown beside a veiled figure, titled The Marriage of Cupid a

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche

May 3, 1797

Hand-colored caricature of a male ballet dancer in striped tights flanked by four female dancers beneath a sun.

Modern Grace; - or the Operatical Finale to the Ballet of Alonzo e Caro

May 5, 1796

Hand-colored caricature by James Gillray of many human-faced piglets crowding to suckle a large sow beside a thatched cottage

"More Pigs Than Teats",-or-the New Litter of Hungry Grunters, Sucking John-Bull's-Old-Sow to Death

March 5, 1806

Hand-colored satirical etching of a chaotic parliament chamber with a bird-bodied figure, smoke blasts, and a startled crowd.

A Plumper for Paul!-or-the Little Taylor Done Over; vide-the terrible Effects of provoking a Red-hot Shot from the Br…

March 13, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a Chinese emperor receiving a European envoy surrounded by gifts, balloon and onlookers.

The Reception of the Diplomatique and his Suite at the Court of Pekin

September 14, 1792

Hand-colored caricature of a battle with Spanish patriots, nuns, priests and a British grenadier amid smoke and fallen soldie

Spanish-Patriots Attacking the French-Banditti- Loyal Britons Lending a Lift

August 15, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a loaded British state wagon stuck in mud, pulled by donkeys, with figures shouting for help.

The State Waggoner and John Bull.-or-the Waggon too Much for the Donkeys!

March 14, 1804

Hand-colored caricature of theatre performers begging at a door before a burning city, with a woman holding a pink purse.

Theatrical Mendicants Relieved - have Pity upon all our Aches and Wants!

1824-27

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a red coat and blue sash dancing a minuet with a woman in a pink gown and tall wig.

The York-Minuet

December 14, 1791

Engraving of a burning East Indiaman ship amid smoke, with survivors in rowing boats on rough sea.

The Duke of Athol, East Indiaman

February 1, 1785

Hand-colored caricature of a crowd of men in an ornate room, with a robed figure and speech banners above.

A Kick at the Broad-bottoms!- i.e. Emancipation of "All the Talents &c" - Vide the Fate of Ye Catholic Bill

March 23, 1807

Satirical etching of a seated painter at an easel beside political portraits, with a speech balloon and framed caricatures on

Two Pair of Portraits, presented to all the unbiased Electors of Great Britain by John Horne Tooke

December 1, 1798

Etched caricature of a sleeping man in bed, a devil at the window, and scrolls of charges and pleas above, by Gillray.

Tom Paine's Nightly Pest

December 10, 1792

Gillray etching of turbaned men with a Koran and a tablet labeled Imposture de Mahomet, beside an archway and donkey rider.

Theologie à la Turque and a Peep of the Coptic Mayor at Cairo, preceded by the Procureur de la Commune

after March 12, 1799

Hand-colored Gillray caricature of a farming couple showing off their daughter at a piano before seated neighbors in a parlor

Farmer Giles and His Wife Showing Off Their Daughter Betty to Their Neighbours on her Return from School

January 1, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a man applying metal rods to the face of a grimacing seated man, with brandy and a dog nearby.

Metallic Tractors

1802

Hand-colored print of a woman in a green gown riding a shell boat pulled by three swans, with two cupids on a swan at left.

Venus a la Coquelle: or the Swan-sea Venus

March 28, 1809

Hand-colored caricature of officials feasting on gold coins at a table, with a treasury chest and petitioners at a window.

Substitutes for Bread;-or-Right Honorables, Saving the Loaves, & Dividing the Fishes

December 24, 1795