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James Gillray

288 works

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Hand-colored caricature of a rider on a galloping brown horse with a pack of hounds tumbling in the foreground.

Hounds in Full Cry

published April 8, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of musicians and onlookers in a room, with a woman at a keyboard, a candle, and a dog.

Playing in Parts

published May 15, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of two men in military uniforms carving a globe-shaped plum pudding at a dining table.

The Plumb-Pudding in Danger;-or-State Epicures Taking un Petit Souper

February 26, 1805

Hand-colored satirical print of a startled man in bed facing a pale ghost, with speech scrolls and smoke-wreathed figures.

Nightly Visitors at St. Ann's Hill

published September 21, 1798

Hand-colored print of a man in a green coat and a woman pushing a carrot-laden wheelbarrow past a bookshop on a city street.

Sandwich-Carrots!-Dainty Sandwich-Carrots

published December 3, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of a whale attacking a boat of men, with a barrel tossed in the waves and a sunburst behind.

A Tub for the Whale!

published March 14, 1806

Hand-colored caricature of John Bull and a drummer figure on a plank over the sea, with a crowd and speech scrolls.

Preliminaries of Peace

published October 6, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a sow nursing many piglets with human faces, watched by a farmer with a pitchfork.

More Pigs Than Teats

published March 5, 1806

Hand-colored Gillray caricature of a tax collector knocking at a brick house while a man shouts from the window above.

Friend of the People

published May 28, 1806

Hand-colored caricature of a man reading music while a woman plays a harp in a richly furnished room with a cat.

Harmony Before Matrimony

published October 25, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of a domestic parlor: a singing woman at a harpsichord, a man reading a newspaper, and a nurse with a

Matrimonial-Harmonics

published October 25, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of rats with human faces fleeing a columned doorway away from a parliament chamber.

Parliamentary Reform

published May 28, 1797

Hand-colored caricature of a man in blue leaving the Treasury as a crowd throws objects and a soldier looks on.

Integrity Retiring from Office

published February 24, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a bank counter with crowds grasping paper notes, by James Gillray, 1797.

Bank-Notes, Paper-Money

published March 1, 1797

Hand-colored satirical etching of a man lunging at an old woman holding banknotes beside a Bank of England strongbox, 1797.

Political-Ravishment

published May 22, 1797

Hand-colored caricature of a giant Midas figure with gold-coin body spewing paper notes over the Bank of England and crowds.

Midas, Transmuting All, Into Paper

published March 9, 1797

Hand-colored satirical print of a caricatured alchemist heating a crown at a furnace beside a glass retort and spilling gold

The Dissolution; or The Alchymist Producing an Aetherial Representation

published May 21, 1796

Hand-colored etching of witches conjuring a skeleton with PEACE above a cauldron of gold coins, with a monkey and rooster bel

A Phantasmagoria - Scene - Conjuring up an Armed Skeleton

published January 5, 1803

Hand-colored caricature of three people drinking punch at a table, with a stout gouty man in a yellow robe laughing in a gree

Punch Cures the Gout, the Colic, and the 'Tisick

published July 13, 1799

Hand-colored caricature of a man whipping a horse pulling a carriage with a woman in a pink gown and feathered hat.

Cockney and His Wife Going to Wycombe

published June 10, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of a carriage whose passengers tumble out onto a road as a woman sprawls and a dog barks.

One of the Advantages of a Low Carriage

published June 1, 1801

Hand-coloured caricature of travellers in an inn passage, with an old woman holding a fan and a man with a birdcage and cat.

An Old Maid on a Journey

published November 20, 1804

Father Time with scythe and hourglass at a draped table before an archway labeled L'avenir, with Traite de Paix on the table.

Vader Tijd voor de poort naar de toekomst, 1795

1795

Hand-colored caricature of a man reading music while a woman plays a harp in a decorated room with cats on the floor.

Harmony Before Matrimony (recto); Clearing the Five Bar Gate (verso)

published October 25, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of a domestic interior: a woman at piano, a man reading a newspaper, and a woman with a baby at the d

Matrimonial Harmonics (Recto)

published October 25, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of a revolutionary fiddler above hanging clergymen, a guillotine and burning dome behind.

The Zenith of French Glory; The Pinnacle of Liberty

published February 12, 1793

Hand-coloured caricature of a gentleman in top hat and blue coat on a snowy Pall Mall street by James Gillray, 1808.

Kunstverzamelaar voor de ingang van Christie's, Pall Mall Londen

1808

Caricature of a miser at a sparse table with a skeletal servant holding a plate and a fashionable woman at the door.

Het feest van de vrek

1786

Hand-colored print of a dandy in a top hat and blue coat riding a galloping chestnut horse.

The Dandy

published June 29, 1810

Hand-colored caricature of men searched by soldiers in a cramped room with a table, ladder, gold coins and rats.

Search-Night

published March 20, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of a pistol duel on a field, with smoke, speech balloons, a carriage and onlookers.

The Explanation

published May 30, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of wealthy men feasting on golden rolls, fish and meats while a famine proclamation hangs on the wall

Substitutes for Bread

published December 24, 1795