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James Gillray

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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