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James Gillray

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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

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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