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James Gillray

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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