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Hand-colored caricature of a man in a top hat holding a torch before a burning building, with bottles at his feet.

Counsellor O.P.-Defender of our Theatric Liberties

James Gillray, December 5, 1809

Hand-colored 1808 caricature by James Gillray of men feasting under clouds, with a castle procession above.

Delicious Dreams! -Castles in the Air! -Glorious Prospects!

James Gillray, April 10, 1808

Hand-coloured caricature of an agitated wigged man gesturing at seated men in a chamber, with speech lines reading ruin and b

Despair

James Gillray, April 8, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in top hat and striped waistcoat leaning on a walking stick, 1799.

Elegance Democratique - A Sketch Found Near High-Wycombe

James Gillray, July 8, 1799

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"

James Gillray, May 19, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a stout woman in pink gown and floral shawl holding a bowl, with a satirical caption below.

Enter Cowslip with a Bowl of Cream. - vide Brandenburg Theatricals

James Gillray, June 13, 1795

Three men in purple robes and tall caps, one gesturing and one holding a green book, in a hand-colored 1798 etching.

French Habits, No. 2 - Les Membres du Conseil des Anciens

James Gillray, April 18, 1798

Hand-coloured satirical print of a tax collector with a ledger at a door, a stout man with a money bag, and children in a str

"The Friend of the People" & his Petty New Tax Gatherer, Paying John Bull a Visit

James Gillray, May 28, 1806

Hand-colored satirical etching of a man in a top hat holding a balance scale and Union Jack, with political text banners.

Improvement in Weights and Measures; or, Sir John Seeclear Discovering Ye Ballance of Ye British Flag

James Gillray, December 1, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of a large king with a telescope examining a tiny soldier on his palm, with a handwritten speech ball

The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver.-Vide. Swift's Gulliver: Voyage to Brobdingnag

James Gillray, June 26, 1803

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

James Gillray, 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

James Gillray, May 3, 1797

Etching of the muse Melpomene in a long gown reaching toward a net in a sunburst, with storm clouds at left.

Melpomene

James Gillray, December 6, 1784

Hand-colored print of a seated woman in a feathered turban and yellow-dotted gown, with her reflection in a mirror behind her

Modern Elegance, a Portrait

James Gillray, May 22, 1795

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

James Gillray, 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

James Gillray, March 5, 1806

Etching of a woman in a flowing gown holding up a long rose garland against a leafy landscape background.

"No Flower that Blows is Like this Rose"

James Gillray, April 12, 1796

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat, top hat and gloves walking with a cane, by James Gillray, 1799.

Pen-etration

James Gillray, August 6, 1799

Hand-colored caricature of a farmer pitchforking human-faced pigs off a cliff into rough sea waves.

The Pigs Possessed:-or-the Broad Bottom'd Litter Running Headlong into Ye Sea of Perdition

James Gillray, April 18, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of two drunken men in top hats stumbling along a lamplit street outside Brooks's club.

Pillars of the Constitution. Three O'Clock & a Cloudy Morning

James Gillray, February 1, 1809

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…

James Gillray, March 13, 1807

Pylades and Orestes

James Gillray, April 1, 1797

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

James Gillray, 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

James Gillray, 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!

James Gillray, March 14, 1804

Hand-colored caricature of a Punchinello figure blowing a large bubble above a crowd, with gold coins and a theatre building

The Theatrical Bubble; being a new Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politiico-Punchinello in the Art o…

James Gillray, 1805

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!

James Gillray, 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

James Gillray, December 14, 1791

Hand-coloured satirical print of a revolutionary dancing over hanged clergy beside a guillotine and burning dome.

The Zenith of French Glory; - The Pinnacle of Liberty. Religion, Justice, Loyalty, & all the Bugbears of Unenlightene…

James Gillray, February 12, 1793

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

The Duke of Athol, East Indiaman

James Gillray, February 1, 1785

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat, top hat and tall boots walking sideways with a cane, by James Gillray, 1803.

"The Inexpressible Air of Dignity,-the Incomprehensible je-ne-sais Quoi of Elegance, which Appertains Solely to Men o…

James Gillray, March 9, 1803

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

James Gillray, March 23, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat standing on a cushion before a mirror and dressing table, with a speech bubbl

Lordly Elevation

James Gillray, January 6, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a top hat and green coat walking past frosty railings beside a Christie's catalogue placa

Maecenas, in pursuit of the Fine Arts.-Scene, Pall Mall; a Frosty Morning

James Gillray, May 9, 1808

A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned

James Gillray, January 11, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a blue coat and powdered wig, dancing with arms outstretched against a green sky.

"-So Skiffy-Skipt On, With his Wonted Grace"-Vide Birthday Ball. See Morning Herald. Jan-y 20th

James Gillray, February 1, 1800

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

James Gillray, 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

James Gillray, December 10, 1792

Oval sepia print of a young child in a wide-brimmed flowered hat with arms crossed, with handwritten inscription below.

Portrait of a Child [Master Lamb]

James Gillray, 1781

Brown etching of boxer Mendoza in fighting stance, fists raised, before a crowd of spectators behind wooden railings.

Mendoza

James Gillray, April 24 [1788]

Engraved portrait of William Pitt in powdered wig and dark coat, against a hatched dark background, with coat of arms below.

The Right Honorable William Pitt

James Gillray, May 28, 1789

Hand-colored caricature of a clergyman hanging beneath a striped balloon over a crowded Oxford street with onlookers and a do

Tendanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo-Virgil, Geor:

James Gillray, August 8, 1810

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

James Gillray, after March 12, 1799

Hand-colored caricature of a lorgnette-wielding woman and a stout man reading a catalogue in a crowded gallery.

A Peep at Christies;-or-Tally-ho & his Nimeny-pimeney taking the Morning Lounge

James Gillray, September 24, 1796

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

James Gillray, 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

James Gillray, 1802

Red-toned print of Saints Peter and John healing a kneeling man among columns, with figures and putti in a colonnaded hall.

Saints Peter and John healing the Sick

Parmigianino, 16th century

Etching of beggars receiving coins at a doorway, with an elderly woman carrying a child and a boy on steps.

Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Etching of men in robes and caps conversing in a dim synagogue interior with stone steps and arched windows.

Jews in a Synagogue

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Etching of a grand arcaded hall with a raised dais, a canopy, a crowd of figures, and a seated woman at right.

Medea: or The Marriage of Jason and Creusa

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Satirical etching of a reclining man and seated woman on a sofa with two dogs, plus a small inset scene labeled After.

Out of Fits, or the Recovery to the Satisfaction of All Parties

George Townley Stubbs, May 5, 1786

Hand-colored 1795 caricature of four women in exaggerated feathered headdresses and striped gowns, by Isaac Cruikshank.

Waggoners Frocks or No Bodys of 1795

Isaac Cruikshank, August 4, 1795

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a blue coat seated by a cluttered dining table, holding a spoon to his mouth.

A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion

James Gillray, July 2, 1792

Etched caricature of a quack doctor in a curled wig and fur collar, leaning at a table between two candlesticks.

Quack Doctor, G. A. Stevens in His Lecture on Heads

Isaac Cruikshank, October 10, 1793

Etching of a canal with an angler, two swans, reeds, a meadow and a rocky hill with buildings in the distance.

Canal with an Angler and Two Swans

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Etching of a canal with a large boat, a bridge, a leaning tree and a distant town with a church tower under open sky.

Canal with a Large Boat and a Bridge

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Lithograph of a man in cloak and hat gazing up at a woman leaning on a ledge under a vine-covered archway.

Viva La Madonna

Thomas Joseph Clérian, 1817

Etching of a farmhouse among trees beside a river, with a cow drinking in the foreground and hills under a pale sky.

Landscape with a Cow Drinking

Rembrandt van Rijn

Engraving of the infant Christ lying on straw, surrounded by cherub heads in clouds above.

The Christ Child on a Bed of Straw

Claude Mellan, 1662

Engraving of the Virgin Mary embracing the infant Christ within an oval frame with radiating light lines behind them.

Virgin and Child

Abraham Blooteling

Etching of a rural landscape with a round haybarn, dense trees, a flock of sheep, and grazing cattle under an open sky.

Landscape with a Haybarn and a Flock of Sheep

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Etching of cottages, a hay barn and trees beside a field with sheep and small figures on a path.

Cottages and a Hay Barn on the Diemerdijk with a Flock of Sheep

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Etching of a rural landscape with thatched cottages, trees, a canal, and a milkman with pails on a road.

View of the Diemerdijk with a Milkman and Cottages ('Het Melkboertje')

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1650

Etching of a ruined square tower on a hill above thatched cottages and a fence, with trees and open sky.

Landscape with a Square Tower

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650