James Gillray Collection (#5)

The Prince of Wales at York House, London, 1792. The visit to Piccadilly, or a Prussian reception, representing Shon-ap-Morgan, Shentleman of Wales, introducing his old nanny goat into high company

Election-troops, bringing in their accounts, to the pay-table, 1788. Artist
Election-troops, bringing in their accounts, to the pay-table, 1788. The troops headed by Major Topham, approaching the barrier gate of the Treasury behind which stands William Pitt

Every man has his price - Sir Rt Walpole, Market day, Sic itur ad astra, 1788. Smithfield Market cattle pens, at the corner of Smithfield and Cow Lane, filled with cattle with the faces of peers

Exhibition of a democratic-transparency, - with its effect upon patriotic feelings... 1799. Members of the Secret Committee of the House of Commons seated round a table

Councellor Ego - ie - little i, myself i, 1798. Artist: James Gillray
Councellor Ego - ie - little i, myself i, 1798. Thomas Erskine facing left and looking straight before him, wearing a Counsellors wig, gown and bands

The loyal toast, 1798. Artist: James Gillray
The loyal toast, 1798. A dinner at the Crown and Anchor celebrating Charles Jamess Foxs birthday. The Duke of Norfolk is raising a brimming glass

Meeting of unfortunate citoyens, 1798. Artist: James Gillray
Meeting of unfortunate citoyens, 1798. Charles James Fox and Charles Howard, Duke of Norfolk, meeting on the pavement outside Brookss Club

Bank-notes - paper money - French alarmists... 1797. Artist
Bank-notes - paper money - French alarmists... 1797. Showing the interior of the Bank of England. William Pitt is standing behind a counter

A corner, near the Bank; - or - an example for fathers, 1797. Artist
A corner, near the Bank; - or - an example for fathers, 1797. Two young women on a street corner arm in arm, one flirting with a fan, the other raising her skirt to show her leg

St Georges Volunteers... 1797. Artist: James Gillray
St Georges Volunteers charging [the French (scored through)] down Bond Street, after clearing the Ring in Hyde Park & storming the Dunghill at Marybone, 1797

The Hustings. Vox populi, We ll have a mug! a mug! a mug!, 1796. Artist
The Hustings. Vox populi, We ll have a mug! a mug! a mug!, 1796. Charles James Fox on the hustings at Covent Garden speaking to the mob saying

Election fair, Copenhagen Fields, London, 1795. Artist: James Gillray
Election fair, Copenhagen Fields, London, 1795. I tell you, citizens, we mean to new-dress the Constitution and turn it, and set a new nap on it Shakespeare

Scene inside the House of Commons, Westminster, London, 1795. Artist: James Gillray
Scene inside the House of Commons, Westminster, London, 1795. Patriotic regeneration, - viz - Parliament reform d, a la francoise, - that is - honest men (ie Opposition) in the seat of justice

The Chancellor of the Inquisition marking the incorrigibles, 1793. Edmurd Burke walking towards the door of the Crown and Anchor Tavern, over which is inscribed British Inquisition

John Bull and the sinking fund, 1807. Artist: James Gillray
John Bull and the sinking fund, 1807. A p(r)etty scheme for reducing the taxes and paying off the National Debt; showing John Bull on his hands and knees on a flat rock

Billingsgate eloquence, 1795. Artist: James Gillray
Billingsgate eloquence, 1795. Lady Cecilia Johnston with straggling hair wearing a handkerchief which scarcely covers her breast, stands in profile to the left glaring fiercely

Blowing up the Pic Nic s; or, Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets... 1802
Blowing up the Pic Nic s; or, Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets. Vide Tottenham Street Pantomime, 1802. Richard Sheridan leading the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic

A Mansion House treat - or smoking attitudes, London, 1800. On the right Lord Nelson, smoking a long pipe, phallic in design. He and Lady Hamilton are making metaphorical remarks on the subject

Political candour - i. e. Coalition resolutions of June 14th 1805
Political candour - i.e. Coalition resolutions of June 14th 1805.... Fox makes a speech in the House of Commons. Pitt sits alone on the Treasury Bench

A smoking club, House of Commons, London, 1793. Depicting the House of Commons burlesqued as a smoking club whose quarrelsome members - Fox, Dundas, Pitt, etc. are puffing smoke at each other

John Burges MD, 1795. Artist: James Gillray
John Burges MD, 1795. He tiptoes away from the viewer. A fellow of the College of Physicians in Warwick Lane whose health was too weak for general practice

Hot air balloon in the courtyard of Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, 1814
View of the courtyard of Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, 1814, showing the ascent of Mr James Sadler and Miss Thompson in a hot air balloon, surrounded by a crowd of spectators

Pillars of the Constitution: Three o Clock and a Cloudy Morning, 1809. Richard Sheridan, the famous playwright and Whig politician and the Charles Howard, Duke of Norfolk

The Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr Pr-ty---ns Bisho-prick, 1787. Artist
The Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr Pr-ty---ns Bisho-prick, 1787. William Pitt holding up the dome of St Pauls Cathedral which he is about to place over the central tower of Lincoln Cathedral; Dr

Anacreonticks in full Song, 1801. Artist: James Gillray
Anacreonticks in full Song, 1801. A scene of drunkenness and excess; the man in the foreground smoking a pipe has extremely swollen legs, a result of gout, associated with heavy drinking

The Monster broke loose or, a peep into the Shakespeare-Gallery, 1791. Alderman John Boydell, wearing a greedy expression

A meeting of umbrellas, 1782. Artist: James Gillray
A meeting of umbrellas, 1782; showing three men holding umbrellas meeting and having difficulty in passing. The umbrella, only recently introduced for men, was an object of derision

Cockney Sportsmen, London, 1800. Artist: James Gillray
Cockney Sportsmen, London, 1800. View of a young city gent advancing towards the carcass of a horse beset by many crows. His gun which is reversed, goes off peppering the posterior of his fat friend

The bottomless-Pitt, Pitt making a speech, London, 1792
The bottomless-Pitt; showing William Pitt, exaggeratedly attenuated below the waist, making a speech before the table of the House of Commons, London, 1792

George III feeding himself on guineas, London, 1787
Monstrous craws, at a new coalition feast, London, 1787; showing King George III, Queen Charlotte and the Prince of Wales seated outside the treasury round a bowl of guineas

The giant-factotum amusing himself - William Pitt, 1797. Artist: James Gillray
The giant-factotum amusing himself, 1797; showing William Pitt bestriding the Speakers chair in the House of Commons, towering high above the galleries, playing cup and ball with the globe

Counsellor OP - Defender of our Theatric Liberties, 1809. Artist: James Gillray
Counsellor OP - Defender of our Theatric Liberties, 1809. shows Counsellor Clifford standing outside the east front of the new Covent Garden theatre which is in flames

Theatrical Mendicants, Relieved... 1809. Artist: James Gillray
Theatrical Mendicants, Relieved... 1809. John Kemble, with his brother Charles and his sister Sarah Siddons in tears, begging outside Northumberland House and receiving a draft for 10, 000 pounds

Patriotic-Petitions on the Convention, 1808. Artist: James Gillray
Patriotic-Petitions on the Convention, 1808. Four scenes: top left The Cockney Petition; top right The Westminster Petition; bottom left The Chelmsford Petition; bottom right The Middlesex Petition

No Popery or Newgate Reformer... 1780. A villainous looking man, believed to be Ned Dennis, wearing a No Popery favour in his hat, holds a cudgel raised to his left

Five fashionably dressed men advance along Old Bond Street, Westminster, London, 1796.They push a woman, wearing a dress with a voluminous train and a turban with an enormous feather

A leering man making advances to a girl, New Bond Street, Westminster, London, 1796. The girl is wheeling a barrow of carrots outside a bookseller on the corner of New Bond Street

Artists in front of the Royal Academy, Somerset House, London, 1797
Titianus redivivius; or the seven wise men consulting the new Venetian oracle. - A scene in ye Academic Grove, No.1, 1797; scene showing artists in front of the Royal Academy at Somerset House in

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"Temperance enjoying a frugal meal". A satirical print by James Gillray dated 28 July 1792. King George III and his wife Queen Charlotte eating one of their famously frugal meals

James Gillray Portrait Self-portrait English
James Gillray, 1756 - 1815. English caricaturist and printmaker. He has been called "the father of the political cartoon"

Napoleon Bonaparte Rage Fury Tantrum Paddy Huff
Napoleon Bonaparte, in a rage about the political situation with Britain. 1803 was a difficult year for Napoleon. Amongst many events he lost the colony of Saint-Dominque (modern Haiti)

Napoleon and King George III as Gulliver and the King of Brobdingnag, July 1803. Artist: James Gillray
Napoleon and King George III as Gulliver and the King of Brobdingnag, July 1803. James Gillray cartoon representing George III and Napoleon Bonaparte as characters from Gullivers Travels

Income Tax, 1798. John Bull scratches his head at William Pitts (1759-1806) introduction of Income Tax. Pitt is shown as an angel playing a harp. Hand-coloured cartoon in the style of Gillray

Very Slippy Weather, 1808. Artist: James Gillray
Very Slippy Weather, 1808. This print depicts a scene outside Gilrays publishers premises. From A Smile Among Friends. [Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag, Norway, 1949]

Windy Weather, 1808. Artist: James Gillray
Windy Weather, 1808

The Hostile View of Lady Hamilton, 19th century. Caricature by Gillray, entitled Dido in Despair

The York Reverence or City Loyalty, Amply Rewarded, 1796. Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1821) and his wife Frederica, Duchess of York (1767-1820)

A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion, 1792. Artist: James Gillray
A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion, 1792. Engraving of the Prince Regent, (later King George IV), who was famous for his gluttonous appetite

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James Gillray was a renowned artist and caricaturist in the 18th and early 19th centuries. His satirical artworks captured the political, social, and cultural scenes of his time with wit and humor. In "A March to the Bank, " created in 1787, Gillray depicted a chaotic scene outside the bank, highlighting the financial turmoil of that era. Another notable artwork by Gillray is "Smoking Club, " an 18th-century piece showcasing men indulging in smoking as a leisure activity. This work reflects both the popularity of tobacco during that period and Gillray's ability to capture everyday life with intricate details. In "Tiddy-Doll Great French-Gingerbread-Baker Drawing Out, " Gillray mocks Napoleon Bonaparte's attempt to conquer Europe through a clever analogy involving gingerbread baking. This satirical portrayal reveals Gillray's talent for using visual metaphors to criticize political figures. Gillray also tackled election politics in his artwork "Election fair, Copenhagen Fields. " Created in London in 1795, this piece captures the chaos and corruption surrounding elections at that time while providing commentary on societal issues. One of his self-portraits titled "Mr James Gillray" showcases his own image as he saw himself around 1800. It gives us insight into how he perceived himself as an artist during this period. "Napoleon and King George III as Gulliver and the King of Brobdingnag" is another significant work by Gillray from July 1803. Through this caricature, he portrays Napoleon as Gulliver being dwarfed by King George III representing England's power over France during their ongoing conflicts. Gillray did not shy away from addressing taxation either; his artwork titled "Income Tax" from 1798 highlights public discontent towards taxes imposed by governments during times of war or economic instability. In two hand-colored engravings published in 1803, "Buonaparte: 48 hours after Landing.