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  • James Gillray, 'Wide-awake'
  • James Gillray, 'Gentle Emetic'
  • James Gillray, 'Visiting the Sick'
  • James Gillray, 'The triumph of Quassia'
  • James Gillray, satirical broadside: Surgeons' Bill
  • James Gillray's, 'Easing the Tooth-ach'
  • James Gillray, 'A pinch of cephalic'
  • James Gillray, "Metallic Tractors", showing Elisha Perkins
  • James Gillray, 'Dr. Pizarro administering to his patients'
  • James Gillray, 'Dr. Sangrado curing John Bull of repletion'
  • James Gillray, 'The dissolution; or the alchymist producing an aestherial representation'
  • James Gillray, 'Fast-asleep', forms a pair with 'Wide-awake', q.v.
  • Charles James Fox as a newsboy delivering newspapers to the Treasury, spreading panic and advertising his suitability for a government post. Etching by James Gillray.
  • The head of King Louis XVI being cut off by a guillotine. Etching by James Gillray, 1793.
  • The works ... from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected / [James Gillray].
  • The works ... from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected / [James Gillray].
  • The "Ministry of all the Talents", personified by Charles James Fox, promising to convey John Bull towards the promised land, but really to hell. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1806.
  • The "Ministry of all the Talents", personified by Charles James Fox, promising to convey John Bull towards the promised land, but really to hell. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1806.
  • Lord Wycombe wearing a waistcoat, breeches and a top hat, carrying a stout cane in his hand. Etching by James Gillray.
  • Man-midwives attempting to deliver a monstrous woman representing the Dutch National Convention. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.
  • Kelsey's shop in St James's London, where fruit, jellies and sweets are served; a man and a boy are enjoying its wares. as another stands by the door. Process print after James Gillray.
  • A tall woman wears short feathers in her headdress and a short woman wears tall feathers in hers. Etching by James Gillray, 1795.
  • While Lady Buckingham is gambling with her cronies, her husband enters to report the theft of the bank. Etching by James Gillray, 1797.
  • Charles James Fox, dangerously ill, visited by an entourage of interested factions; representing the social and ministerial conflict surrounding him. Aquatint after J. Gillray, 1806.
  • A woman is playing the harp as she and her male companion sing together, representing a man and a woman in love. Etching by James Gillray.
  • Charles James Fox, dangerously ill, visited by an entourage of interested factions; representing the social and ministerial conflict surrounding him. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
  • The countries of Europe representing physicians and surgeons trying to regenerate a woman personifying the Dutch republic. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.
  • A guardian angel is carrying a child up into the sky to an altar dedicated to a parody of the Virgin. Etching by James Gillray, 1805.
  • The maid bringing in the breakfast finds the Prince of Wales and Mrs Fitzherbert in a dishevelled state on the morning after their marriage. Wood engraving after "Plenipo Georgy" (James Gillray?).
  • A woman carrying a chair sweeps away from a young man who has approached her, indicating her refusal to dance with him; another young woman is sitting on a chair behind him. Etching by James Gillray, 1804, after B. North.