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  • James Gillray, 'A pinch of cephalic'
  • James Gillray, 'The triumph of Quassia'
  • James Gillray, 'Dr. Sangrado curing John Bull of repletion'
  • 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 head of King Louis XVI being cut off by a guillotine. Etching by James Gillray, 1793.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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?).
  • James Bruce of Kinnaird, having reached a fountain at Gisha (Abyssinia) regarded as the source of the Nile, uses a coconut to drink the water to the health of King George III and Empress Catherine the Great. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1793, after R.M. Paye.
  • A barber lathering a man's face, other men trying on wigs. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1818, after H.W. Bunbury, 1811.
  • A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
  • A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
  • A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
  • A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
  • 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.
  • The coming-on of the monsoons;-or-the retreat from Seringapatam.
  • William Pitt the younger places the dome of St Paul's Cathedral over Lincoln Cathedral; representing Pitt's appointment of George Pretyman (Bishop of Lincoln) as also dean of St Paul's. Etching attributed to J. Gillray, 1787.
  • Three people drinking punch as a cure for (right to left) gout, colic, and phthisis. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
  • The wind has caught the umbrella of a man who is skating, causing him to collide with another man. Etching by J. Gillray, 1805.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Coloured etching, 1803, after J. Gillray, 1802.
  • Messenger Monsey. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1789.
  • A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A man standing by a fire place, pulling a peculiar face after taking some medicine. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.