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General Arabin stands dressed as an army officer with his hands on his hips and his head turned to the left to reveal a long beaked nose. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1803.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 5 March 1802Reference: 590714i- Books
The works ... from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected / [James Gillray].
Gillray, James, 1756-1815Date: [1849?]- Pictures
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Larevellière-Lépeaux sits in a disordered quack doctor's room, in the presence of seven wounded French generals, one of them vomiting; representing French defeats in 1799 and Bonaparte's failed imperial ambitions in the east. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 20 June 1799Reference: 12187i- Pictures
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The British military expedition against the Bruges-Ostend canal, 1798: Joseph Jekyll M.P provides two different reports on it by telegraph, using rolled-up newspapers as telescopes. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1798.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: June 23rd 1798Reference: 36180i- Pictures
William Pitt the younger steers a small boat called 'The Constitution' with a single sail through huge waves between a high rock and a whirlpool accompanied by a buxom young Britannia who raises her hands in alarm. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585510i- Pictures
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William Pitt the younger as an alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House of Commons is distilled; representing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 21 May 1796Reference: 12184i- Pictures
Edmund Burke, arguing in favour of control of immigration from France, points towards the dagger he has just thrown on the floor of the House of Commons; William Pitt the younger and Henry Dundas are seated on the Treasury bench, while Charles James Fox, R.B. Sheridan and M.A. Taylor look on with alarm. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585500i- Pictures
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While Lady Buckingham is gambling with her cronies, her husband enters to report the theft of the bank. Etching by James Gillray, 1797.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Feb. 2nd 1797Reference: 28524i- Pictures
Insects with the heads of humans assail a bee hive as ministerial bees emerge to defend the Treasury bench. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603166i- Pictures
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The wedding of Lady Lucy Stanhope to Thomas Taylor, a surgeon-apothecary: the bride is given away by her father Earl Stanhope, while Fox and Sheridan officiate. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 4 March 1796Reference: 12183i- Pictures
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Messenger Monsey. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1789.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1789Reference: 6991i- Pictures
A huntsman accidentally rides into his own pack of hounds. Colour line block after J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1890Reference: 41733i- Pictures
The submission of four petitions against the Convention of Cintra. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585548i- Pictures
William Pitt the younger stands in the House of Commons facing the opposition benches, who are in corked and labelled bottles, as he uncorks a bottle containing the bloated and scowling face of Sheridan. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585508i- Pictures
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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?).
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1788Reference: 28436i- Pictures
A very large woman is waltzing with a very small man. Etching after J. Gillray, 1800.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 34284i- Pictures
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A carriage in Scotland has broken sending the occupants flying in all directions. Etching after J. Gillray, 1805.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1810-1819Reference: 37235i- Pictures
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A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 544797i- Pictures
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Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Watercolour after J. Gillray, 1802.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 11754i- Pictures
An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 11818i- Pictures
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Fox running out of the House of Commons in the middle of a debate with William Pitt the younger about the Regency crisis: he is excreting as he runs, which refers to a bout of dysentery he caught on route from Bologna. Etching by J. Gillray, 1788.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 12 December 1788Reference: 12175i- Pictures
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Admiral Rodney stands between Britannia and Neptune. Etching by J. Gillray, 1782.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1782Reference: 31722i- Pictures
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Voltaire instructing the infant Jacobinism. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, ca. 1800.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1800Reference: 562799i- Pictures
A pyramidal bas relief monument to Lady Cecilia Johnston, seated on a latrine-like stool; expressing her position in fashionable society as an elderly coquette. Etching by James Gillray, 1791.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 19 September 1791Reference: 12088i- Pictures
Two fat courtesans sit side by side on a settee with the Duke of Norfolk sitting between them holding their hands as he holds a wine glass in one hand while gazing at one of them. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585503i