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The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist : with the history of his life and times / edited by Thomas Wright...with over four hundred illustrations.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1873]- Pictures
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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.
Paye, Richard Morton, 1750-1821.Date: March 1793Reference: 667946i- Pictures
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A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: May 23 1802Reference: 1i- Books
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Historical & descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray : comprising a political and humorous history of the latter part of the reign of George the Third / Thomas Wright and R.H. Evans.
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877.Date: 1851- Books
The works ... from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected / [James Gillray].
Gillray, James, 1756-1815Date: [1849?]- 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- Pictures
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A barber lathering a man's face, other men trying on wigs. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1818, after H.W. Bunbury, 1811.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.Date: 1818Reference: 35607i- Pictures
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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Feb.y 8th 1806Reference: 533358i- Pictures
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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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 28 July 1806Reference: 12199i- Pictures
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Lord Wycombe wearing a waistcoat, breeches and a top hat, carrying a stout cane in his hand. Etching by James Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: July 8th 1799Reference: 35271i- Pictures
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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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 31797i- Pictures
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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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 31717i- Pictures
William Cobbett is joined by six drunkards who applaud his toast of "damnation to the House of Brunswick"; representing British parliamentary reform. Etching by J. Gillray, ca. 1809.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 29 September 1809Reference: 26481iPart of: The life of William Cobbett, - written by himself- Pictures
Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 20 May 1804Reference: 12194i- Pictures
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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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: October 25th 1805Reference: 28520i- Pictures
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A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 10 June 1806Reference: 25938i- Books
Mr. Gillray, the caricaturist : a biography / by Draper Hill.
Hill, Draper.Date: [1965]- Pictures
William Pitt the younger as a very thin caricatured bank clerk stands behind a counter offering a handful of bank-notes to John Bull, while Charles James Fox and Sheridan attempt to stop Bull accepting the money. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603157i- Pictures
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A tall woman wears short feathers in her headdress and a short woman wears tall feathers in hers. Etching by James Gillray, 1795.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: June 20th 1795Reference: 32978i- Pictures
An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured aquatint by J. Gillray, 1801.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 11 November 1801Reference: 11820i- Pictures
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An operator treating the carbuncled nose of an obese patient with "Perkins's tractors". Coloured reproduction of an aquatint after J. Gillray, 1801.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 11 November 1801Reference: 11817i- Pictures
William Cobbett dressed as a farmer marches out of step towards the sea behind a recruiting serjeant and a drummer-boy. Etching by J. Gillray, 1809.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 29 September 1809Reference: 603148iPart of: The life of William Cobbett, - written by himself- Pictures
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Henry Addington as a medical practitioner bleeding the exhausted John Bull, assisted by other politicians; representing Britain's strength being sapped by nepotism in politics and by war with Napoleon. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1803.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 2 May 1803Reference: 12193i- Pictures
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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.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 12 June 1802Reference: 11752i- Pictures
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A fat judge pinching and admiring the fat on the side of a fat bullock. Etching by J. Gillray, ca 1802.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 16 Jan 1802Reference: 40050i