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| James Gillray Self-Portrait |
James Gillray (1756 – 1815) was one of the greatest caricaturists of the 18th century. From around 1775 to 1810 he produced nearly 1000 prints caricaturing the rich and famous, and satires on British political and social life during the age of Napoleon. He was both sought-after and feared. No sooner would a new Gillray print appear than it was sure to be plagiarised or imitated by contemporaries both in England and abroad.
Gillray’s plates were executed in etching with stipple and coloured by hand. They were produced in broadsheets for popular consumption, and perhaps this is one of the reasons for the spontaneity that makes them so lively and timely.
For a fuller biography see part 1 also. For earlier works by Gillray see parts 1-2 also.
This is part 3 of a 6-part post on the works of James Gillray:
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| 1791 The YORK-REVERENCE; - or - City-Loyalty, amply rewarded. hand-coloured etching 25 x 35.2 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1791 WEIRD - SISTERS; - MINISTERS of DARKNESS; MINIONS of the MOON hand-coloured etching and aquatint 25.3 x 35.2 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1791 MARGARET'S GHOST. What's the matter AUNTEE-PEG, what makes you put on such a long Face? hand-coloured etching 21.4 x 26.6 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 A Back View of the Cape - hand-coloured etching 30.6 x 24.2 cm ( paper size ) © The National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 A CONNOISSEUR examining a COOPER. ( King George III and Oliver Cromwell miniature ) hand-coloured stipple engraving 34.5 x 24.7 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 A Duet "Turn fair Clora, turn, ah cruel, turn again" hand-coloured etching 33.8 x 25.7 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 A SPHERE, projecting against a PLANE ( William Pitt and Albinia, Countess of Buckinghamshire ) hand-coloured etching 27.5 x 22.4 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 A SPENCER & a THREAD-PAPER. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 27.1 x 21.4 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 A VOLUPTUARY under the horrors of Digestion ( King George IV ) hand-coloured stipple engraving 36.3 x 29 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 ANTI-SACCHARRITES, - or - JOHN BULL and his Family leaving off the use of SUGAR. hand-coloured etching 32 x 40.9 cm ( paper size ) © The National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 AUSTRIAN BUGABOO, Funking the FRENCH ARMY. hand-coloured etching 24.7 x 34.4 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 FRENCH LIBERTY. BRITISH SLAVERY. hand-coloured etching 24.9 x 35.3 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. ( Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Duchess of York and Albany ) hand-coloured stipple engraving 27.3 x 20.6 cm ( paper size ) © The National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. etching 28.6 x 20.6 cm ( paper size ) © National Portraiy Gallery, London |
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| 1792 JOHN BULL bother'd; - or - The Geese alarming the Capitol ( William Pitt ) hand-coloured etching and aquatint 31.1 x 38.8 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 Le Cochon et ses deux petits, - or - Rich pickings for a Noble appetite ( Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk ) hand-coloured etching 25.7 x 35.2 cm 9 paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 MODERN HOSPITALITY, - or - A Friendly Party in High Life hand-coloured etching 25.8 x 36.8 cm ( paper size ) © The National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 Neck or Nothing - hand-coloured etching 29.9 x 23.7 cm ( paper size ) © The National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 PATRIOT amusing themselves; - or - SWEDES practising at a Post. hand-coloured etching 24.9 x 34.8 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 SCOTCH HARRY'S News; - or - NINCUMPOOP in high Glee. hand-coloured etching 25 x 35 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 SIN, DEATH, and the DEVIL. hand-coloured etching 31.8 x 39.9 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 Spouting "Strike home! and I will bless thee for the Blow!" hand-coloured etching 34.4 x 26.2 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 TEMPERANCE enjoying a Frugal Meal. ( Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; King George III ) hand-coloured stipple engraving 36.2 x 29.2 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 The BOTTOMLESS-PITT. ( William Pitt ) hand-coloured etching 27.5 x 22.6 cm ( paper size ) © The National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 The Dagger Scene; - or - The Plot discover'd. hand-coloured etching 36.8 x 30 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 The Fall of the WOLSEY of the WOOLSACK. hand-coloured etching 24.7 x 34.8 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 The Power of Beauty; - St. Cecilia charming the Brute; - or -The seduction of the Welch Ambassador ( Lady Cecilia Johnston ) hand-coloured etching 25.2 x 35.3 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 The Visit to Piccadilly; - or - A Prussian Reception. hand-coloured etching 35.3 x 24.9 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 TOM PAINE'S Nightly Pest. hand-coloured etching 29.8 x 36.4 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1792 WHA WANTS ME? hand-coloured etching 26.2 x 21.4 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery |
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| 1793 A DEMOCRAT, - or - REASON & PHILOSOPHY. ( Charles James Fox ) hand-coloured etching 34.6 x 24.8 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1793 A French Hail Storm. - or - Neptune loosing sight of the Brest Fleet - ( Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ) hand-coloured etching 31.4 x 36.4 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1793 A SMOKING CLUB. hand-coloured etching 31 x 42.4 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1793 A VESTAL of -93, trying on the CESTUS of VENUS hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint 30.5 x 37 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery |
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| 1793 BRITTANIA between SCYLLA & CHARYBDIS. ( Charles James Fox; Joseph Priestley; Richard Brinsley Sheridan; William Pitt ) hand-coloured etching 30.4 x 36.3 cm © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1793 DUMOURIER dining in State at St. James's, on the 15th May 1793. hand-coloured etching 31.3 x 36.8 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery |
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| 1793 Flemish Characters etching 23.2 x 36.6 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1793 Flemish Characters etching 23.2 x 36.6 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1793 "Here's Songs of Love & Maids forsaken" ( attributed to ) hand-coloured etching 23 x 19.3 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery |
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| 1793 The CHANCELLOR of the INQUISITION marking the INCORRIGIBLES. hand-coloured etching 34.6 x 25 cm ( plate ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1793 The heroic Charlotte la Cordé, upon her Trial, at the bar of the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris hand-coloured etching 31.5 x 36.4 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1793 The Reception of the Diplomatique and his Suite, at the Court of Pekin hand-coloured etching 32 x 39.9 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1793 The Slough of Despond hand-coloured etching 25.4 x 36.6 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1793 The Zenith of French Glory; – The Pinnacle of Liberty. |
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| 1794 A PARIS BEAU. hand-coloured etching 24.4 x 15.8 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1794 A PARIS BELLE. hand-coloured etching 24.4 x 16.6 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1794 And catch the living Manners as they rise. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 34 x 24.7 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1794 FOLLOWING the FASHION. hand-coloured etching and soft-ground 32.8 x 35.6 cm ( paper size ) © National Portrait Gallery, London |