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Two huntsmen in a clearing are surrounded by gypsies who read their palms as a decoy for stealing their belongings. Etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after B. North.
North, Brownlow, 1778-1829.Date: 20 November 1804Reference: 577916i- 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
Lady Cecilia Johnston leans forward to kiss the nose of a large goat which puts a hoof on her chest. Engraving by James Gillray, 1792.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Feb 1792Reference: 585379i- Pictures
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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.
North, Brownlow, 1778-1829.Date: November 20th 1804Reference: 32801i- 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. Aquatint after J. Gillray, 1806.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 12202i- 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
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Man-midwives attempting to deliver a monstrous woman representing the Dutch National Convention. Etching attributed to James Gillray, 1796, after David Hess.
Hess, David, 1770-1843.Date: [1797?]Reference: 723664i- 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 huntsman accidentally rides into his own pack of hounds. Colour line block after J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1890Reference: 41733i- Pictures
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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.
Hess, David, 1770-1843.Date: [1797?]Reference: 532358i- 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
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
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
Charles James Fox as Christian in 'The pilgrim's progress', sinking into the slough of despond and unable to reach the Celestial City, which is shown as a Jacobin citadel in the right background. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585520i- Pictures
The Revolutionary General Hoche, playing the guillotine as a stringed instrument, ascends into heaven where the atrocities of the French Revolution greet his arrival. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585511i- Pictures
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John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich, is following a young woman who is pushing a barrow of carrots through the West End of London. Process print after J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Reference: 35893i- 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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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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The head of King Louis XVI being cut off by a guillotine. Etching by James Gillray, 1793.
Date: Feby. 16th 1793Reference: 31599i- 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
King George III sits on his throne asleep while the new ministry, helped by devils, drives out the king's old advisers. Etching by J. Gillray, 1782.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: April 2 1783Reference: 585051i- Pictures
A bull snorts angrily as it tosses a Spaniard in the air and is restrained by three men pulling its tail behind, a native American and a well-dressed French gentleman cower in fright to the right and a Dutchman sitting on a barrel of gin and smoking a pipe looks on in amusement. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1780.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Jan 4 1780Reference: 585026i- 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
A dinner of Dissenters: six men seated and standing, behind a table on which are decanters, a punch-bowl and glasses, drink a toast to the overthrow of the monarchy. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585504i- Pictures
King George III and Queen Charlotte stand before the open gate of the Treasury from which William Pitt the younger has just wheeled a wheelbarrow laden with money bags one of which he hands to the King. Line block after J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603163i