Research Catalog

Political caricatures

Title
Political caricatures [graphic].
Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Publication
1788-1790.

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Details

Additional Authors
Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886
Found In
Gillray, James. Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray. 1779-1811. (NN)NYPG95-F67.
Description
26 prints : etching, engraving, aquatint, some col.; 39.6 x 44.3 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Political caricatures from the reign of George III, arranged by date, including satires on the Fall of the Bastille. Individuals portrayed include Edmund Burke, Charles James Fox, Warren Hastings, Lord North, William Pitt and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Pol.I.100 is a good representation of a camera obscura.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Caricatures – English – 1700-1799.
  • Prints – English – 1700-1799.
Note
  • Pol.I.102 is not by Gillray.
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Cite As (note)
  • Caricature Collection, Print Room.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Holdings checked in departmental copy of Thomas Wright and R.H. Evans, Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray. London: Henry C. Bohn, 1851.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray in Caricature Collection.
Contents
  • Pol.I.94 Dun-show -- Pol.I.95 A Dish of Mutton-Chops -- Pol.I.96 The Westminster Hunt -- Pol.I.97 Market-Day -- Pol.I.98 The Bow to the Throne, alias The Begging Bow -- Pol.I.99 The Political Banditti assailing the Saviour of India -- Pol.I.100 Camera-Obscura - Minor Fuit Infamia Vero -- Pol.I.101 State-Jugglers -- Pol.I.102 Ass upon Ass -- Pol.I.105 The Bubbles of Opposition -- PolI.106 Mason, the Duke's Confectioner, disposing of the Trinkets -- Pol.I.107 The Butchers of Freedom -- Pol.I.108 Blood & Co. setting Fire to the Tower & stealing the Crown -- Pol.I.109 The Battle of Bow-Street -- Pol.I.110 John Bull, in a Quandary -- Pol.I.111 Election-Troops bringing in their accounts, to the Pay-Table -- Pol.I.112 Charon's Boat: Or Topham's Trip with Hood to Hell -- Pol.I.113 King Henry IVth The Last Scene -- Pol.I.114 A Pig in a Poke Whist, Whist -- Pol.I.118 The Vulture of the Constitution -- Pol.I.119 Edward the Black Prince Receiving Homage -- Pol.I.121 Cooling the Brain or the Little Major shaving the Shaver.
  • Pol.I.122 France Freedom. Britain Slavery -- Pol.I.123 The Offering to Liberty -- Pol.I.124 John-Bull Baited by the Dogs of Excise -- Pol.I.125 Smelling out a Rat; or the Atheistical-Revolutionist Disturbed in his Midnight "Calculations".
Call Number
MEZYRKS (Gillray) Pol.I
OCLC
NYPG94-F110
Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Title
Political caricatures [graphic].
Imprint
1788-1790.
Cite As:
Caricature Collection, Print Room.
Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Thomas Wright and R.H. Evans, Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray. London: Henry C. Bohn, 1851.
Linking Entry
Forms part of Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray in Caricature Collection.
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NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886, collector.
Found In:
Gillray, James. Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray. 1779-1811. (NN)NYPG95-F67.
Research Call Number
MEZYRKS (Gillray) Pol.I
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