- 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
- 21 prints : etching, engraving, aquatint, some col.; 33 x 35.2 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Political caricatures from the reign of George III, arranged by date, including satires on the French Revolution. Includes representations of book burning, Britannia, a bullfight, drinking, the guillotine, John Bull, money, sleepwalking, and tarring and feathering. Individuals portrayed include the Duke of Bedford, Richard Brothers, Charles James Fox, Lord Grenville, Admiral Howe, the Marquis of Lansdowne, William Pitt, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Several images are antisemitic.
- Subjects
- Prints > English > 1700-1799
- Caricatures > English > 1700-1799
- France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
- Tarring & feathering
- Sleepwalking
- Money in art
- Guillotine
- Drinking in art
- Bullfights
- Book burning
- Antisemitism in art
- John Bull
- Britannia
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
- Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
- Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
- George > III, > King of Great Britain, > 1738-1820
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Brothers, Richard, 1757-1824
- Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
- Genre/Form
- Caricatures – English – 1700-1799.
- Prints – English – 1700-1799.
- Note
- 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 G. Bohn, 1851.
- Provenance (note)
- Bequest of Samuel Jones Tilden.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray in Caricature Collection.
- Contents
- Pol.II.55 A Paris Beau -- Pol.II.56 A Paris Belle -- Pol.II.61 French-Telegraph making Signals in the Dark -- Pol.II.62 The Genius of France Triumphant, - or - Britannia petitioning for Peace -- Pol.II.64 The Prophet of the Hebrews, - the Prince of Peace - conducting the Jews to the Promis'd Land -- Pol.II.67 God Save the King, - in a Bumper - or - an Evening Scene, three times a Week at Wimbleton -- Pol.II.68 John Bull ground down -- Pol.II.70 A keen-sighted Politician finding out the British Conquests -- Pol.II.71 What a Cur'Tis -- Pol.II.72 Blindman's Buff or Too Many for John Bull -- Pol.II.73 A keen-sighted Politician warming his Imagination -- Pol.II.74 The British-Butcher, Supplying John-Bull with a Substitute for Bread -- Pol.II.75 The Sleep-walker -- Pol.II.76 The Republican Attack -- Pol.II.77 Hanging. Drowning -- Pol.II.78 Copenhagen House -- Pol.II.79 The Republican Rattle-Snake fascinating the Bedford-Squirrel.
- Pol.II.80 The Royal Bull-Fight -- Pol.II.81 Retribution; - Tarring & Feathering, - or - The Patriots Revenge -- Pol.II.82 The Crown & Anchor Libel burnt by the Public Hangman -- Pol.II.84 Substitutes for Bread; - or - Right Honorables Saving the Loaves & Dividing the Fishes.
- Call Number
- MEZYRK (Gillray) Pol.II
- OCLC
- NYPG94-F134
- Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
- Title
Political caricatures [graphic].
- Imprint
1794-1795.
- 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 G. Bohn, 1851.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray in Caricature Collection.
- Provenance
Bequest of Samuel Jones Tilden.
- Connect to:
- 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
MEZYRK (Gillray) Pol.II