- 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
- 23 prints : etching, engraving, aquatint, col.; 34.3 x 36.2 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Political caricatures from the reign of George III; events satirized include the Irish rebellion, the expedition against Ostend, and Nelson's victory over Napoleon in the Battle of the Nile. Individuals portrayed include Charles James Fox, Sir Francis Burdett, Henry Grattan, and William Pitt.
- Subjects
- Prints > English > 1700-1799
- Caricatures > English > 1700-1799
- Ostend (Belgium) > History
- Ireland > History
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 18th century
- France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
- Egypt > History > French occupation, 1798-1801
- Belgium > History > 1794-1814
- Swine in art
- Pyramids > Egypt
- Physiognomy
- Nile, Battle of the, Egypt, 1798
- John Bull > 1700-1799
- Dueling
- Crocodiles
- Bastille
- Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
- Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
- Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821
- Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
- Genre/Form
- Caricatures – English – 1700-1799.
- Prints – English – 1700-1799.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Cite As (note)
- 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.III.40 The Tree of Liberty - with the Devil tempting John Bull -- Pol.III.41 Shrine at St. Ann's Hill -- PolIII.42 The Explanation -- Pol.III.43a United Irishmen in Training -- Pol.III.44 Pigs Meat : or The Wine flogg'd out of the Farm Yard -- Pol.III.45 Opposition Telegraphs : or the little second-sighted Lawyer giving a true specimen of Patriotic Information -- PolIII.46 Portrait of an Irish Chief: drawn from life at Wexford -- Pol.III.49 Nightly Visitors at St. Ann's Hill -- Pol.III.50 Evidence to Character: being, a Portrait of a Traitor, by his Friends and by Himself -- Pol.III.51 Nelson's Victory: or Good News operating upon Loyal Feelings -- Pol.III.52 Extirpation of the Plagues of Egypt; Destruction of Revolutionary Crocodiles; or The British Hero cleansing ye Mouth of ye Nile -- Pol.III.53 John Bull taking a Luncheon; or British Cooks cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard with Bonne-Chére [sic]
- Pol.III.54 Doublûres of Characters; or Striking Resemblances in Phisiognomy -- Pol.III.56 Stealing Off; or Prudent Secesion [sic] -- Pol.III.57 Fighting for the Dunghill; or Jack Tar settling Buonaparte -- Pol.III.58 Two Pair of Portraits presented to all the unbiassed Electors of Great Britain by John Horne Tooke -- Pol.III.59 Improvement in Weights & Measures or Sir John Seeclear discovering ye Balance of ye British Flag -- Pol.III.60 Buonaparte hearing of Nelson's Victory swears by his Sword to Extirpate the English from off the Earth -- Pol.III.61 Meeting of the Monied Interest - Constitutional Opposition to ye 10 pr cent -- Pol.III.62 Horrors of the Irish-Union; Botherations of Poor Pat -- or a Whisper across the Channel -- Pol.III.63 Citizens visiting the Bastille -- Pol.III.65 Egyptian Sketches extracted from the Portfolio of an ingenious young Artist, attached to the Institut National at Cairo.
- Call Number
- MEZYRK (Gillray) Pol.III
- OCLC
- NYPG94-F221
- Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
- Title
Political caricatures [graphic].
- Imprint
1798-1799.
- Cite As:
Caricature Collection.
- 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.III