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Political caricatures

Title
Political caricatures [graphic].
Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Publication
1806-1808.

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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
20 prints : etching, engraving, aquatint, col.; 39.6 x 40.5 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Political caricatures from the reign of George III; most deal with the internal politics of Great Britain. Individuals portrayed include Sir Francis Burdett, Charles James Fox, James Paull, Richard Brinsley Sheridan and John Horne Tooke.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Caricatures – English – 1800-1899.
  • Prints – English – 1800-1899.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Cite As (note)
  • Caricature Collection.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Holdings checked in departmental copy of Thomas Wright and R.H. Evans, Historical and Descritive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray. London: Henry C. 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.IV.57 Visiting the Sick -- Pol.IV.58 Sketch for a Monument of Disappointed Justice -- Pol.IV.59 Westminster Conscripts under the Training Act -- Pol.IV.60 News from Calabria! Capture of Buenos Ayres! i.e. The Comforts of an Imperial Dejeuné at St. Cloud's -- Pol.IV.61 Triumphal Procession of Little Paul the Taylor upon his new Goose -- Pol.IV.62 The high-Flying Candidate (i.e. Little Paul Goose) mounting from a Blanket -- Pol.IV.64 View of the Hustings in Covent Garden -- Pol.IV.66 John Bull and the Sinking Fund - a P[r]etty scheme for Reducing the Taxes - & paying off the National Debt -- Pol.IV.67 A Plumper for Paul! or The Little Taylor done over! -- Pol.IV.68 A Kick at the Broad-Bottoms! i.e. Emancipation of "All the Talents" -- Pol.IV.71 The Fall of Icarus -- Pol.IV.72 Patriots deciding a Point of Honor! or an exact Representation of the celebrated Rencontre which took place at Combe Wood on May 2d 1807 between Little Paul the Taylor & Sir Francis Goose -- Pol.IV.73 Election-Candidates; or the Republican Goose at the Top of the Pole - the Devil helping behind!
  • Pol.IV.74 The New Dynasty: or the little Corsican Gardiner planting a Royal Pippin Tree -- Pol.IV.75 Charon's Boat or the Ghosts of "all the Talents" taking their last voyage -- Pol.IV.76 British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into the Harbour; the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billy's old boat -- Pol.IV.78 Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air! Glorious Prospects! -- Pol.IV.79 Broad-Bottom Drones storming the Hive, Wasps, Hornets & Bumble Beees joining in the Attack -- Pol.IV.80 Patriotic Petitions on the Convention -- Pol.IV.82 L'Enfant Trouvé: a Sample of Roman Charity! or the misfortune of not being born with Marks of "the Talents".
Call Number
MEZYRK (Gillray) Pol.IV
OCLC
NYPG94-F225
Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Title
Political caricatures [graphic].
Imprint
1806-1808.
Cite As:
Caricature Collection.
Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Thomas Wright and R.H. Evans, Historical and Descritive 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.
Provenance
Bequest of Samuel Jones Tilden.
Connect to:
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
MEZYRK (Gillray) Pol.IV
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