James Gillray: The Art of Caricature

Early works (list of works)

1 James Gillray
Female Curiosity
Published 1 December 1778 by W. Humphrey
Etching, 35.8 x 25.5
Library of Congress

2 James Gillray
Sawney in the Bog-House
Published 4 June 1779 by Mrs Holt
Etching, 35.5 x 25.2
The British Museum, London

3 James Gillray
The Liberty of the Subject
Published 15 October 1779 by W. Humphrey
Etching, 25 x 35
The British Museum, London, Banks Collection

4a James Gillray
A peep into Lady W!!!!!y's Seraglio
Published 29 April 1782 by W. Humphrey
Etching, 26 x 36.5
The British Museum, London

4b James Gillray
Original copper plate for the print 'A Peep into Lady !!!!!!'s Seraglio'
Published 29 April 1782 by W. Humphrey
Copper, 26.7 x 37.1
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

5 Thomas Rowlandson
Caricature Heads
Pen and ink and wash on paper, 25.1 x 16.2
Tate. Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996 [Not exhibited]

6 John Hamilton Mortimer
Literary Characters Assembled Around a Medallion of Shakespeare
1776
Pen and ink, 20.8 x 28.6
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7a James Gillray
A Court Martial, -or- A Scene at the Horse Guards
Published 5 December 1782 by E. D'Archery
Etching and engraving, with publisher's watercolour, 25 x 35
Andrew Edmunds, London

7b James Gillray
Preparatory Drawing for A Court Martial
Pencil, pen and grey and brown ink with touches of wash and watercolour laid onto an early wash and line card mount, 21 x 32
Private Collection

8 James Gillray
A Warm Birth for the Old Administration
Published 2 April 1782 by W. Brown
Etching and engraving, 22.5 x 34.5
Andrew Edmunds, London

9 James Gillray
Gloria Mundi, or - The Devil addressing the Sun
Published July 22 [1782] by W. Humphrey
Etching, 35 x 25
Library of Congress

10 James Sayers
Paradise Lost
Published 17 July 1782 by C. Bretherton
Etching, 20.5 x 22
The British Museum, London

11 James Gillray
The Kettle Hooting the Porridge-Pot
Published 23 July 1782 by P.J. Leatherhead
Uncoloured etching, 22.5 x 31
The British Museum, London

12 John Jones after George Romney
Edmund Burke
Published 1776
Mezzotint, 51 x 35.6
National Portrait Gallery, London

13 James Gillray
Cincinnatus in Retirement
Published 23 August 1782 by E. D'Archery
Hand coloured etching, 22.5 x 31.5
Library of Congress

14 James Gillray
The Coalition-Dance
Published 5 April 1783 by W. Humphrey
Hand coloured etching, 24.7 x 34.7
The British Museum, London, Banks Collection

15 James Gillray
Love in a Coffin
Published 30 December 1784 by T. Trotter
Uncoloured etching, 23.5 x 41
The British Museum, London

16 After Charles Le Brun
Heads Representing the Various Passions of the Soul, Plate 18. Terrour or Fright
Published by R. Sayer circa 1760
Line engraving, 27.5 x 19.2
The British Museum, London

17 Jean Michel Moreau, called Moreau le Jeune
Ses Yeux sont fermés au jour Illustration to J.B. La Borde 'Choix de Chansons'
1773
Engraving, 25 x 17
Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

18 William Austin
The Merits and Defects of the Dead by their Ingenious Secretary
Published 1 May 1773
Etching, 29.4 x 38
Andrew Edmunds, London

19 James Gillray
The Miser's Feast
Published 6 March 1786 by W. Holland
Etching with aquatint, 26 x 40
Library of Congress

20 James Gillray
Wife & no Wife -or- A trip to the Continent
Published 27 March 1786 by W. Holland
Hand coloured etching, 37.6 x 47.6
The British Museum, London

21 James Gillray
A New Way to Pay the National Debt
Published 21 April 1786 by W. Holland
Etching and engraving, 42.7 x 52.2
Library of Congress

22 James Gillray
The Political Banditti assailing the Saviour of India
Published 11 May 1786 by W. Holland
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, 31 x 42.3
The British Museum, London

23 James Gillray
A Sale of English Beauties, in the East Indies
Published 16 May 1786 by W. Holland
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, 43.8 x 54.8
The British Museum, London

24 James Gillray
Lady Termagent Flaybum going to give her Step Son a taste of her Desert after Dinner, a Scene performed every day near Grosvenor Square to the annoyance of the neighbourhood
Published 25 May 1786 by W. Holland
Etching, 43.5 x 54.5
The British Museum, London

25 James Gillray
The Injured Countess
Published circa 1786 by C. Morgan
Soft-ground etching, 27.5 x 40
The British Museum, London

26 James Gillray
The Legacy
Published 10 November 1786 by W. Holland
Etching, 31.5 x 42
The British Museum, London

27 James Gillray
The Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr Pr*ty***n's Bisho-prick
Published March 1787 by R. Phillips
Etching with aquatint, 32.5 x 24.5
The British Museum, London

28 James Gillray
Ancient Music
Published 10 May 1787 by S.W. Fores
Hand coloured ecthing 42.7 x 55.1
The British Museum, London

29 Joseph Goupy
The True Representation and Character
1754
Etching and engraving, 46.7 x 31.4
The British Museum, London

30a James Gillray
A March to the Bank
Published 22 August 1787 by S.W. Fores
Etching (uncoloured 1st state), 42.4 x 54.5
Library of Congress

30b James Gillray
The March to the Bank
Published 22 August 1787 by S.W. Fores
Hand coloured etching, 42.4 x 54.5
The British Museum, London

31 James Gillray
The Morning after Marriage -or- A scene on the Continent
Published 5 April 1788 by W. Holland
Hand coloured etching, 42 x 51.2
Private collection

32 John Raphael Smith
Lady Sleeping in a Chair
circa 1782
Etching and Aquatint, 27.4 x 21
The British Museum, London

33 Bernard Baron after William Hogarth
Marriage a la Mode Plate 2
June 1745
Etching and engraving, second state of five,
The British Museum, London

34 James Gillray
The Bubbles of Opposition
Published 19 July 1788
Etching with aquatint, 35.2 x 23.5
The British Museum, London

35 James Gillray
Election-Troops bringing in their accounts
Published 14 August 1788 by H. Humphrey
Uncoloured etching, 25 x 35
The British Museum, London, Banks Collection

36 James Gillray
The Village Train
Published 4 June 1784 by R. Wilkinson
Stipple engraving, 43 x 50.8
Andrew Edmunds, London

37 James Gillray
The Nancy Packet
Published 19 October 1784 by R. Wilkinson
line engraving, etching and stipple, 44.2 x 56.2
The British Museum, London

38 James Gillray after James Northcote
The Loss of the Hasewell East Indiaman
Published 4 June 1787
Etching with stipple and line engraving, 51.5 x 63.3
Andrew Edmunds, London

39 James Gillray
The Triumph of Benevolence
Published 21 April 1788 by R. Wilkinson
Line engraving and stipple, 51 x 62
Private Collection

40 James Gillray
Mendoza
Published 24 April [1788] by I Lewis & sold by J. Aitken
Etching and aquatint, touched with white body colour, 44.5 x 34.7
The British Museum, London

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