Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886

Found in

1. Gillray, James. Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray. 1779-1811. (NN)NYPG95-F67.

Description

1. 17 prints : etching, engraving, aquatint, some col.; 35.3 x 36 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Political caricatures from the reign of George III, arranged by date, including satires on the French Revolution and the execution of Louis XVI. Other individuals portrayed include Charles James Fox, Thomas Paine, William Pitt and Tipu Sultan. Also includes depictions of cannibalism, John Bull and the guillotine. Several prints are scatological.

Subject

1. Prints > English > 1700-1799
2. Caricatures > English > 1700-1799
3. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
4. Scatology
5. John Bull > 1700-1799
6. Guillotine
7. Cannibalism
8. Tipu Sultan, Fath ʼAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1793
9. Pitt, William, 1759-1806
10. Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
11. Louis > XVI, > King of France, > 1754-1793
12. George > III, > King of Great Britain, > 1738-1820
13. Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
14. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 > Pilgrim's progress

Genre/Form

1. Caricatures – English – 1700-1799.
2. Prints – English – 1700-1799.

Contents

1. Pol.II.22 Patriots amusing themselves; or Swedes practising at a Post -- Pol.II.24 Austrian Bugaboo Funking the French Army -- Pol.II.25 The Bishop of A Tun's Breeches; or The Flaming Eveque purifying the House of Office! -- Pol.II.26 Scotch Harry's News; Or Nincumpoop in High Glee -- Pol.II.27 The Fall of the Wolsey of the Woolsack -- Pol.II.28 Wha Wants Me? -- PolII.30 A Connoisseur examining a Cooper -- Pol.II.32 Un petit Souper, a la Parisienne; or A Family of Sans Culotts refreshing, after the fatigues of the day -- Pol.II.33 Tom Paine's Nightly Pest -- Pol.II.35 French Liberty. British Slavery -- Pol.II.37 The Slough of Despond; - Vide The Patriots Progress -- Pol.II.39 The Zenith of French Glory; The Pinnacle of Liberty, 1793 -- Pol.II.41 The Blood of the Murdered crying for Vengeance -- Pol.II.42 A Democrat, or Reason & Philosophy.
2. Pol.II.43 The Chancellor of the Inquisition marking the Incorrigibles -- Pol.II.49 A Member of the French War Department Raising Forces to Conquer the World -- Pol.II.50 The French Invasion; or John Bull, bombarding the Bum-Boats.

Call number

1. MEZYRK (Gillray) Pol.II

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.

Cite as (note)

1. Caricature Collection, Print Room.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. 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.

Provenance (note)

1. Bequest of Samuel Jones Tilden.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray in Caricature Collection.

Author

1. Gillray, James, 1756-1815.

Title

1. Political caricatures [graphic].

Imprint

1. 1792.

Cite as:

1. Caricature Collection, Print Room.

Indexes

1. 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

1. Forms part of Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray in Caricature Collection.

Provenance

1. Bequest of Samuel Jones Tilden.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886, collector.

Found in:

1. Gillray, James. Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray. 1779-1811. (NN)NYPG95-F67.

Research call number

1. MEZYRK (Gillray) Pol.II