- 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.; 31.7 x 36.7 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Political caricatures from the reign of George III; events satirized include the French occupation of Egypt and other events from the Napoleonic War in Europe. Individuals portrayed include Napoleon, the Prince of Wales, Prince Frederick of Orange, the Duke of Bedford, Charles James Fox and Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones.
- Subjects
- Black people in art
- Prints > English > 1700-1799
- Caricatures > English > 1700-1799
- Allegories
- Netherlands > History > 1795-1815
- France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
- Egypt > History > French occupation, 1798-1801
- Turks
- Crocodile attacks
- Crocodiles
- Beheading
- Arabs
- Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821
- Jones, Thomas Tyrwhitt, Sir, 1765-1811
- George > IV, > King of Great Britain, > 1762-1830
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
- Genre/Form
- Allegories.
- 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.66 L'Insurrection de l'Institut Amphibie - The Pursuit of Knowledge -- Pol.III.67 "L'Infanterie Francaise en Egypt" - Le Genéral L'Asne converted to Ibrahim Bey -- Pol.III.68 "Mamlouk et Hussard Republicain," General result of Buonaparte's Attack upon Ibrahim Bey's Rear Guard -- Pol.III.69 Tirailleur Francais et Chevau Leger de L'Armée du Pacha de Rhodes - Evolutions of French Mounted Riflemen -- Pol.III.70 Praetor-Urbanus: Inauguration of the Coptic Mayor of Cairo, preceded by the Procureur de la Commune -- Pol.III.71 Théologie á [sic] la Turque - The Pale of the Church of Mahomet -- Pol.III.73 New Pantheon of Democratic Mytho-logy -- Pol.III.74 Hercules Reposing -- Pol.III.75 Mars -- Pol.III.76 Harpyes defiling the Feast -- Pol.III.77 Cupid -- Pol.III.78 The Twin Stars, Castor & Pollux -- Pol.III.79 The Affrighted Centaur & Lion Britanique [sic] -- Pol.III.80 Duke William's Ghost -- Pol.III.81 The State of the War or the Monkey-Race in danger -- Pol.III.82 The High German method of destroying Vermin at Rat-stadt.
- Pol.III.83 Independence -- Pol.III.84 French Generals retiring, on account of their health: with Le paux presiding in the Directorial Dispensary -- Pol.III.85 -- Pol.III.85 A French Gentleman of the Court of Louis XVIth - A French Gentleman of the Court of Egalité, 1799 -- Pol.III.86 Allied Powers, un-booting Egalité -- Pol.III.87 The Reception in Holland.
- Call Number
- MEZYRK (Gillray) Pol.III
- OCLC
- NYPG94-F220
- Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
- Title
Political caricatures [graphic].
- Imprint
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.
- 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