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. 21 prints : etching, engraving, aquatint, col.; 34.2 x 37.2 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Political caricatures from the reign of George III, including numerous caricatures of the Emperor Napoleon, as Lemuel Gulliver, as the Corsican fox, etc. The Reconciliation (Pol.IV.29) depicts the Prince of Wales, the future George IV, as the Prodigal Son. Other individuals portrayed include Lord Hawkesbury, Lord Moira, Charles James Fox and Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Subject

1. Prints > English > 1800-1899
2. Caricatures > English > 1800-1899
3. Prodigal son (Parable) in art
4. Medicine and art
5. John Bull > 1800-1899
6. Heraldry
7. Fox hunting > England
8. Britannia
9. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 > Gulliver's travels
10. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
11. Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821
12. Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808
13. Le Sage, Alain René, 1668-1747 > Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
14. Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
15. George > IV, > King of Great Britain, > 1762-1830
16. George > III, > King of Great Britain, > 1738-1820

Genre/Form

1. Caricatures – English – 1800-1899.
2. Prints – English – 1800-1899.

Contents

1. Pol.IV.1 German Nonchalence: or the Vexation of little Boney -- Pol.IV.2 The first Kiss this Ten Years! or the meeting of Britannia & Citizen Francois -- Pol.IV.3 A Phantasmagoria: Scene Conjuring up an Armed Skeleton -- Pol.IV.4 Bat-Catching -- Pol.IV.5 Evacuation of Malta -- Pol.IV.6 Physical Aid or Britannia recover'd from a Trance -- Pol.IV.7 Doctor Sangrado curing John Bull of Repletion - a hint from Gil Blas -- Pol.IV.8 Armed Heroes -- Pol.IV.9 Maniac Ravings or Little Boney in a strong Fit -- Pol.IV.11 The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, vide Swift's Gulliver Voyage to Brobdingnag -- Pol.IV.12 Death of the Corsican Fox - Scene the last of the Royal Hunt -- Pol.IV.13 Buonaparte, 48 Hours after Landing! -- Pol.IV.14 John Bull giving little Boney fair play -- Pol.IV.15 The Hand-writing upon the Wall -- Pol.IV.18 The Arms of France -- Pol.IV.21 Destruction of the French Gun-boats - or - Little Boney & his friend Talley in high Glee.
2. Pol.IV.23 The State Waggoner and John Bull -- Pol.IV.25 Britannia between Death and the Doctor's -- Pol.IV.27 A hint to Young Officers -- Pol.IV.29 The Reconciliation -- Pol.IV.30 The Genius of France, nursing her darling.

Call number

1. MEZYRK (Gillray) Pol.IV

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.

Cite as (note)

1. Caricature Collection.

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 G. 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. 1803-1804.

Cite as:

1. Caricature Collection.

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 G. 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.IV