Research Catalog

Political caricatures

Title
  1. Political caricatures [graphic].
Published by
  1. 1786-1789.
Author
  1. Gillray, James, 1756-1815.

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Additional authors
  1. Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886
Description
  1. 8 prints : etching, aquatint, some col.; 39.2 x 211.5 cm. or smaller.
Summary
  1. Political caricatures from the reign of George III, including satires on the French Revolution and the Order of the Bath. Individuals depicted include Edmund Burke, George III, George IV, Queen Charlotte and Louis XVI.
Subject
  1. Prints > Great Britain > 1700-1799
  2. Caricatures > Great Britain > 1700-1799
  3. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
  4. Order of the Bath
  5. Louis > XVI, > King of France, > 1754-1793
  6. George > IV, > King of Great Britain, > 1762-1830
  7. George > III, > King of Great Britain, > 1738-1820
  8. Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
  9. Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Genre/Form
  1. Caricatures – Great Britain – 1700-1799.
  2. Prints – Great Britain – 1700-1799.
Contents
  1. Pol.I.73 A New Way to Pay the National-Debt -- Pol.I.82 Monstrous Craws, at a New Coalition Feast -- Pol.I.103 Opposition - Coaches -- Pol.I.104 The Installation - Supper, as Given at the Pantheon by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 1788 -- Pol.I.116 King Pitt A Cut Purse of the Empire and the Rule that from a Shelf the Precious Diadem Stole, and Put it in his Pocket -- Pol.I.117 Upright Billy, Alias Orator Humbug -- Pol.I.120 The Funeral Procession of Miss Regency -- Pol.I.123 The Offering to Liberty.
Call number
  1. MEZYRK+ (Gillray) Pol.I
Note
  1. Title devised by cataloger.
Cite as (note)
  1. Caricature Collection.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
  1. Finding aid available.
Provenance (note)
  1. Bequest of Samuel Jones Tilden.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of Caricature Collection.
Author
  1. Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Title
  1. Political caricatures [graphic].
Imprint
  1. 1786-1789.
Cite as:
  1. Caricature Collection.
Indexes
  1. Finding aid available.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of 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.
Research call number
  1. MEZYRK+ (Gillray) Pol.I
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