Research Catalog

Political caricatures

Title
  1. Political caricatures [graphic].
Published by
  1. 1792-1796.
Author
  1. Gillray, James, 1756-1815.

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Details

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, aquatint, some col.; 34.8 x 57.2 cm. or smaller.
Summary
  1. Political caricatures from the reign of George III, including satires on the French Revolution, the Prince of Wales's affair with Mrs. Fitzherbert, an eruption of Vesuvius, & the trial of Charlotte Corday. Pol.II.83 is a parody of Benjamin West's painting of the Death of Wolfe. Other individuals depicted include Edmund Burke, Princess Caroline, Charles François Dumouriez, Charles James Fox, the Duke of York, Admiral Howe, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Dundas, William Pitt, Joseph Priestley & Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Subject
  1. Prints > Great Britain > 1700-1799
  2. Caricatures > Great Britain > 1700-1799
  3. Allegories
  4. Vesuvius (Italy)
  5. Great Britain > Politics and government > 1789-1820
  6. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
  7. Volcanoes
  8. Smoking
  9. Scylla and Charybdis (Greek mythology)
  10. Millennium (Eschatology)
  11. John Bull
  12. Dreams
  13. Britannia
  14. Bible > Revelation
  15. West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 > Death of Wolfe
  16. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
  17. Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
  18. Pitt, William, 1759-1806
  19. Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
  20. Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
  21. Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
  22. George > IV, > King of Great Britain, > 1762-1830
  23. George > III, > King of Great Britain, > 1738-1820
  24. Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
  25. Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
  26. Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
  27. Dumouriez, Charles François Du Périer, 1739-1823
  28. Corday, Charlotte, 1768-1793
  29. Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
  30. Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
  31. Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Genre/Form
  1. Allegories.
  2. Caricatures – Great Britain – 1700-1799.
  3. Prints – Great Britain – 1700-1799.
Contents
  1. Pol.II.36 The Dagger Scene: or The Plot discover'd -- Pol.II.38 Sans-Culottes feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty -- Pol.II.40 A Smoking Club -- Pol.II.44 Dumourier Dining in State at St. James's, on the 15th of May, 1793 -- Pol.II.45 Britannia between Scylla and Charybdis -- Pol.II.46 John Bull's Progress -- Pol.II.47 Blue & Buff Charity; or the Patriarch of the Greek Clergy applying for Relief -- Pol.II.48 The Heroic Charlotte La Cordé, Upon her Trial... -- Pol.II.52 Flannel-Armour; Female Patriotism, or Modern Heroes Accoutred for the Wars -- Pol.II.52 A French Hail Storm, or Neptune loosing sight of the Brest Fleet -- Pol.II.53 Presentation of the Mahamotan Credentials - or - The final resource of French Atheists -- Pol.II.54 Pantagruel's Victorious Return to the Court of Gargantua. After extirpating the Soup-Meagres of Bouille Land.
  2. Pol.II.58 The Eruption of the Mountain, or The Horrors of the 'Bocca del Inferno'... -- Pol.II.60 The Lover's Dream -- Pol.II.65 Light Expelling Darkness, - Evaporation of Stygian Exhalations, or The Sun of the Constitution, rising superior to the Clouds of Opposition -- Pol.II.66 The Real Cause of the present High Price of Provisions, or, a View of the Sea Coast of England, with French Agents, smuggling away supplies for France -- Pol.II.69 Presages of the Millenium; with the Destruction of the Faithful... -- Pol.II.83 The Death of the Great Wolf -- Pol.II.115 Promis'd Horrors of the French Invasion, or Forcible Reasons for negociating a Regicide Peace -- Pol.II.117 The Contrast, or Things as They Are -- Pol.II.118 Patriotic Regeneration - viz - Parliament Reform'd à la Francoise, - that is, Honest Men (i.e. Opposition) in the Seat of Justice.
Call number
  1. MEZYRK+ (Gillray) Pol. II
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 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. 1792-1796.
Cite as:
  1. Caricature Collection.
Indexes
  1. Finding aid available.
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
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