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. 24 prints : etching, some col.; 34.3 x 35.5 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Personal and social satires from the reign of George III, including numerous satires on card playing and gambling, contemporary fashions, toilets, Wilberforce's bill for the abolition of the slave trade, the Prince of Wales' affair with Lady Jersey. Other individuals portrayed include the opera dancer Rose Didelot, Captain Vancouver, William V of Orange, and Prince Frederick William Charles of Würtembourg. Misc.II.24 is a view of Christies' Auction House.

Subject

1. Black people in art
2. Prints > English > 1700-1799
3. Caricatures > English > 1700-1799
4. Whist
5. Toilets
6. Sedan chairs
7. Pillories > England > London
8. Gambling
9. Fashion in art
10. Dance in art
11. Breastfeeding in art
12. Christies
13. Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
14. William > V, > Prince of Orange, > 1748-1806
15. Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
16. Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805
17. George > IV, > King of Great Britain, > 1762-1830

Genre/Form

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

Contents

1. Misc.II.1 Two-penny Whist -- Misc.II.2 A Modern Belle going to the Rooms at Bath -- Misc.II.3 Ladies Dress, as it soon will be -- Misc.II.4 National Conveniences -- Misc.II.5 The Fashionable Mamma, or The Convenience of Modern Dress -- Misc.II.6 La Belle Espagnole, ou la Doublure de Madame Tallien -- Misc.II.7 Lady Godina's Rout; - or Peeping Tom spying out Pope-Joan -- Misc.II.8 High Change in Bond Street ou la Politesse du Grande Monde -- Misc.II.9 A Philosopher, Conduit Street -- Misc.II.10 Philanthropic Consolations, after the loss of the Slave Bill -- Misc.II.11 "No Flower that Blows, is like this Rose" -- Misc.II.12 My Poll & My Partner Joe -- Misc.II.13 Cymon & Iphigenia -- Misc.II.14 Hint to Modern Sculptors, as An Ornament to a Future Square -- Misc.II.15 Operatic Grace, or the Operatical Finale to the Ballet of Alonzo e caro -- Misc.II.17 Exaltation of Faro's Daughters.
2. Misc.II.18 The Jersey Smuggler detected; or Good cause for Discontent -- Misc.II.19 The Grand-Signior retiring -- Misc.II.20 Fashionable Jockeyship -- Misc.II.22 Enchantments lately seen upon the Mountains of Wales, or Shon-ap-Morgan's Reconcilement to the Fairy Princess -- Misc.II.23 The Orangerie; or the Dutch Cupid reposing after the fatigues of Planting -- Misc.II.24 A Peep at Christies; or Tally-ho & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the Morning Lounge -- Misc.II.25 The Caneing in Conduit Street - Dedicated to the Flag Officers of the British Navy -- Misc.II.26 For improving the Breed.

Call number

1. MEZYRK (Gillray) Misc. II

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.

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. Miscellaneous caricatures [graphic].

Imprint

1. 1796.

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) Misc. II