- 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
- 13 prints : etching, aquatint, some col.; 35.2 x 35.2 cm or smaller.
- Summary
- Personal and social caricatures from the reign of George III, including satires of Benjamin Perkins' "Metallic Tractors," the opera singer Mrs. Billington, military drill, music, and the amateur theatricals of the Pic-Nic Society. Other individuals portrayed include the Marquess of Cholmondeley, the Earl of Clare, Sir William Hamilton and Watkin Williams Wynn.
- Subjects
- Prints > English > 1800-1899
- Caricatures > English > 1800-1899
- Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Women in opera
- Tractors, Metallic
- Music
- Horsemanship
- Goats
- Drinking songs
- Drill and minor tactics
- Carriages and carts
- Amateur theater
- Wynn, Watkin Williams, 1772-1840
- Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
- Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803
- Clare, Lord John Fitzgibbon, Earl of, 1748-1802
- Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
- Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
- Genre/Form
- Caricatures – English – 1800-1899.
- Prints – English – 1800-1899.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- 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
- Misc.II.111 Mental Energy -- Misc.II.112 Corporeal Stamina -- Misc.II.114 From Sir Willm. Hamilton's Collection -- Misc.II.115 Playing in Parts -- Misc.II.116 "Every Rogue is a Coward" -- Misc.II.117 "Be gone dull Care, I prithee begone from Me!" -- Misc.II.118 A Welch Tandem -- Misc.II.119 A Lyoness -- Misc.II.120 Metallic Tractors -- Misc.II.121 "Don't tell me of Major Semple!" -- Misc.II.122 Forming a Line on the Parade -- Misc.II.123 Anacreontick's in full Song -- Misc.II.124 A Bravura Air Mandane.
- Call Number
- MEZYRK (Gillray) Misc.II
- OCLC
- NYPG95-F57
- Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
- Title
Miscellaneous caricatures [graphic].
- Imprint
1801.
- 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.
- Connect to:
- 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) Misc.II