Research Catalog

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. 13 prints : etching, aquatint, some col.; 35.2 x 35.2 cm or smaller.

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
2. Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
3. Clare, Lord John Fitzgibbon, Earl of, 1748-1802
4. Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803
5. Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
6. Wynn, Watkin Williams, 1772-1840
7. Amateur theater
8. Carriages and carts
9. Drill and minor tactics
10. Drinking songs
11. Goats
12. Horsemanship
13. Music
14. Tractors, Metallic
15. Women in opera
16. Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

Genre/Form

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

Contents

1. 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

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. 1801.

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