Gillray Caricatures: British victories

After he was awarded a 'pension', or salary, by William Pitt in 1797, Gillray's prints tended to be supportive of government policy, including its handling of the war against Napoleonic France. Fighting for the dunghill: - or - Jack Tar settling Buonaparte (D12666) shows a British sailor (a 'Jack Tar') giving a skinny figure representing Napoleon a bloody nose after the Royal Navy's overwhelming victory over the French at the Battle of the Nile. Nelson's Victory; - or - good-news operating upon loyal-feelings (D12659) on the other hand, shows the dismay of the opposition, who opposed the war, on receiving the news.

'Nelson's Victory; - or - good-news operating upon loyal-feelings', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, published 3 October 1798, NPG D12659, © National Portrait Gallery, London — 'Nelson's Victory; - or - good-news operating upon loyal-feelings', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, published 3 October 1798

Horatio Nelson ('Extirpation of the plagues of Egypt; - destruction of revolutionary crocodiles; - or - the British hero cleansing ye mouth of ye Nile'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, published 6 October 1798, NPG D12660, © National Portrait Gallery, London — Horatio Nelson ('Extirpation of the plagues of Egypt; - destruction of revolutionary crocodiles; - or - the British hero cleansing ye mouth of ye Nile'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, published 6 October 1798

John Bull taking a luncheon: - or - British cooks, cramming old grumble-gizzard, with bonne-chére, by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, published 24 October 1798, NPG D12661, © National Portrait Gallery, London — John Bull taking a luncheon: - or - British cooks, cramming old grumble-gizzard, with bonne-chére, by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, published 24 October 1798

'Destruction of the French collossus', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, published 1 November 1798, NPG D12662, © National Portrait Gallery, London — 'Destruction of the French collossus', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, published 1 November 1798

'Doublûres of characters; - or - striking resemblances in phisiognomy', by James Gillray, published by John Wright, published 1 November 1798, NPG D12663, © National Portrait Gallery, London — 'Doublûres of characters; - or - striking resemblances in phisiognomy', by James Gillray, published by John Wright, published 1 November 1798

'"- Gentle manners, with affections mild, in wit a man, simplicity a child"', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, published 4 November 1798

Gillray Caricatures