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Gillray's prints on the subject of war with France date from shortly after the declaration of war on 1 February 1793. In Fatigues of the campaign in Flanders (D13080) Gillray aims his satire at the first campaign in which British soldiers fought those of Revolutionary France, in Flanders. The British army was commanded, at the king's insistence, by the Duke of York, and while the army itself was poorly supplied, its senior officers were able to live a life of relative luxury. Gillray's print shows the Duke of York raising a glass to a plump Dutch woman on his knee. His face is not caricatured, but rendered in the stipple technique used for regular portrait prints; he shares his table with a fat Dutchman representing the Prince of Orange and a fearsome Austrian hussar.

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King George III ('The French invasion; - or - John Bull, bombarding the bum-boats'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13016

King George III ('The French invasion; - or - John Bull, bombarding the bum-boats')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 November 1793
NPG D13016

'Flannel-armour; - female patriotism, - or - modern heroes accoutred for the wars', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13017

'Flannel-armour; - female patriotism, - or - modern heroes accoutred for the wars'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 November 1793
NPG D13017

'What a cur 'tis!' (Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D34475

'What a cur 'tis!' (Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 June 1795
NPG D34475

'The blessings of peace, the curses of war', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12514

'The blessings of peace, the curses of war'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 12 January 1795
NPG D12514

Charles James Fox ('French-telegraph making signals in the dark'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12516

Charles James Fox ('French-telegraph making signals in the dark')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 26 January 1795
NPG D12516

'What a cur 'tis!' (Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12530

'What a cur 'tis!' (Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 June 1795
NPG D12530

'The Republican attack', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12543

'The Republican attack'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1795
NPG D12543

'Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, - or - forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12579

'Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, - or - forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 October 1796
NPG D12579

'Supplementary-militia, turning-out for twenty-days amusement', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12585

'Supplementary-militia, turning-out for twenty-days amusement'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 November 1796
NPG D12585

John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent ('The lion's share'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12591

John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent ('The lion's share')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 January 1797
NPG D12591

'End of the Irish invasion; - or - the destruction of the French armada', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12592

'End of the Irish invasion; - or - the destruction of the French armada'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 January 1797
NPG D12592

'The loss of the faro bank; or - the rook's pigeon'd', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12595

'The loss of the faro bank; or - the rook's pigeon'd'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 February 1797
NPG D12595

'Nelson's Victory; - or - good-news operating upon loyal-feelings', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12659

'Nelson's Victory; - or - good-news operating upon loyal-feelings'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 October 1798
NPG D12659

'Destruction of the French collossus', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12662

'Destruction of the French collossus'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and soft-ground etching, published 1 November 1798
NPG D12662

Napoléon Bonaparte ('Fighting for the dunghill: - or - Jack Tar settling Buonaparte'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12666

Napoléon Bonaparte ('Fighting for the dunghill: - or - Jack Tar settling Buonaparte')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 November 1798
NPG D12666

'Consequences of a successful French invasion, No 1, plate 1st', by and published by James Gillray - NPG D13086

'Consequences of a successful French invasion, No 1, plate 1st'

by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1798
NPG D13086