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132 Portraits in set: James Gillray etchings, 1777-1811 (1777-89)
The Heinz Archive holds a significant collection of James Gillray prints, bound in 8 folio volumes, including an 'outsize' album containing some of the artist's largest and most impressive caricatures. The volumes, purchased in 1947 from the print/book dealer Thomas Thorp, came from the collections of Ralph Clutton and John Roland Abbey (1894-1969), whose bookplates appear within each volume.The 846 prints represent approximately 90% of Gillray's entire oeuvre and include many of his most ambitious creations, such as 'Titianus Redivivus' (1797) and 'Shakespeare Sacrificed' (1789) as well as a number of his less familiar non-satirical items such as the engraving of William Pitt (1789). The prints are invariably in excellent condition and the hand-colouring retains its original vibrancy.
by James Gillray, published by William Richardson
hand-coloured etching, published 7 March 1777
NPG D12277
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 March 1779
NPG D12278
William Markham ('The church militant')
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 September 1779
NPG D12279
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 15 October 1779
NPG D12280
'Bombardinian' (Sir Grey Cooper; Sir Robert Hamilton)
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, 1779?
NPG D12281
'Apothecaries - taylors, &c. conquering France and Spain'
probably by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
etching, published 29 September 1779
NPG D12292
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 January 1780
NPG D12283
by James Gillray, published by W. Renegal
hand-coloured etching, published 15 May 1780
NPG D12284
'Jones, Partridge and the cripple'
by James Gillray, published by Thomas Macklin
stipple engraving, published 14 September 1780
NPG D12285
'Sophie, Honour and the chambermaid'
by James Gillray, published by Thomas Macklin
stipple engraving, published 1 August 1780
NPG D12286
probably by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 August 1780
NPG D12287
'And Adam had power over all the beasts of the earth'
probably by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 January 1780
NPG D12288
'Ah, grant a me von letel bite'
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
etching, published 1 December 1780
NPG D12291
by Thomas Rowlandson, published by I. Jones
hand-coloured etching, published 10 December 1781
NPG D12289
E.T. van Berckel ('Pensionary van Berckel')
by James Gillray
etching and aquatint, published 4 July 1781
NPG D12293
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 August 1781
NPG D12294
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ('Sketched by Humphrey - spoil'd by Gillray')
by James Gillray, published by Robert Wilkinson, after William Humphrey
crayon manner engraving, published 1 November 1781
NPG D12295
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, 1781?
NPG D12297
Queen Elizabeth I ('The great and glorious days of Queen Bess')
by Unknown artist, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 30 June 1781
NPG D12319
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, published 14 August 1782
NPG D12296
'Crumbs of comfort' (Charles James Fox; Edmund Burke)
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, circa August 1782
NPG D12298
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 January 1782
NPG D12299
Samuel Johnson ('Old wisdom blinking at the stars')
by James Gillray, published by W. Rennie
hand-coloured etching, published 10 March 1782
NPG D12300
'Dame rat, and her poor little ones'
by James Gillray, published by J. Browning
hand-coloured etching, published 26 March 1782
NPG D12301
'Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 December 1782
NPG D12302
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 April 1782
NPG D12303
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 April 1782
NPG D12304
'Britania's assassination. Or the Repulicans amusement'
by James Gillray, published by Elizabeth d'Achery
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1782
NPG D12305
'Rodney introducing de Grasse'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 7 June 1782
NPG D12306
'Irish gratitude' (Henry Flood?; Henry Grattan; Edmond Sexton Pery, Viscount Pery)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 June 1782
NPG D12307
'St George and the dragon' (Charles James Fox; George Bridges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 June 1782
NPG D12308
'Monuments lately discovered on Salisbury Plain'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 15 June 1782
NPG D12309
'Gloria Mundi, or - the Devil addressing the sun'
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 July 1782
NPG D12310
by James Gillray, published by Elizabeth d'Achery
hand-coloured etching, published 2 August 1782
NPG D12311
'The v[ictualling] committee framing a report'
by James Gillray
etching, published 12 August 1782
NPG D12312
Edmund Burke ('Cincinnatus in retirement')
by James Gillray, published by Elizabeth d'Achery
hand-coloured etching, published 23 August 1782
NPG D12313
'The W[estminster] just-asses a braying - or - the downfall of the E. O. table'
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 August 1782
NPG D12314
by James Gillray, published by Elizabeth d'Achery
hand-coloured etching, published 11 September 1782
NPG D12315
Sir Francis Buller, 1st Bt ('Judge Thumb')
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 27 November 1782
NPG D12316
'The discarded viceroy silenced' (Charles James Fox and two others)
by James Gillray, published by Elizabeth d'Achery
hand-coloured etching, published 22 May 1782
NPG D12320










































