James Gillray etchings, 1777-1811 (1778-1808 supplement)
72 Portraits in set
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 Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 December 1778
NPG D12976
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 February 1779
NPG D12977
by James Gillray, published by Mrs Holt
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1779
NPG D12978
'Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wife's bottom; - o fye!'
by James Gillray, published by H. Brown
etching, published 14 March 1782
NPG D12979
'Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wife's bottom; - o fye!'
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 March 1782
NPG D12980
'The thunderer' (King George IV; Sir Banastre Tarleton, Bt)
by James Gillray, published by Elizabeth d'Achery
hand-coloured etching, published 20 August 1782
NPG D12981
'Changing places; - alias; Fox stinking the badger out of his nest'
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 March 1782
NPG D12982
'The minister in. The minister out' (Charles James Fox; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford)
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 April 1782
NPG D12983
Seymour Dorothy, Lady Worsley ('A peep into Lady W!!!!!y's seraglio')
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 April 1782
NPG D12984
'Evacuation before resignation'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 May 1782
NPG D12985
by James Gillray, published by P.J. Leatherhead
hand-coloured etching, published 23 July 1782
NPG D12986
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 August 1782
NPG D12987
by James Gillray, published by Elizabeth d'Achery
hand-coloured etching, published 3 September 1782
NPG D12988
by James Gillray, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 April 1783
NPG D12990
'The coalition' (Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Charles James Fox)
by James Gillray, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 April 1783
NPG D12991
'A sun setting in a fog; with the old Hanover hack descending' (Charles James Fox; King George III)
by James Gillray, possibly published by John Williams
hand-coloured etching, published 3 June 1783
NPG D12992
'Westminster school. or - Dr Busby settling accounts with Master-Billy and his playmates'
by James Gillray, published by James Ridgway
hand-coloured etching, published 4 February 1785
NPG D12993
'The injured Count,, S' (Mary Eleanor Lyon (née Bowes), Countess of Strathmore)
by James Gillray, published by C. Morgan
hand-coloured soft-ground etching, published circa 1786
NPG D12989
'"This is a sorry sight!" - Macbeth - scene, a lodging in Bond Street'
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published circa 1786
NPG D13047
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 21 May 1787
NPG D12994