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Gillray's output was dominated by his political prints and it is probably through this aspect of his work that he is best known today. For most of his career he aimed his satires at government and opposition alike, criticising Whigs and Tories with equal venom. There was, however, a period in the late 1790s when he was paid a secret pension, or retainer, by William Pitt's Tory government. During this time he produced prints in association with George Canning's newspaper The Anti-Jacobin, published to oppose French revolutionary values. View of the hustings in Covent Garden (D12883) shows Richard Brinsley Sheridan being abused by the public during his campaign for election to Fox's seat after the latter's death.

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Edmund Burke ('The chancellor of the inquisition marking the incorrigibles'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12473

Edmund Burke ('The chancellor of the inquisition marking the incorrigibles')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 19 March 1793
NPG D12473

'Presentation of the Mahometan credentials - or - the final resource of French atheists', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13018

'Presentation of the Mahometan credentials - or - the final resource of French atheists'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 December 1793
NPG D13018

'Jack a' both sides!', by James Gillray, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D12483

'Jack a' both sides!'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 1 January 1794
NPG D12483

William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12529

William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 8 June 1795
NPG D12529

'The Republican rattle-snake fascinating the Bedford-squirrel', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12547

'The Republican rattle-snake fascinating the Bedford-squirrel'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 November 1795
NPG D12547

'Retribution; - tarring and feathering; - or - the patriots revenge', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12549

'Retribution; - tarring and feathering; - or - the patriots revenge'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 November 1795
NPG D12549

'The Crown and Anchor libel, burnt by the public hangman', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12550

'The Crown and Anchor libel, burnt by the public hangman'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 November 1795
NPG D12550

'Substitutes for bread; - or - right honorables, saving the loaves, and dividing the fishes', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12552

'Substitutes for bread; - or - right honorables, saving the loaves, and dividing the fishes'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 December 1795
NPG D12552

'A Hackney meeting', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12556

'A Hackney meeting'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 February 1796
NPG D12556

'Pity the sorrows of a poor old man', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12558

'Pity the sorrows of a poor old man'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 February 1796
NPG D12558

George Tierney ('The friend of humanity and the knife-grinder'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12626

George Tierney ('The friend of humanity and the knife-grinder')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 December 1797
NPG D12626

'A peep into the cave of Jacobinism', by James Gillray, published by  John Wright - NPG D12589

'A peep into the cave of Jacobinism'

by James Gillray, published by John Wright
hand-coloured etching, published 1 September 1798
NPG D12589

'Les membres du Conseil des Anciens', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12636

'Les membres du Conseil des Anciens'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured stipple and etching, published 18 April 1798
NPG D12636

'Les membres du Conseil des Cinq Cents', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12637

'Les membres du Conseil des Cinq Cents'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 April 1798
NPG D12637

Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford ('Membre du Directoire Exécutif'), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12638

Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford ('Membre du Directoire Exécutif')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured stipple and etching, published 18 April 1798
NPG D12638