James Gillray etchings, 1777-1811 (1806-11 volume VI)
119 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.
Basil, 6th Earl of Denbigh ('Aquila Hapsburghiensis')
possibly by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, published circa 1780
NPG D12953
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 May 1780
NPG D12965
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
probably by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, published 1 June 1780
NPG D12966
Thomas Alexander Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie ('I have lost my stomach')
probably by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, published 1 June 1780
NPG D12969
Emma Edgcumbe (née Gilbert), Countess of Mount Edgcumbe
probably by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 May 1780
NPG D12970
John Campbell ('Mr C-m-l the jolly presenter of the Cannongate Kirk, in Edinburgh')
possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published circa 1781
NPG D12962
Giuseppe Puppo ('Signor Puppy. First catgut scraper')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 27 November 1781
NPG D12973
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 May 1782
NPG D12967
possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 February 1783
NPG D12955
possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 February 1783
NPG D12956
possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 February 1783
NPG D12959
'Old man holding a candlestick'
possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published February 1783
NPG D12960
possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 February 1783
NPG D12963
possibly by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, circa 1783
NPG D12964
by Unknown artist, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 14 January 1783
NPG D12968
'Impeachment ticket. For the trial of W-rr-n H-st-ngs Esqr'
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, circa February 1788
NPG D12943
'A lady at a card party who does not play'
possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 May 1788
NPG D12958
by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 27 June 1789
NPG D12971
by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 29 June 1789
NPG D12974
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 16 November 1791
NPG D12957