Fashion and Society
Gillray is well known for his prints inspired by contemporary events, but he also made fun of the world of fashion. Prints looking humorously at the extremes of fashionable clothing were sometimes based on sketches made by amateur artists. For example, A back view of the cape (D12444) shows the fashion for large cape collars, as well as hair powder worn ostentatiously on the shoulders of the jacket. An inscription on this print tells us that it was based on a sketch by a Miss Keate.
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Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury (née Campbell) ('Modern elegance')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 22 May 1795
NPG D12524
'God save the King, - in a bumper. or - an evening scene, three times a week at Wimbleton'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 27 May 1795
NPG D12525
King William IV ('A true British tar')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 28 May 1795
NPG D12526
'John Bull ground down'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 1 June 1795
NPG D12527
'Presages of the millenium'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 4 June 1795
NPG D12528
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 8 June 1795
NPG D12529
'What a cur 'tis!' (Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 9 June 1795
NPG D12530
William Pitt ('Blindmans-buff - or - too many for John Bull')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 12 June 1795
NPG D12531
Albinia, Countess of Buckinghamshire ('Enter Cowslip with a bowl of cream')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 13 June 1795
NPG D12532
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville ('A keen-sighted politician warming his imagination')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 13 June 1795
NPG D12533
William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester ('A slice of Glo'ster cheese')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 29 June 1795
NPG D12534
'Parasols, for 1795'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 15 June 1795
NPG D12535
'Characters in high life'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 20 June 1795
NPG D12536
'The shadow of a duke'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 25 June 1795
NPG D12537
'A lady putting on her cap, - June 1795'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 30 June 1795
NPG D12538
John Burgess ('A burgess of Warwick Lane')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 3 July 1795
NPG D12539
Sir Joseph Banks, Bt
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 4 July 1795
NPG D12540
William Pitt ('The British butcher, supplying John Bull with a substitute for bread')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 6 July 1795
NPG D12541
William Pitt ('The sleep-walker')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 1 November 1795
NPG D12542
'The Republican attack'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 1 November 1795
NPG D12543
'A decent story'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 9 November 1795
NPG D12544
Mrs Sophie White
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23189
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23190
Unknown man
by George Estall
1879
NPG D23191
Study of an unknown man and woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23192
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23193
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23194
Three unknown women
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23195
Head of a horse
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23196
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23197
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23198
Unknown cavalryman on horseback
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23199
Sketch of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23200
Unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23201
Study of an unknown woman on the beach
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23202
Study of an unknown woman in a train car
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23203
Sketch of an unknown woman blown by wind
by George Estall
August 1867
NPG D23204
Unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23205
Two unknown soldiers on horseback
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23206
Sketch of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23207
Piscina, Peterboro Cathedral
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23208
Sketch of two unknown women, one carrying a large basket
by George Estall
1870
NPG D23209
Sketch of an unknown guardsman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23210
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23211
Caricatured sketch of an unknown man in a chair
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23212
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23213
Sketch of a town with a figure on a bridge
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23214
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23215
Unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23216
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23217
Unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23218
Unknown guardsman and liveryman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23219
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23220
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23221
Sketch of two unknown women
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23222
Figure study of an unknown woman
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23223
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