Napoleon
Unlike his English targets, Gillray was never able to observe Napoleon in the flesh; he relied on French engravings to provide images on which to base his caricatures. Early prints such as Buonaparté leaving Egypt (D12727) show the influence of authentic portraits, but it is in the character of 'Little Boney', first seen on 1 January 1803, that Gillray established a lasting image that was taken up by other caricaturists. The earliest appearance of this characterisation was in German nonchalence - or - the vexation of little Boney (D12798), but the diminutive, capering, ranting figure in Maniac-ravings - or - little Boney in a strong fit (D12811) perhaps best expresses the way in which the character developed.
Napoléon Bonaparte ('Fighting for the dunghill: - or - Jack Tar settling Buonaparte')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 20 November 1798
NPG D12666
'Supposed to be, a correct representation of a Mameluke chief'
by Unknown artist, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 1 December 1798
NPG D12667
Horatio Nelson ('The Hero of the Nile')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 1 December 1798
NPG D12668
'Two pair of portraits'
by James Gillray, published by John Wright
published 1 December 1798
NPG D12669
Sir John Sinclair, 1st Bt
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 1 December 1798
NPG D12670
Napoleon Bonaparte
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 8 December 1798
NPG D12671
'Meeting of the monied interest'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 13 December 1798
NPG D12672
'Horrors of the Irish-Union; - botheration of poor Pat - or - a whisper across the Channel'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 24 December 1798
NPG D12673
'Evidence to character; - being a portrait of a traitor, by his friends & by himself'
by James Gillray, published by John Wright
published 1 October 1798
NPG D12674
'Lullaby! - sooth him with a lullaby!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 12 July 1798
NPG D12675
'Citizens visiting the Bastille' (John Courtenay; Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 16 January 1799
NPG D12676
'A charm for a democracy, reviewed, analysed, & destroyed Jany 1st 1799 to the confusion of its affiliated friends'
by Thomas Rowlandson, published by James Whittle
published 1 February 1799
NPG D12677
'Egyptian sketches'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 12 March 1799
NPG D12678
'"Tirailleur Francais, et chevau leger de l'armée du Pacha du Rhodes" - evolutions of French mounted riflemen'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 12 March 1799
NPG D12679
'"L'insurrection de l'Institut Amphibie." - the pursuit of knowledge'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 12 March 1799
NPG D12680
'"L'Infanterie Francaise en Egypte." - le Genéral l'Asne converted to Ibrahim Bey'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 12 March 1799
NPG D12681
'Théologie à la Turque. - the pale of the Church of Mahomet. -'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 12 March 1799
NPG D12682
'"Mamlouk, et Hussard Republicain." - general result of Buonaparte's attack upon Ibrahim Bey's rear guard'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 12 March 1799
NPG D12683
"Praetor-Urbanus;" - inauguration of the Coptic Mayor of Cairo, preceded by the Procureur de la Commune'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 12 March 1799
NPG D12684
'New Pantheon of Democratic Mythology'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 7 May 1799
NPG D12685
Charles James Fox ('Hercules reposing')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 7 May 1799
NPG D12686
George Walpole ('Mars')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 7 May 1799
NPG D12687
'Harpyes defiling the feast' (George Tierney; George Shuckburgh; Joseph Jekyll)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 7 May 1799
NPG D12688
John Nicolls ('Cupid')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 7 May 1799
NPG D12689
'The twin stars, Castor & Pollux' (George Barclay?; Charles Sturt?)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 7 May 1799
NPG D12690
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford ('The affrighted centaur, & lion Britanique')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 7 May 1799
NPG D12691
'The gout'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 14 May 1799
NPG D12692
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings ('A man of importance')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 16 May 1799
NPG D12693
'The state of the war - or the monkey-race in danger'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 20 May 1799
NPG D12694
Jean Antoine Joseph de Bry ('The High German method of destroying vermin at Rat-Stadt')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 22 May 1799
NPG D12695
Alexander Vasilievich Suvóroff ('Field-Marshall Count Suwarrow-Romniskoy')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 23 May 1799
NPG D12696
Richard Brinsley Sheridan ('Pizarro contemplating over the product of his new Peruvian mine')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 4 June 1799
NPG D12697
Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones ('Independence')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 9 June 1799
NPG D12698
'"Monstrosities" of 1799, - scene, Kensington Gardens'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 25 June 1799
NPG D12699
John Henry Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne ('"Elegance democratique." A sketch found near High-Wycombe')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 8 July 1799
NPG D12700
'Punch cures the gout, - the colic, - and the 'tisick'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
published 13 July 1799
NPG D12701
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