James Gillray
(1756-1815), CaricaturistSitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 887 portraits
Gillray was the greatest and most definitive satirist of the age, producing caricatures of politics and social life, often directed at the Royal Family.
Alessandro, Count of Cagliostro (Giuseppe Balsamo) ('A Masonic anecdote')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 November 1786
NPG D13056
'Wife & no wife - or - a trip to the Continent'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 27 March 1786
NPG D13066
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 23 June 1787
NPG D12354
'Anticipation, or the approaching fate of the French Commercial Treaty'
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
hand-coloured etching, published 1787?
NPG D12356
William Pitt ('The Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr Pr*ty***n's bisho-prick')
by James Gillray, published by R. Phillips
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published March 1787
NPG D12357
William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne)
by James Gillray, published by R. Phillips
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 12 March 1787
NPG D12358
'The board of controul, or the blessings of a Scotch dictator'
by James Gillray, published by R. Phillips
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 March 1787
NPG D12359
by James Gillray, published by John Jarvis
hand-coloured etching, published 2 April 1787
NPG D12360
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 May 1787
NPG D12361
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1787
NPG D12362
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 June 1787
NPG D12363
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 9 June 1787
NPG D12364
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 June 1787
NPG D12365
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 30 June 1787
NPG D12366
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 21 May 1787
NPG D12994
'Amsterdam in a dam'd predicament, - or - the last scene of the Republican pantomime'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1787
NPG D12995
by James Gillray, published by Susannah Vivares, after Lavinia Spencer (née Bingham), Countess Spencer
stipple engraving, published 27 February 1787
NPG D13057
by James Gillray, published by Susannah Vivares, after Lavinia Spencer (née Bingham), Countess Spencer
stipple engraving, published 27 February 1787
NPG D13058
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1787
NPG D13060
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
etching and aquatint, published 29 May 1787
NPG D13061
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 29 May 1787
NPG D13062
'The loss of the Halsewell East Indiaman'
by James Gillray, published by Robert Wilkinson, after James Northcote
line engraving, etching and stipple, published 4 June 1787
NPG D13063
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
etching, published 22 August 1787
NPG D13064
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
etching, published 10 May 1787
NPG D14861
King William IV and an unknown woman ('Wouski')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 January 1788
NPG D12290
'The famous battle between Richard Humphreys and Daniel Mendoza...'
probably by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 11 January 1788
NPG D12369
'Foul play, or Humphreys and Johnson a match for Mendoza...'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 18 January 1788
NPG D12370
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ('Black-Dick turn'd taylor')
by James Gillray, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 February 1788
NPG D12371
'Questions and commands; or, the mistaken road to He-r-f-rd; a Sunday evenings amusement'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 February 1788
NPG D12372
'There's more ways than one' (Charles James Fox; William Pitt; Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 February 1788
NPG D12373
'Blood on thunder fording the Red Sea' (Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow; Warren Hastings)
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1788
NPG D12374
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ('Dun-Shaw')
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, aquatint and soft-ground etching, published 7 March 1788
NPG D12375
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 27 April 1788
NPG D12376
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1788
NPG D12377
'The bow to the throne, - alias - the begging bow'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 6 May 1788
NPG D12378
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 9 March 1788
NPG D12380
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1788
NPG D12381
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1788
NPG D12382
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1788
NPG D12383
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published July 1788
NPG D12384
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