James Gillray etchings, 1777-1811 (1795-97 volume III)
126 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.
Lady Cecilia Johnston ('At the opera')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 October 1791
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 January 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 January 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 January 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 January 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 January 1795
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Charles James Fox ('Opposition eloquence')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 January 1795
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William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry ('Quiz-zing a filly')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 May 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 May 1795
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'The blessings of peace, the curses of war'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 12 January 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 24 January 1795
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Charles James Fox ('French-telegraph making signals in the dark')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 26 January 1795
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'The genius of France triumphant, - or - Britannia petitioning for peace'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 2 February 1795
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'Affability' (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; King George III)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 10 February 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 2 March 1795
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'The prophet of Hebrews, - the prince of peace - conducting the Jews to the promis'd-land'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 March 1795
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'Leaving off powder, - or - a frugal family saving the guinea'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 10 March 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 May 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 May 1795
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Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury (née Campbell) ('Modern elegance')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 May 1795
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'God save the King, - in a bumper. or - an evening scene, three times a week at Wimbleton'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 27 May 1795
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King William IV ('A true British tar')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 May 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 June 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 4 June 1795
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William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 8 June 1795
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'What a cur 'tis!' (Sir Roger Curtis, 1st Bt; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 June 1795
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William Pitt ('Blindmans-buff - or - too many for John Bull')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 June 1795
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Albinia, Countess of Buckinghamshire ('Enter Cowslip with a bowl of cream')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 June 1795
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William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville ('A keen-sighted politician warming his imagination')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 June 1795
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William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester ('A slice of Glo'ster cheese')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 June 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 15 June 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 June 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 25 June 1795
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'A lady putting on her cap, - June 1795'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 30 June 1795
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John Burgess ('A burgess of Warwick Lane')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 July 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 July 1795
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William Pitt ('The British butcher, supplying John Bull with a substitute for bread')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 July 1795
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William Pitt ('The sleep-walker')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 November 1795
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'The Republican rattle-snake fascinating the Bedford-squirrel'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 November 1795
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'Retribution; - tarring and feathering; - or - the patriots revenge'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 November 1795
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'The Crown and Anchor libel, burnt by the public hangman'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 November 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 17 December 1795
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'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
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'Promis'd horrors of the French invasion, - or - forcible reasons for negotiating a regicide peace'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 October 1796
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'The presentation - or - the wise men's offering'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 January 1796
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 January 1796
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'A modern belle going to the rooms at Bath'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 January 1796
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 February 1796
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'The fashionable mamma, - or - the convenience of modern dress'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and stipple engraving, published 15 February 1796
NPG D12557
'Pity the sorrows of a poor old man'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 February 1796
NPG D12558
Maria Garcia ('La belle Espagnole, - ou - la doublure de Madame Tallien')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 February 1796
NPG D12559
'Democratic levelling; - alliance a la françoise; - or - the union of the coronet and clyster-pipe'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 March 1796
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'Lady Godina's rout; - or - Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 March 1796
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'High-change in Bond Street, - ou - la politesse du grande monde'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 27 March 1796
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Rose Didelot ('No flower that blows, is like this Rose')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 April 1796
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