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Gillray often used animal images in his satirical prints. Portraying Charles James Fox as a human figure with fox’s head and brush, or as an actual fox, is an obvious wordplay which he used frequently in prints of the early 1780s: as with Changing places; - alias; Fox stinking the badger out of his nest (D12982). Such symbolic images were a little old-fashioned by the late eighteenth century however. In John Bull and his dog Faithful (D12566) Gillray uses animals in a different way, by applying their characteristics to the targets of his satire. In this print John Bull is pestered by dogs representing opposition MPs, while the government dog, William Pitt, leads him dangerously close to an abyss. At the time the print was published the imagery was particularly relevant, as a tax on dogs, an early form of licence, had been proposed.

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'Pigs meat; - or - the swine flogg'd out of the farm yard', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12654

'Pigs meat; - or - the swine flogg'd out of the farm yard'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 June 1798
NPG D12654

'New morality; - or - the promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite', by James Gillray, published by John Wright - NPG D13094

'New morality; - or - the promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Theophilanthropes, with the homage of Leviathan and his suite'

by James Gillray, published by John Wright
hand-coloured etching, published 1 August 1798
NPG D13094

'Harpyes defiling the feast' (George Tierney; George Shuckburgh; Joseph Jekyll), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12688

'Harpyes defiling the feast' (George Tierney; George Shuckburgh; Joseph Jekyll)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 7 May 1799
NPG D12688

Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford ('The affrighted centaur, & lion Britanique'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12691

Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford ('The affrighted centaur, & lion Britanique')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 7 May 1799
NPG D12691

'Bat-catching', by and published by James Gillray - NPG D12801

'Bat-catching'

by and published by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 19 January 1803
NPG D12801

'Death of the Corsican-fox - scene the last, of the royal-hunt' (King George III; Napoléon Bonaparte), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12818

'Death of the Corsican-fox - scene the last, of the royal-hunt' (King George III; Napoléon Bonaparte)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 July 1803
NPG D12818

'The wounded lion', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12847

'The wounded lion'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 July 1805
NPG D12847

'St George and the dragon' (Britannia; Napoléon Bonaparte; King George III), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13111

'St George and the dragon' (Britannia; Napoléon Bonaparte; King George III)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 2 August 1805
NPG D13111

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' - "More pigs than teats", - or - the new litter of hungry grunters, sucking John-Bull's-old-sow to death'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 March 1806
NPG D12861

'Triumphal procession of little-Paul-the taylor upon his new-goose', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12881

'Triumphal procession of little-Paul-the taylor upon his new-goose'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 8 November 1806
NPG D12881

'A great stream from a petty-fountain; - or - John Bull swamped in the flood of new-taxes: - cormorants fishing in the stream', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12908

'A great stream from a petty-fountain; - or - John Bull swamped in the flood of new-taxes: - cormorants fishing in the stream'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 May 1806
NPG D12908

'A plumper for Paul! - or - the little taylor done over!', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12886

'A plumper for Paul! - or - the little taylor done over!'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 March 1807
NPG D12886

'The pigs possessed: - or - the Broad Bottom'd litter running headlong into ye sea of perdition', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12888

'The pigs possessed: - or - the Broad Bottom'd litter running headlong into ye sea of perdition'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 April 1807
NPG D12888

'Patriots deciding a point of honour!', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12889

'Patriots deciding a point of honour!'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 May 1807
NPG D12889

'Broad-bottom drones storming the hive - wasps, hornets & bumble bees, joining in the attack', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12906

'Broad-bottom drones storming the hive - wasps, hornets & bumble bees, joining in the attack'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1808
NPG D12906

The Man of the Woods & the Cat-o'-mountain (Sir Matthew Wood, Bt; Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel), attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey - NPG D8094

The Man of the Woods & the Cat-o'-mountain (Sir Matthew Wood, Bt; Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)

attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 27 March 1821
NPG D8094