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Gillray's depictions of George III vary in their treatment of the king. On the one hand, his perceived faults, such as miserliness, could be the object of satire as in Temperance enjoying a frugal meal (D12461); on the other he could be identified positively with Britain or even as John Bull in prints relating to the war with France. Death of the Corsican-fox (D12818) for example shows the king as a huntmaster holding up Napoleon, in the form of a fox, to a pack of hounds with collars identified as victorious British admirals.

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'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

'John Bull and the alarmist' (Richard Brinsley Sheridan; King George III?), by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12821

'John Bull and the alarmist' (Richard Brinsley Sheridan; King George III?)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 September 1803
NPG D12821

'The reconciliation', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12833

'The reconciliation'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 November 1804
NPG D12833

'The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13104

'The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 10 February 1804
NPG D13104

'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

'An old English-gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12922

'An old English-gentleman pester'd by servants wanting places'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1809
NPG D12922