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'The battle between Mendoza and Humphrey...' (Daniel Mendoza; Richard Humphries (Humphreys))

probably by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 7 May 1789
NPG D12398

'Cooling the brain or - the little major, shaving the shaver' (Edmund Burke; John Scott-Waring; Warren Hastings)

by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 8 May 1789
NPG D12399

'Brunswick triumphant! or - the battle of the blood's, - pure, and contaminated'

by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 23 May 1789
NPG D12400

'A scene on Tuesday the 26th of May between a prince - and - a poltron'

by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 27 May 1789
NPG D12401

William Pitt

by James Gillray, published by John Harris
etching, published 9 April 1789
NPG D12402

William Pitt

by James Gillray, published by John Harris
etching, published 28 May 1789
NPG D12403

'The coward comforted, - or - a scene immediately after the duel'

by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 29 May 1789
NPG D12404

'Hyde-Park; - Sunday, - or - both hemispheres of the world in a sweat'

by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 1 June 1789
NPG D12405

'France freedom Britain slavery'

by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 28 July 1789
NPG D12406

Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow

by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 27 June 1789
NPG D12971

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 29 June 1789
NPG D12974

'The accomodating spouse; Tyr-nn-es delight! - coming York over her; - or what you like'

by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 15 May 1789
NPG D12999

'The funeral procession of Miss Regency'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 29 April 1789
NPG D13053

William Pitt

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
line engraving, published 20 February 1789
NPG D13068

William Pitt

by and published by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
line engraving, published 20 February 1789
NPG D13067

'Shakespeare sacrificed; - or - the offering to avarice' (John Boydell)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 June 1789
NPG D13069

'The offering to liberty'

by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 3 August 1789
NPG D13070

Philip Thicknesse

by James Gillray, published by James Ridgway
etching, published 14 September 1790
NPG D10953

'John-Bull, baited by the dogs of excise'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 9 April 1790
NPG D12408

Philip Thicknesse

by James Gillray, published by James Ridgway
etching, published 14 September 1790
NPG D12410

'Smelling out a rat; - or - the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his midnight 'calculations''

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 December 1790
NPG D12411

'The monster going to take his afternoons luncheon'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1790
NPG D13000

'Swearing to the cutting monster or- a scene in Bow Street'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1790
NPG D13001

Philip Thicknesse ('Lieut Goverr Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto; - or - the birth of Minerva')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching and aquatint, published 15 February 1790
NPG D13071

Philip Thicknesse

by James Gillray, published by James Ridgway
etching, published 14 September 1790
NPG D14393

'Wierd sisters; ministers of darkness; minions of the moon'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 23 December 1791
NPG D12436

Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk ('A natural crop;- alias- a Norfolk dumpling')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 September 1791
NPG D12367

King William IV ('Nauticus')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 October 1791
NPG D12394

'Bandelures' (King George IV; Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe); Richard Brinsley Sheridan)

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
etching and stipple, published 28 February 1791
NPG D12412

'Oh! That this too too solid flesh would melt'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 March 1791
NPG D12413

Margaret's ghost' (Elizabeth Gunning; Susannah Gunning (née Minifie); Peg Minifie)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 March 1791
NPG D12414

'The accusing spirit which flew up to heavens chancery with the oath...'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 8 April 1791
NPG D12415

'Taming of the shrew : - Katharine & Petruchio : - the modern Quixotte, or what you will'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 April 1791
NPG D12416

'Barbarities in the West Indias [Indies]'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 April 1791
NPG D12417

John Boydell ('The monster broke loose - or - a peep into the Shakespeare Gallery')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 April 1791
NPG D12418

'The impeachment, - or - 'the father of the gang, turnd Kings evidence''

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published May 1791
NPG D12419

Thomas Paine

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 May 1791
NPG D12420

'Britannia'

probably by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 25 June 1791
NPG D12421

'French democrats surprising the royal runaways'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 27 June 1791
NPG D12422

'The National Assembly petrified. The National Assembly revivified'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 28 June 1791
NPG D12423

Sarah Archer (née West), Lady Archer ('The finishing touch')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 September 1791
NPG D12424

Albinia, Countess of Buckinghamshire ('La derniere ressource; - or - Van-Buchells garters')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 October 1791
NPG D12425

Juliana Elizabeth Schwellenberg ('An angel, gliding on a sun-beam into paradise')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 October 1791
NPG D12426

Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe) ('Patent-bolsters; - le moyèn d'etre en-bon-point')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 October 1791
NPG D12427

Emma Edgcumbe (née Gilbert), Countess of Mount Edgcumbe ('A witch, upon a mount's edge')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 17 October 1791
NPG D12428

'Les trois magots'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1791
NPG D12429

'The soldier's return; - or - rare news for old England'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and stipple engraving, published 14 November 1791
NPG D12430

'A uniform whig' (King George III; Edmund Burke)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 November 1791
NPG D12431

'The introduction'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 November 1791
NPG D12432

'Frying sprats, toasting muffins' (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; King George III)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 28 November 1791
NPG D12433

'The York-minuet'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 December 1791
NPG D12434

William Pitt ('An excrescence; - a fungus; - alias - a toad-stool upon a dung-hill')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 December 1791
NPG D12435

'The York-reverence; - or - city-loyalty, amply rewarded'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 27 December 1791
NPG D12437

Lady Cecilia Johnston ('At the opera')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 October 1791
NPG D12509

'A modern cherub'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 16 November 1791
NPG D12957

Albinia, Countess of Buckinghamshire ('At church')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 October 1791
NPG D12961

'The seige of Blenheim - or - the new system of gunning, discoverd'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 March 1791
NPG D13002

'Betty Canning revived: - or - a peep at the conjuration of Mary Squires, & the gypsey family'

by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 25 March 1791
NPG D13003

'The balance of power. - or - "The posterity of the immortal Chatham, turn'd posture master"'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 April 1791
NPG D13004

Lady Cecilia Johnston ('"Patience on a monument"')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 19 September 1791
NPG D13005