James Gillray etchings, 1777-1811 (1801-05 volume V)
107 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.
by James Gillray
pencil, circa 1800-1810
NPG D12752
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 January 1801
NPG D12754
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 February 1801
NPG D12755
'Integrity retiring from office!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 24 February 1801
NPG D12756
'A pair of polished gentlemen' (Sir Lumley St George Skeffington; Montague James Mathew)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and soft-ground etching, published 10 March 1801
NPG D12757
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and soft-ground etching, published 15 March 1801
NPG D12758
John Fitzgibbon, 1st Earl of Clare ('Mental energy')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 April 1801
NPG D12759
George James Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley ('Corporeal stamina')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 April 1801
NPG D12760
Sir William Hamilton ('From Sir William Hamilton's collection')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 8 May 1801
NPG D12761
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey, after Brownlow North
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 15 May 1801
NPG D12762
'Lilliputian-substitutes, equiping for public service'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 28 May 1801
NPG D12763
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 6 June 1801
NPG D12764
'Be gone dull care, - I prithee begone from me!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 June 1801
NPG D12765
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 June 1801
NPG D12766
Polly Lyon de Symons (née Goldsmid) ('A lyoness')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 July 1801
NPG D12767
'Preliminaries of peace! - or - John Bull, and his little friends "marching to Paris"'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 6 October 1801
NPG D12768
'Political dreamings! - Visions of peace! - Perspective horrors!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 November 1801
NPG D12769
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 11 November 1801
NPG D12770
'Forming a line on the parade'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 November 1801
NPG D12771
Thomas Ogle (' - "Don't tell me of Major Semple! - ..."')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
stipple and aquatint, published 18 November 1801
NPG D12772