Biography
James Gillray (1756–1815) — British caricaturist and printmaker (1756-1815).
James Gillray worked as caricaturist, printmaker, draftsperson, illustrator and cartoonist and is associated with United Kingdom. Their documented life spans the years 1756 to 1815, born in Chelsea, died in London.
| Disciplines | caricaturist, printmaker, draftsperson, illustrator, cartoonist |
|---|---|
| Born | 1756, Chelsea |
| Died | 1815, London |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
Works
- John Bull & His Dog Faithful; - "Among The Faithless, Faithful Only Found"
- The Tree of Liberty
- Cockney-Sportsmen Re-charging
- Exhibition of a Democratic Transparency,-with its Effect upon Patriotic Feelings: Representing, the Secret-Committee throwing a Light upon the Dark Sketches of a Revolution found among the P
- Lordly Elevation
- Lieu't Gover'r Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto; or The Birth of Minerva
- The Power of Beauty; - St. Cecillia Charming the Brute; - or - The Seduction of the Welch-Ambassador (from: Caricature, vol. 2)
- The Introduction
- Coming-In at the Death
- The Salute, - Vide, The Parade
- The American Rattle Snake
- Président d'Administration Municipale. French Habits no 5
- John Bull Triumphant
- The Prophet of the Hebrews, - The Prince of Peace, Conducting the Jews to the Promis'd-Land
- Taking Physick; - or - The News of Shooting the King of Sweden!
- Destruction of the French Collossus
- The Magnanimous Minister, Chastising Prussian Perfidy.–vide–Morning Chronicle April 28th
- The Lover's Dream
- The Prince at Grass --- The Prince in Clover
- Evacuation of Malta
- The - Battle Royal, or Who Wears the Breeches
- The State Waggoner and John Bull.–or–the Waggon too Much for the Donkeys!
- Ladies Dress, as it soon will be
- The Minister In / The Minister Out
- The Real Cause of the Present High-Price of Provisions or A View on the Sea Coast of England, with French Agents Smuggling Away Supplies for France
- Consequences of a Successful French Invasion, No. I, Plate 2nd, We explain de Rights of Man to de Noblesse
- New Morality
- The Grand - Signior retiring
- A Plumper for Paul!–or–the Little Taylor Done Over; vide–the terrible Effects of provoking a Red-hot Shot from the Broad-Bottom'd-Whig-Battery
- The Sick Prince
- The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 3 - "The Master's Wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his Dog within the College walls."
- The General of Patriotism, - or -The Bloomsbury Farmer, Planting Bedfordshire Wheat
- Modern Grace
- Patience on a Monument
- French Generals Retiring, on Account of their Health; - with Lepaux Presiding in the Directorial Dispensary
- Maecenas, in pursuit of the Fine Arts
- Presages of the Millenium
- St. George's Volunteers Charging Down Bond Street, After Clearing the Ring in Hyde Park, and Storming the Dunghill at Marybone
- The Siege of Blenheim, - or - The New System of Gunning, Discovered -- Vide - A Bold Stroke for a Husband-Dedicated to the Duke of A.-.
- A New Administration, or - The State Quacks Administring
- The Orangerie; - or - the Dutch Cupid reposing after the fatigues of Planting
- The Triumphant Britons
- Jack A Both Sides!
- The three Mr. Wiggins's
- The Kettle Hooting the Porridge-Pot
- The Balance of Power. - OR - "The Posterity of the Immortal Chatham, Turn'd Posture Master." - Vide Sheridan's Speech -
- Glorious Reception of the Ambassador of Peace, on His Entry Into Paris
- The Bishop of a Tun's Breeches; - or - The Flaming Eveque, Purifying the House of Office
- Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets
- French Volunteers Marching to the Conquest of Great Britain
- Pantagruel's Victorious Return to the Court of Gargantua, (After Extirpating the Soup-Meagres of Bouille Land.) (from: Caricature, vol. 2)
- A Sacrifice to Slavery, Dedicated without Permission to the Puppet Player in Downing Street
- Le Diable Boiteaux
- The Friend of the People
- French - Telegraph Making Signals in the Dark
- Junction of Parties
- Evidence to Character; - being a Portrait of a Traitor, by his Friends & by Himself
- Love's Last Shift
- The Devil to Pay; The Wife Metamorphos'd or Neptune reposing after Fording the Jordan
- A Modern Cherub, - Vide Peters
- Substitutes for Bread; - or - Right Honorables, Saving the Loaves and Dividing the Fishes
- A Warm Birth for the Old Administration -----
- Exit Liberte a la Francois! - or - Buounaparte Closing the Farce of Egalite, at St. Cloud near Paris, Nov. 10th 1799
- Breathing a vein
- Fatal Effect of the French Defeat - Hanging (and) Drowning
- A Phantasmagoria;—Scene–Conjuring-Up an Armed-Skeleton
- What a Man Buys He May Sell. Blackstones Commentaries Page...
- Portrait of an Irish Chief; Drawn from Life at Wexford
- L'Enfant Trouve: a sample of Roman Charity
- Effusions of a Pot of Porter
- A Sun Setting in a Fog, With The Old Hanover Hack Descending
- French Liberty and British Slavery
- The Table's Turn'd. Billy, in the Devil's Claws. - Billy, Sending the Devil Packing
- Modern Grace; - or the Operatical Finale to the Ballet of Alonzo e Caro
- National Discourse
- Homer Singing His Verses to the Greeks
- Hounds Throwing-Off
- The Funeral Procession of Miss Regency
- The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver.–Vide. Swift's Gulliver: Voyage to Brobdingnag
- Crumbs of Comfort, - or - Old-Orthodox Restoring Consolation to His Fallen Children
- Le Coup de Maitre
- Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)
- God Save the King. - In a Bumper. Or - An Evening Scene Three Times a Week at Wimbleton
- Uncorking Old Sherry
- Two New Sliders for the State Magic Lanthern
- Independence
- A Cognocenti Contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique
- "More Pigs Than Teats",–or–the New Litter of Hungry Grunters, Sucking John-Bull's-Old-Sow to Death
- La Derniere Resource; - or - Van-Buchells
- Hounds in Finding
- The Reception of the Diplomatique and his Suite at the Court of Pekin
- The Fall of Phaeton
- Playing in Parts
- Equestrian elegance...or...a noble Scot, metamorphosed
- The Ghost's or the Taylor Befrited..., A German Story
- A Kick at the Broad-Bottoms! - i.e.- Emancipation of "All the Talents" - Vide the Fate or Yet Catholic Bill
- Patriotic Petitions on the Convention
- The Soliloquy
- Apothecaries, Taylors & c. Conquering France and Spain
- Election Troops bringing in their accounts to the Paytable
- The Sleep-Walker
- A Scotch Poney - commonly call'd a Galloway
- The Chancellor of the Inquisition Marking the Incorrigibles
- Sans-Culottes, Feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty
- Light Expelling Darkness
- The Cabinetical Balance
- United Irishmen Upon Duty
- Charming-well again
- Buonaparte, Hearing of Nelson's Victory, Swears by His Sword, to Extirpate the English off the Earth (from: Caricature, vol. 1)
- An Excrescence; - Afungus; - Alias - A Toadstool Upon a Dung-Hill
- Ancient Music
- The Feast of Reason, & the Flow of Soul, - ie: - The Wits of the Age, Setting the Table in a Roar
- Going to London, through "Epping Forest"
- Nelson's Victory: - or - Good - News Operating Upon Loyal - Feelings
- Taking Physic
- Ornaments of Chelsea Hospital; or - A Peep Into the Last Century ---
- The Finishing Touch
- Retribution; - Tarring and Feathering; - or - The Patriots Revenge, - Nay You'll Stop Our Mouths, Beware Your Own
- Design for the New Gallery of Busts and Pictures
- Tales of wonder
- The Bottomless-Pitt
- Britania's Assassination.or - The Republican Amuseument
- Light Expelling Darkness, - Evaporation of Stygian Exhalations, - or - The Sun of the Constitution, Rising Superior to the Clouds of Opposition
- A New Way to Pay the National-Debt
- Fighting for the Dunghill, - or - Jack Tar Settling Citoyen Francois (from: Caricature, vol. 1)
- Gentle Emetic
- The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing
- The English Regency
- Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, Exposing his Wifes Bottom; O Fye!
- Every Man has his Hobby Horse
- Tom Paine's Nightly Pest
- Farmer Giles and His Wife Showing Off Their Daughter Betty to Their Neighbours on her Return from School
- Sin, Death, and the Devil, vide Milton
- Bonus / Mellior / Optimus
- Egyptian Sketches
- Palemon and Lavinia
- A View in Perspective. The Zenith of French Glory. The Pinnacle of Liberty.
- Field Marshall Count Suwarrow-Rominskoy ---
- Le Diable-Boiteaux, or the Devil upon Two Sticks, conveying John Bull to the Land of Promise
- Which is the Better Man or The Pot Calls the Kettle Blacka-e
- "Improvement in Weights and Measures"; or, Sir John Seeclear Discovering Ye Ballance of Ye British Flag
- The Friendly Agent
- Political-Candour;– i.e.–Coalition-Resolutions of June 14th, 1805.–Pro bono Publico–
- Ci-devant Occupations - or - Madame Talian and the Empress Josephine dancing Naked before Barrass in the Winter of 1797
- The Doctor Indulged with his Favorite Scene ---
- The Hustings-Vox Populi, - "We'll Have a Mug! - A Mug! - A Mug! / Mayor of Garret--" (Fox) (from: Caricature, vol. 1)
- Two Pair of Portraits; - Presented to all the Unbiassed Electors of Great Britain, by John Horne Tooke _____
- Gloria Mundi, or - The Devil Addressing the Sun
- INTEGRITY retiring from Office
- Theatrical Mendicants Relieved - have Pity upon all our Aches and Wants!
- Doublûres of Characters; - or - Striking Resemblance in Phisiognomy
- The April Fool or The Follies of a Night ---
- The Thunderer. Vide; Every Man in His Humour, Alter'd From Ben John
- Sin, Death, and the Devil
- A Dash Up St. James's Street
- Pity The Sorrows of a Poor Old Man, Vide, Scene in Bloomsbury Square
- United Irishmen in Training
- Dido Forsaken, Sic Transit Gloria Regimae
- Germans Eating Sour-Krout
- Lubber's Hole - alias - The Crack'd Jordan
- The Hopes of the Party, Prior to July 14th, ---"From Such Wicked Crown and Anchor-Dreams, Good Lord, Deliver Us."
- A Duet. - Turn Fair Clora, Turn Ah Cruel, Turn Again
- The Valley of the Shadow of Death
- Patriotic Regeneration, - Viz - Parliament Refoun'd a la Francoise, - that is, - Honest Men (i.e. Opposition) in the Seat of Justice. Vide, Carmaguol Expectations
- The Tree of Liberty, - With The Devil Tempting John Bull (Fox)
- A Natural Crop; - Alias - A Norfolk Dumpling
- "The Friend of the People" & his Petty New Tax Gatherer, Paying John Bull a Visit
- Horrors of the Irish-Union; - Botheration of Poor Pat! - or - A Whisper Across the Channel (from: Caricature, vol. 1)
- "Two Pair of Portraits" presented to all the unbiased Electors of Great Britain" by John Horne Tooke
- Anticipation, or the approaching fate of the French commercial treaty
- Vices overlook'd in the New Proclamation
- The Slough of Despond----; Vide - The Patriots Progress
- John Bull Taking a Luncheon; - or - British Cooks, Cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard with Bonne-Chere (from: Caricature, vol. 1)
- The Plumb-Pudding in Danger;–or–State Epicures Taking un Petit Souper
- Copenhagen House
- The Wounded Lion
- Britania's Assassination or The Republican's Amusement
- A Sphere, Projecting against a Plane ---
- -Gentle Manners, with Affections Mild, in Wit a Man, Simplicity a Child
- The Soldier's Return; - or - Rare News for Old England - See the Conquering Hero Comes.
- The Leadenhall Volunteer, Drest in his Shawl
- The Eruption of the Mountain - or - The Horrors of the Bocca Del Inforno----With the Head of the Protector Saint Januarius Carried in Processions by the Cardinal Archeveque of the Lazaroni
- A Block for the Whigs - or, The new State Whirligig (Poor John Bulls House Plundered at Noon Day)
- John Bull Bother'd; - or - The Geese Alarming the Capitol
- A Man of Importance
- Tiddy-Doll, the Great French-Gingerbread-Baker; Drawing Out a New Batch of Kings, His Man Hopping Talley, Mixing Up the Dough
- The Tottering Pyramid
- Louis XVI Taking Leave of His Wife and Family
- A kick at the Broad Bottoms
- Meeting of - Unfortunate Citoyens. " Dismay of Two Disgraced Patriots"
- The Dutch Divisions
- Cockney-Sportsmen finding a Hare
- Wierd-Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon
- A New Way to Pay the National-Debt
- Modern Grace
- The Apotheosis of Hoche
- French Liberty and British Slavery
- The Union Club
- Very Slippy Weather
- Sin, Death, and the Devil, vide Milton
