James Gillray
1756-1815
Matrimonial-harmonics
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1783 William Pitt became Prime Minister at age 24. Nine years later he appeared, with his unmistakable features & figure, in Gillray's print "John Bull bother'd:-or-the geese alarming the Capitol" published also by Hannah Humphrey.

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Concentración de homenajes del 🇬🇧 a sus clásicos registrada la semana pasada: S/ Gillray, s/ du Maurier y s/ Low

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Le britannique James Gillray (1756-1815), qualifié de « prince de la caricature » des années 1780-1810.

« Le grand talent de Gillray qui réside dans sa capacité à mettre le doigt sur le côté ridicule de n’importe quel sujet n’a d’égal que la finition exquise de ses croquis. »

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Oooh. That’s very good. A new Gillray in the making...

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Day 28
This engraving by James Gillray shows asleep on a bed of hay. Its inscription reads “Tom Paine’s Nightly Pest” Perhaps more of a Nightmare!

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Ben Jennings: Amid the bullying row, has been accused of acting illegally over Covid-related appointments – political cartoon gallery in London https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6

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Day 116 you say? Rich Regency pickings: Hats & bonnets were all the rage. We included several in our 2017 exhibition Royal Pavilion. Also had repros for trying on.
Model: Curator's own.
Cartoon: Les Invisibles by Gillray,1810

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James Gillray, The Fall Of Icarus, Bohn Edition, 1851.

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‘The Fall Of Icarus’ by James Gillray, Bohn Edition, 1851. Originally published by H. Humphrey, London, 1805.

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Weird sisters; ministers of darkness; minions of the moon https://t.co/BWUUgBbpi4 James Gillray, 1791; "A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth', i. 3. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left.

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Hello another for the challenge - stolen from Mr Gillray - somebody stop me please!

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Given that it’s Nelson’s birthday (#OnThisDay in 1758) and my feed is full of romantic portraits of Britain’s greatest naval hero, I thought I’d go with Gillray’s slightly more irreverent take. (Image: V&A Museum)

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Last one we promise, 😂Rebecca Virag from Prints replied, One of Gillray's hand-coloured satires: Presages of the Millenium or Midas transmuting all into gold paper.. both here below; again very 💡sensitive..

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« Un goinfre dans les horreurs de la digestion » (1792) œuvre réalisée par James Gillray

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