Britannia between Scylla and Charybdis by James Gillray (1793).

William Pitt the Younger, Chancellor of the Exchequer, steers the ship Constitution carrying Britannia

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The fashionable mamma, - or - the convenience of modern dress, by the wonderful Gillray! Dressed to kill and ready to party, a fashionista takes a hands-off approach to breastfeeding before heading out on the town!

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Latest illo for 's column is here
https://t.co/hBKWzoBHqx and here (spot the Gillray echo)

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Cartoon by James Gillray of William IV and his mistress Mrs. Jordan: A large, cracked chamber-pot represents Mrs. Jordan, and the Duke has thrust himself into a fissure in the 'Jordan'.

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18/19C British satirist James Gillray's sadly jaundiced view of marriage ~ at L, the mutually-enjoyed bliss of courtship with a gentle harp playing love music. which degenerates into (at R) a raddled, raucous discordance of domesticity (1805)

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With the Tory negligence over Covid and care homes and the legislation last week weakening our democracy it feels a good time to retweet this - Presages of a Dictator (after Gillray)

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1802 caricature by James Gillray depicting the early controversy surrounding Jenner's vaccination theory

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publicó el 23/2 una versión de 'The Plumb-pudding in danger' (1805) de James Gillray
pero la que realmente retrata la situación es la de del 10/12/21

➕#humor inspirado en famosas
👉https://t.co/cilWSu5j7G

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"Windy Weather". James Gillray. 1808.

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A caricature of Johnson by James Gillray mocking him for his literary criticism; he is shown doing penance for Apollo and the Muses

IMO, if you want to ascend into legend GOAT status you have to accept that this not only comes with the territory, it's part of the actual process

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My contribution was tiny - the exhibition was the work of the late great Richard Godfrey. But look out for Tim Clayton's major new book on Gillray, due to appear next spring.

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Dos "púdines de ciruela de Gillray" se han apuntado este año y más inquietente el reciente de que el vacunatorio de en 20/2/21

➕#humor al reciente /
👉https://t.co/8P1BsHeM2P

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"Fighting for the Dunghill" or Jack Tar settling Buonaparte. Illustration by James Gillray of 1798

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"Die Kunstgalerie" - XXIV
'The Plumb-pudding in danger' (El pudín de ciruela en peligro) de James Gillray por 9/2/2015 👈 ¡Y ahí sigue lo de

Recopilación XIII - XXIV
➡️➡️https://t.co/LpY0WKYvAc

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Spent a very enjoyable hour or two yesterday in the beautiful courtyard of St. James's Church, Piccadilly,
at the unveiling of a new gravestone for the great grandfather of political cartooning. His profession is sadly struggling, but not dead yet!

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