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James Gillray

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1949-152-473
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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James Gillray was an English caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Many of his works are held at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (16)

Spotprent op Napoleon en Talleyrand, 1803

1803 · hand coloring on paper

height: 635 cm, width: 350 cm

Rijksmuseum

Ars musica

1800 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 25 × 35 cm (9 7/8 × 13 13/16 in.); Plate: 26.1 × 36 cm (10 5/16 × 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 29.6 × 39.5 cm (11 11/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gout

1799 · etching hand-colored with watercolor

Sheet: 32.3 x 46.5 cm (12 11/16 x 18 5/16 in.); Platemark: 26 x 36.5 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Spotprent op Louis Marie de la Révellière-Lépeaux, 1799

1799 · etching on paper

height: 255 cm, width: 358 cm

Rijksmuseum

Oostenrijkse behandeling van de Franse gezanten, 1799

1799 · etching on paper

height: 257 cm, width: 260 cm

Rijksmuseum

Lady Godina's Rout;-or-Peeping-Tom Spying out Pope-Joan

1796 · etching hand-colored with watercolor

Sheet: 26.6 x 37 cm (10 1/2 x 14 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress

1796 · Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper

Image: 34.6 × 24.5 cm (13 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Plate: 34.9 × 24.9 cm (13 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 35.4 × 25.3 cm (13 15/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Miss, I have a Monstrous Crow to pluck with you!!"

1794 · Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper

Image: 23.3 × 29 cm (9 3/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Plate: 24.3 × 30.2 cm (9 5/8 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 30.2 cm (9 11/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Here's Songs of Love and Maids Forsaken"

1793 · Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper

Image: 20.7 × 18.8 cm (8 3/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Plate/sheet: 25 × 22.4 cm (9 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Britannia Between Scylla and Charybdis

1793 · Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper

Image: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.); Plate: 30.3 × 36.4 cm (11 15/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 31.1 × 39.3 cm (12 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sans-culottes, feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty

1793 · hand coloring on paper

height: 300 cm, width: 365 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Zenith of French Glory; The Pinnacle of Liberty

1793 · Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper

Image: 34.4 × 23.8 cm (13 9/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Plate: 35.1 × 24.8 cm (13 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 28.5 cm (15 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lodewijk XVI en Marie Antoinette betrapt tijdens hun vlucht, 1791

1791 · hand coloring on paper

height: 250 cm, width: 352 cm

Rijksmuseum

"Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt."

1791 · Etching in dark brown, with stipling and handcoloring, on cream wove paper

Image: 18 × 19.6 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/4 in.); Plate: 21.9 × 24.5 cm (8 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 22.7 × 25.7 cm (8 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spotprent op Warren Hastings, 1788

1788 · etching on paper

width: 350 cm, height: 250 cm

Rijksmuseum

Spotprent op Sir Richard Worsley

1782 · etching on paper

width: 253 cm, height: 355 cm

Rijksmuseum

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16 published of 16 catalogued · 16 with image

Rijksmuseum
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Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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9 entries · 1 sources

Spotprent op Sir Richard Worsley
1782 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Spotprent op Napoleon en Talleyrand, 1803
1803 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Spotprent op Louis Marie de la Révellière-Lépeaux, 1799
1799 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Lodewijk XVI en Marie Antoinette betrapt tijdens hun vlucht, 1791
1791 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Spotprent op Warren Hastings, 1788
1788 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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The Gout
1799 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Sans-culottes, feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty
1793 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Lady Godina's Rout;-or-Peeping-Tom Spying out Pope-Joan
1796 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Oostenrijkse behandeling van de Franse gezanten, 1799
1799 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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