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James Gillray

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WikidataQ520806 ULAN500017355

Europeana

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Tier 2 · Strong source85%

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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

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

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

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

Sans-culottes, feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty

1793 · hand coloring on paper

height: 300 cm, width: 365 cm

Rijksmuseum

"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

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

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