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Prints and Drawings 474
Rare Books and Manuscripts 5
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Gillray, James, 1756–1815 483

Humphrey, Hannah, ca. 1745–1818 54
Sneyd, John Rev., 1763–1835 8
Unknown artist 7
North, Brownlow, 1778–1829 5
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764–1811 4
Fores, S. W., 1761–1838 3
Aitken, James, active 1788–1801 2
Pether, Thomas, active 1772–1782 2
Williams, Charles, active 1796–1830 2
Woodward, George Moutard, ca. 1760–1809 2
Bentley, Richard, 1794–1871 1
Berwin, S 1
Brown, Joseph, 19th century 1
Humphrey, William, 1745–1810 1
Macklin, Thomas, active 1779–1793 1
McLean, Thomas, 1788–1875 1
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 1
Turner, Charles, 1774–1857 1
Wright, John, ca. 1745–1820 1

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Accessible in the Reference Library 4

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Free to Use 472
Under Certain Circumstances 11

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available 371
unavailable 112

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Classification

Prints 467
Books 9
Drawings & Watercolors 7

Collective Title

The Rake's-Progress at the University 5
Progress of the Toilet 1
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 1

Period

18th century 365
19th century 106
18th century-19th century 5
20th century 4

Materials & Techniques

etching (printing process) 123
watercolor 73
hand coloring 48
wove paper 26
aquatint 18
colored ink 15
laid paper 7
black ink 5
graphite 5
stipple engraving 5
pen 3
black chalk 1
brown ink 1
engraving (printing process) 1
ink 1
line engraving 1
mezzotint 1
watercolors 1

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intaglio print 204
drawing 7
etching 3
watercolor 2
aquatint 1
caricature 1
satires (visual works) 1

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genre subject 13
historical subject 10
literary theme 5
figure study 4
military art 4
portrait 2
religious and mythological subject 2
animal art 1
sporting art 1

Subject Terms

satire 220
caricature 219
caricatures 203
humor 16
men 16
parody 14
genre subject 8
hats 8
historical subject 8
political 8
breeches 7
fire 7
cravats 6
literary theme 6
swords 6
women 6
academic robes 5
boots 5
costume 5
food 5
gesturing 5
mortar boards 5
politicians 5
students 5
tassels 5
university 5
youth 5
angry 4
cane 4
death 4

Subject Period

19th century 2

Associated Places

England 4
United Kingdom 4
Greater London 3
London 3
Europe 2
Great Britain 2
Asia 1
Bharat 1
City of Westminster 1
Covent Garden 1
France 1
Greenwich 1
India 1
Somerset House 1
Tottenham 1
Westminster Abbey 1

Associated People

Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician 28
Pitt, William [known as Pitt the younger] (1759–1806), prime minister 24
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician 17
Napoleon I (1769–1821), Emperor of the French 12
Burdett, Sir Francis, fifth baronet (1770–1844), politician 11
Dundas, Henry, first Viscount Melville (1742–1811), British politician and lawyer 11
George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 9
Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron Grenville (1759–1834), politician 7
Howard, Charles (1746–1815), eleventh Duke of Norfolk, politician 7
Tierney, George (1761–1830), British politician 7
Cobbett, William (1763–1835), political writer and farmer 6
George IV (1762–1830), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 6
Grenville, George Nugent-Temple-, first marquess of Buckingham (1753–1813), British politician 6
Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845), politician/statesman 6
Jenkinson, Robert Banks, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828), prime minister 6
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 6
Tooke, John Horne [formerly John Horne] (1736–1812), radical and philologist 6
Addington, Henry, first Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844), prime minister 5
Burke, Edmund (1729/30–1797), politician and author 5
Canning, George (1770–1827), British prime minister and parodist 5
Smith-Stanley, Edward (1752–1834), 12th Earl of Derby 5
Taylor, Right Hon Michael Angelo (1757–1834), English politician and member of Parliament 5
Whitbread, Samuel II (1764–1815), British politician 5
Erskine, Thomas, first Baron Erskine (1750–1823), British politician 4
Grenville, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-, first duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776–1839), British politician 4
Hastings, Francis Rawdon, first marquess of Hastings and second earl of Moira (1754–1826), army officer and politician 4
Jervis, John, First Earl of St Vincent (1735–1823), British naval officer 4
Nicholls, John (ca. 1745–1832), English lawyer and politician 4
Stewart, Robert, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess Londonderry (1759–1822), Chief Secretary for Ireland 4
Abbot, Charles (1757–1829), first Baron Colchester, Speaker of the House of Commons (1802–1817) 3

Exhibition History

The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01) 5
The Body Politic: The Evolution of Political Satire in Print (Yale University Art Gallery, 2000-09-01 - 2000-11-26) 4
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09) 3
British Comic Art 1730 - 1830 (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988-10-14 - 1988-12-04) 2
Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1981-03-08 - 1981-04-19) 2
Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1981-05-12 - 1981-06-28) 2
Cost of Revolution: the Life and Death of an Irish Soldier (Museum of the American Revolution, 2019-09-26 - 2020-02-17) 2
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) 2
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) 2
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1995-04-04 - 1995-07-16) 2
Romantics & Revolutionaries : Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-03-30) 2
William Blake: Visionary (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2023-10-17 - 2024-01-14) 2
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 1
Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05) 1
Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment (Harvard Art Museums, 2022-09-15 - 2023-01-16) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13) 1
James Gillray - Prints by the Eighteenth Master of Caricature (The Hood Museum of Art, 1994-01-08 - 1994-03-13) 1
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 1
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Clark Art Institute, 1996-03-02 - 1996-04-14) 1
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Davison Art Center, 1995-09-01 - 1995-10-28) 1
Seriously Funny: Caricature through the Centuries (Yale University Art Gallery, 2018-09-14 - 2019-01-27) 1
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 1
The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20) 1
The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01) 1
The World Turned Upside Down - Apocalyptic Imagery in England (Haggerty Museum of Art, 2017-10-05 - 2018-01-18) 1
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 466
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 4
22616334680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22749725640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22749729560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22757477160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara and Max Wilk, Yale BA 1941 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 1
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Robert W. Carle 1

Language

English 7
Italian 1

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James Gillray, 1756–1815

A Sphere, Projecting against a Plane ---

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Sleep-Walker

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Republican Rattle-Snake Fascinating the Bedford-Squirrel ---

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Bridal-Night

1797
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Royal-Bull-Fight

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Cockney-Sportsmen marking game

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Hounds in Full-Cry

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Evacuation Before Resignation

1782
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Friendly Agent

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

Scene Le Vrog House

1782
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

Evacuation Before Resignation

1782
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

Ornaments of Chelsea Hospital; or - A Peep Into the Last Century ---

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Coming-On, of the Monsoons; or - The Retreat from Seringapatam

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Minister In - The Minister Out

1782
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Prince at Grass --- The Prince in Clover

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Two New Sliders for the State Magic Lanthern

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Thunderer. Vide; Every Man in His Humour, Alter'd From Ben John

1782
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Castle in the Moon. A New Adventure, Not Mentioned By... [Read more]

1782
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Paille d'Avoine - Paille d'Avoine

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Loves of the Fox and the Badger, - or The Coalition Wedding

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The (Prince's) Nursery or Nine Months After

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Battle of Bow-Street

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Fall of Dagon - or Rare News for Leaden-Hall Street

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The English Regency

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

A Modern Cherub, - Vide Peters

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

Hyde-Park; - Sunday, - or - Both Hemispheres of the World in a Sweat ---

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

The (Coward), Comforted; - or - A Scene Immediately After the Duel ---

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

John Bull, in a Quandary, Which Way Shall I Turn Me, How Shall I Decide?

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Republican - Attack

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Fatal Effect of the French Defeat - Hanging (and) Drowning

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Doublûres of Characters; - or - Striking Resemblance in Phisiognomy

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Crumbs of Comfort, - or - Old-Orthodox Restoring Consolation to His Fallen... [Read more]

1782
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Committee of Grievances and Apprehensions

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Fall of the Wolsey of the Woolsack

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

A Warm Birth for the Old Administration -----

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

A New Administration, or - The State Quacks Administring

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Margarets Ghost. What's the Matter Auntee-Peg, What Makes You Put on Such... [Read more]

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Bubbles of Opposition

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Seige of Blenheim, - or - The New System of Gunning, Discovered... [Read more]

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

John Bull Triumphant

1780
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Triumphant Britons

1780
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

A Copper Countenance, Selling by Private Contract, The Property of a Noble... [Read more]

1780
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Ah, Grant A Me Von Letel Bite

1780
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Bonus - Melior - Optimus, or the Devil's The Best of the Bunch

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Cole - Heavers. Two Virtuous Elves, Taking care of Themselves

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Balaam, - or - The Majesty of the People,- The Lord Open'd the Mouth of... [Read more]

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The R't Hon'ble Catch Singers

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Jack A Both Sides!

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

A Block for the Wigs - or, The New State Whirligig

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

A Coalition of Parties, Give Justice Her Claims

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Loves of the Fox and the Badger, - or The Coalition Wedding

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Sick Prince

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Legacy

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Dutch Divisions

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Swearing to the Cutting Monster or - A Scene in Bow Street

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Doctor Indulged with his Favorite Scene ---

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Tottering Pyramid

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Times - or a View of the Old House in Little Brittain - with Nobody Giving to... [Read more]

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Funeral Procession of Miss Regency

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Butchers of Freedom

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

A Kick at the Broad-Bottoms! - i.e.- Emancipation of "All the Talents"

1807
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Squire Thomas Just Arriv'd, Touch Me Not! I'm Still a Maid

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Design for the New Gallery of Busts and Pictures

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Anti-Sacharrites, - or - John Bull and His Family Leaving off the Use of Sugar

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Malagrida, Driving Post
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Retribution; - Tarring and Feathering; - or - The Patriots Revenge,... [Read more]

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 1 - "Ah me! what perils doth that... [Read more]

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 2 - "Ah me! that thou the... [Read more]

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 3 - "The Master's Wig the guilty wight... [Read more]

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 4 - "Expulsion waits that Son of... [Read more]

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 5 - "Convened for wearing Gaiters - sad... [Read more]

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Evidence to Character; - being a Portrait of a Traitor, by his... [Read more]

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Nabob Rumbled or A Lord Advocates Amusement

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

National Discourse

1780
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

INTEGRITY retiring from Office

1801
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Le Diable-Boiteaux, or the Devil upon Two Sticks, conveying John Bull to the Land... [Read more]

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

French Democrats surprizing the Royal Runaways

1791
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James Gillray, 1756–1815

A Standing-dish at Boodles

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

A New Administration, or the State Quacks Administering

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Egyptian Sketches

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Pigs Possessed

1807
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Le Diable Boiteaux

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

Every Man has his Hobby Horse

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Progress of the Toilet - The Stays Plate I

1810
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Friend of the People

1806
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James Gillray, 1756–1815

Effusions of a Pot of Porter

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Lieu't Gover'r Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto; or The Birth of Minerva

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Councellor Ego. -i.e: little i, myself i

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Maecenas, in pursuit of the Fine Arts

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Les Membres du Conseil des Cinq Cents. French Habits No. 3

1798
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James Gillray, 1756–1815

"all Bond Street trembled as he strode"

1802
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James Gillray, 1756–1815

Président d'Administration Municipale. French Habits no 5

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

A Peep into the Cave of Jacobinism

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Fine Bracing Weather

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Evidence to Character - being, a portrait of a Traitor, by his Friends & by Himself

1798
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James Gillray, 1756–1815

[ untitled ]

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

"Two Pairs of Portraits;" presented to all the unbiased Electors of Great... [Read more]

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

Breathing a Vein

1804
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James Gillray, 1756–1815

Hounds in Finding

1800
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James Gillray, 1756–1815

Hounds Throwing-Off

1800

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