James Gillray (13 August 1756 [1] [2] – 1 June 1815) was a British 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.

James Gillray (1756-1815) was one of the greatest caricaturist of the 18th century. From around 1775 until 1810, he produced nearly 1000 prints—including brilliantly finished portrait caricatures of the rich, famous, or frivolous, wonderfully comic caricatures of people being awkward, and unquestionably the best satiric caricatures of British ...

James Gillray was an English caricaturist chiefly remembered for lively political cartoons directed against George III of England and Napoleon I. Often scurrilous and violent in his criticism, he brought a highly dramatic sense of situation and analogy to cartooning.

2022年11月8日 · Gillray produced over 1,000 political and social satires. Here are eight of the best. 1. A Voluptuary under the horrors of Digestion (1792) This etching by Gillray attacks the reckless indulgence of the Prince of Wales (later George IV), offering a nod to his nickname ‘The Prince of Whales’.

James Gillray (13 August 1756 or 1757 – 1 June 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker. [2] He was famous for his cartoons . They were etched political and social satires , mainly published between 1792 and 1810.

By 1801, when he created The Union Club, Gillray had established himself as the leading portrait caricaturist of his time. And he had over the course of 26 years in the business accumulated an extensive repertoire of immediately recognizable caricatures of the most famous men in Britain.

Gillray, James (1756 – 1815) ‘A Great Stream from a Petty-Fountain; or John Bull swamped in the Flood of new-Taxes; Cormorants Fighting in the Steam’. Hand coloured etching. ‘Pubd May 9th 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St James’s Street’. This is a …

2020年1月19日 · The career of English caricaturist James Gillray (1756–1815) spanned from the late eighteenth century to the first decade of the nineteenth century.

James Gillray (1756-1815) was born in London, the son of strict Moravians; an austere, reformed Protestant sect which promoted bible reading and continual contemplation of death.

James Gillray, born on August 13, 1756, in Chelsea, London, emerged as one of the most influential and celebrated satirical caricaturists of the late 18th century.