James Gillray
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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
1819 mezzotint by Charles Turner after a c. 1800 self-portrait
Very Slippy-Weather (1808)
L'Assemblée Nationale (1804) was called "the most talented caricature that has ever appeared", partly due to its "admirable likenesses". The Prince of Wales paid a large sum of money to have it suppressed and its plate destroyed.
The Reception of the Diplomatique (Macartney) and his Suite, at the Court of Pekin, published September 1792.
The Plumb-pudding in danger
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The Plumb-pudding in danger, or, State Epicures taking un Petit Souper is an 1805 editorial cartoon by the English artist James Gillray. The popular print depicts caricatures of the British Prime Mini
James Gillray
…The Hand-Writing upon the Wall; The Confederated Coalition, a swipe at the coalition which superseded the Addington ministry; Uncorking Old Sherry; The Plumb-pudding in danger (probably the best known political print ever published); Making Decent; Comforts of a Bed of Roses; View of the Hustings in Covent Garden; Phaethon…
The Plumb-pudding in danger; - or - State Epicures taking un Petit Souper