Research Catalog

Miscellaneous caricatures

Title
Miscellaneous caricatures [graphic].
Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Publication
1797-1801.

Details

Additional Authors
Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886
Found In
Gillray, James. Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray. 1779-1811. (NN)NYPG95-F67.
Description
28 prints : etching, aquatint , some col.; 34.8 x 36.2 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Personal and social satires from the reign of George III. Many of these are caricatures of individuals, including the Duke of Cumberland, Thomas Erskine, Samuel Ireland, Admiral Nelson, John Penn, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Lumley Skeffington, John Stockdale and the Russian General Aleksandr Vasilévich Suvorov.
Subject
  • Davies, Thomas
  • Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
  • Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
  • Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
  • Ireland, Samuel, -1800
  • Lansdowne, John Henry Petty, Marquess of, 1765-1809
  • Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
  • Penn, John, 1760-1834
  • Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
  • Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850
  • Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilévich, 1730-1800
  • Great Britain. Army. Coldstream Guards
  • Boots
  • Carriages and carts in art
  • Eating and drinking > England > London
  • Fashion in art
  • Music in art
  • Prostitutes in art
  • Smoking in art
  • Toasting > England > London
  • Waltz
Genre/Form
  • Caricatures – English – 1700-1799.
  • Prints – English – 1700-1799.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Holdings checked in departmental copy of Thomas Wright and R.H. Evans, Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851.
Provenance (note)
  • Bequest of Samuel Jones Tilden.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray in Caricature Collection.
Contents
  • Misc.II.52 A Corner near the Bank -- Misc.II.54 Patern Staff -- Misc.II.55 Loyal Souls; or a peep into the Mess-Room at St. James's -- Misc.II.56 Brigade Major - Weymouth 1797 -- Misc.II.57 Notorious Characters No. 1 -- Misc.II.58 A Dash up St. James's Street -- Misc.II.59 Thirty years have I lived in the Parish of Covent Garden -- Misc.II.60 A little Snuggerer -- Misc.II.61 Effusions of the Heart; or Lying Jack the Blacksmith at Confession -- Misc.II.62 Operatic Reform : or, la Dance a l'Eveque -- Misc.II.63 A Country Concert; or an Evenings Entertainment in Sussex -- Misc.II.64 "gentle Manners, with affections mild, In Wit a Man, Simplicity a Child" -- Misc.II.65 Councellor Ego - i:e: Little i, myself i -- Misc.II.66 Supposed to be, a correct representation of a Mamaluke Chief; from a Sketch by a French Officer by whom he was taken Prisoner -- Misc.II.67 The Hero of the Nile -- Misc.II.69 A Man of Importance.
  • Misc.I.70 Field-Marshall Count Suwarrow-Romniskoy -- Misc.II.71 Pizarro contemplating over the product of his new Peruvian Mine -- Misc.II.72 Monstrosities of 1799 -- Misc.II.73 "Elegance Democratique" a Sketch found near High Wycombe -- Misc.II.74 Punch cures the Gout, the Colic, and the 'Tisick -- Misc.II.75 A Portrait -- Misc.II.76 Half Natural -- Misc.II.77 Pen-etration -- Misc.II.78 Mrs. Gibbs, the Notorious Street Walker & Extorter -- Misc.II.81 The Military Caricaturist -- Misc.II.82 Waltzer au Mouchoir -- Misc.II.83 German Luxury, or Repos a l'Allemande.
Call Number
MEZYRK (Gillray) Misc. II
OCLC
NYPG95-F52
Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Title
Miscellaneous caricatures [graphic].
Imprint
1797-1801.
Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Thomas Wright and R.H. Evans, Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851.
Linking Entry
Forms part of Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray in Caricature Collection.
Provenance
Bequest of Samuel Jones Tilden.
Added Author
Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886, collector.
Found In:
Gillray, James. Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray. 1779-1811. (NN)NYPG95-F67.
Research Call Number
MEZYRK (Gillray) Misc. II
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