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Miscellaneous caricatures

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

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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
13 prints : etching, aquatint, some col.; 35.2 x 35.2 cm or smaller.
Summary
Personal and social caricatures from the reign of George III, including satires of Benjamin Perkins' "Metallic Tractors," the opera singer Mrs. Billington, military drill, music, and the amateur theatricals of the Pic-Nic Society. Other individuals portrayed include the Marquess of Cholmondeley, the Earl of Clare, Sir William Hamilton and Watkin Williams Wynn.
Subject
  • Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
  • Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
  • Clare, Lord John Fitzgibbon, Earl of, 1748-1802
  • Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803
  • Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810
  • Wynn, Watkin Williams, 1772-1840
  • Amateur theater
  • Carriages and carts
  • Drill and minor tactics
  • Drinking songs
  • Goats
  • Horsemanship
  • Music
  • Tractors, Metallic
  • Women in opera
  • Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century
Genre/Form
  • Caricatures – English – 1800-1899.
  • Prints – English – 1800-1899.
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.111 Mental Energy -- Misc.II.112 Corporeal Stamina -- Misc.II.114 From Sir Willm. Hamilton's Collection -- Misc.II.115 Playing in Parts -- Misc.II.116 "Every Rogue is a Coward" -- Misc.II.117 "Be gone dull Care, I prithee begone from Me!" -- Misc.II.118 A Welch Tandem -- Misc.II.119 A Lyoness -- Misc.II.120 Metallic Tractors -- Misc.II.121 "Don't tell me of Major Semple!" -- Misc.II.122 Forming a Line on the Parade -- Misc.II.123 Anacreontick's in full Song -- Misc.II.124 A Bravura Air Mandane.
Call Number
MEZYRK (Gillray) Misc.II
OCLC
NYPG95-F57
Author
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Title
Miscellaneous caricatures [graphic].
Imprint
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.
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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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