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Miscellaneous caricatures

Title: Miscellaneous caricatures [graphic].
Author: Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Publication: 1802-1804.

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Gillray, James. Series of miscellaneous and political caricatures by James Gillray. 1779-1811. (NN)NYPG95-F67.

Description

24 prints : etching, aquatint, some col.; 34.3 x 37.6 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Personal and social caricatures from the reign of George III, including satires of horsemanship, horse racing, coursing hares with greyhounds, medicine, Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccine, and Wordsworth's "Maid of Buttermere." Other individuals portrayed include the Duke of Bedford, the Duke of Clarence, Mrs. Billington, the Duke of Galloway, the Duke of Hamilton, Charles Stanhope Harrington, and the Duke of Portland.

Subject

Genre/Form

Caricatures – English – 1800-1899.
Prints – English – 1800-1899.

Note

Misc.III.14 is attributed to Isaac Cruikshank in M.D. George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires...in the British Museum, Vol. VIII, p. 183. Misc.III.15 is not by Gillray.
Title devised by cataloger.

Access (note)

Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

Caricature Collection.

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 C. 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.III.13 The Cow-Pock or the Wonderful Effects of the New Innoculation! -- Misc.III.14 The Longitude and Latitude of Warley Camp in the Summer of 1795 -- Misc.III.15 A Charge at Ascot 1800 - Clear the Course! or Virtue in danger! -- Misc.III.16 Governor Wall's Ghost! -- Misc.III.17 Going to London, through "Epping Forest" -- Misc.III.18 An Illustrious Character -- Misc.III.19 Mary of Buttermere -- Misc.III.20 A Master of Ceremonies - Sketch'd at the Castle - Richmond -- MIsc.III.23 An Old Encore at the Opera -- Misc.III.24 The Bulstrode Siren -- Misc.III.25 Germans Eating Sour-Krout -- Misc.III.26 Equestrian Elegance! or a Noble Scot, Metamorphosed -- Misc.III.27 A Scotch Poney, commonly call'd a Galloway -- Misc.III.28 The keenest Sportsman in Broomswell Camp, 1803 -- Misc.III.29 How to break in my Own Horse! -- Misc.III.30 The Three Mr. Wiggins's -- Misc.III.31 A Great Man on the Turf - or - Sir Solomon in all his Glory -- Misc.III.32 Inspecting a Volunteer Corps in Hyde Park.
Misc.III.35 Taking Physick -- Misc.III.36 Gentle Emetic -- Misc.III.37 Brisk Cathartic -- Misc.III.38 Breathing a vein -- Misc.III.39 Charming well again -- Misc.III.40 The Royal Lounger.

Call Number

MEZYRK (Gillray) Misc.III

OCLC

NYPG95-F59

Author

Gillray, James, 1756-1815.

Title

Miscellaneous caricatures [graphic].

Imprint

1802-1804.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite As:

Caricature Collection.

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 C. 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

Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811

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.III

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