James Gillray

The Prince of Wales at table:*A Voluptuary under the horrors of Digestion (1792)*

*L'Assemblée Nationale*(1804) was called "the most talented caricature that has ever appeared". ThePrince of Walespaid a large sum of money to have it suppressed and its plate destroyed.^[1]

James Gillray(13 August 1756 or 1757 – 1 June 1815) was a Britishcaricaturistandprintmaker.^[2]He was famous for hiscartoons.They wereetchedpolitical and socialsatires,mainly published between 1792 and 1810.

Gillray has been called "the father of the political cartoon". He satirizedGeorge III,prime ministers and generals.^[3]He was one of the two most influentialcartoonistsof that time: the other wasWilliam Hogarth.Gillray'switand humour, knowledge of life, and fine drawing, gave him the first place among caricaturists.^[3]^[4]

The name of Gillray's publisher and print seller was Miss Hannah Humphrey. Her shop is always associated with the caricaturist. Gillray lived with Miss (often called Mrs) Humphrey for the entire period of his fame.

Although he satirizedGeorge IIIas "Farmer George", his main target was thegluttonousPrince of Wales (laterGeorge IV).Napoleonwas another favourite target. Gillray was especially hard on the rich, the famous and the most powerful people.

Many of his prints were sent to Germany and reprinted in the magasineLondon und Paris.^[5]

References[change|change source]

↑Wright T. & Evans R.H. 1851.Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray: comprising a political and humorous history of the latter part of the reign of George the Third.London: Henry G. Bohn.
↑Gillray, James and Draper Hill 1966.Fashionable contrasts.London: Phaidon, p8.
↑^3.0^3.1"Satire, sewers and statesmen: why James Gillray was king of the cartoon".The Guardian. 16 June 2015.
↑"James Gillray: the scourge of Napoleon".HistoryToday.
↑Clayton, Tim (2022).James Gillray.London: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. p. 259.ISBN 978-1-913107-32-1.
↑Martin Rowson, speaking inThe Secret of Drawing,presented by Andrew Graham Dixon, BBCTV

[1] Wright T. & Evans R.H. 1851.Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray: comprising a political and humorous history of the latter part of the reign of George the Third.London: Henry G. Bohn.

[2] Gillray, James and Draper Hill 1966.Fashionable contrasts.London: Phaidon, p8.

[Guardian-3] 3.0^3.1"Satire, sewers and statesmen: why James Gillray was king of the cartoon".The Guardian. 16 June 2015.

[4] "James Gillray: the scourge of Napoleon".HistoryToday.

[5] Clayton, Tim (2022).James Gillray.London: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. p. 259.ISBN 978-1-913107-32-1.

[6] Martin Rowson, speaking inThe Secret of Drawing,presented by Andrew Graham Dixon, BBCTV

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