Consequences of a successful French invasion / Sir John Dalrymple, inv...
French soldiers pillaging and destroying the House of Lords. A guillotine takes the place of the throne and above it hangs a Liberty Cap. A French soldier carries away the mace while others rip and burn the tap... More
Harmony before matrimony / Js. Gillray, des. & ft., James Gillray
Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 538.
End of the Irish Invasion : - or - the Destruction of the French Armad...
French warships, labeled Le Révolutionaire, L'Egalité and The Revolutionary Jolly Boat, being tossed about during a storm blown up by Pitt, Dundas, Grenville and Windham, whose heads appear from the clouds. Cha... More
New morality; or The promis'd installment of the high-priest of the Th...
Print shows French politician and Theophilanthropist Louis Marie la Révellière-Lépaux standing on a three-legged stool perched upon a stone dais reading Religion de la N[ature] to surrounding caricatures of peo... More
"Praetor-Urbanus;" - Inauguration of the Coptic Mayor of Cairo, preced...
An obese, Copt, holding a mace or staff, rides an ass which, though led processionally by a Copt, proceeds on account of the bayonet with which a grinning French soldier stabs its hind quarters. Forms part of :... More
James Gillray, the caricaturist, Head and Shoulders Portrait, James Gi...
James Gillray, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Union Club / Js. Gillray, invt. & fect., British Cartoon Print
"A drunken debauch in the new Union Club, see No. 9698..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints an... More
Anacreontick's in full song / Js. Gillray, invt. & fect., British Cart...
Eight elderly topers with pipes and glasses surround a small oblong table, on which are punch-bowl, wine-glasses, tobacco, &c. All are much caricatured; some sing, a parson sleeps, a dog howls... (George) This ... More
Blowing up the Pic Nic's;--or--Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppet...
"Sheridan leads the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society, who are performing on a small, elegant stage, rising (without orchestra) from the boards in the foreground where thes... More
Advantages of wearing muslin dresses! / Js. Gillray,inv: & ft., Britis...
A fat lady, sitting with a man and woman at a tea table, reacts in horror as a hot poker from the fire falls on her dress and sets it on fire. The man sits helplessly while the second woman upsets the table in ... More
Tales of wonder! / Js. Gillray, inv. & ft., British Cartoon Print
Print shows three women sitting at a round table listening intently to a fourth who reads from The Monk by M. G. Lewis, one volume of which lies beside her on the table. (Source: George) Catalogue of Political... More
Armed-heroes / Js. Gillray inv. & f., British Cartoon Print, James Gil...
Cartoon showing Addington, saying "Who's afraid? ...", and Napoleon facing each other defiantly across a narrow channel. Behind Addington on the front bench in the House of Commons is Hawkesbury saying, "Ah who... More
Dilettanti-theatricals:--or--a peep at the Green Room.--vide, Pic-Nic-...
"A crowded scene, the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society are dressing and rehearsing..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in ... More
Buonaparte, 48 hours after landing!--Vide John Bulls home-stroke, arme...
Head of Napoleon dripping blood, held high on a pitch fork by a British volunteer soldier, "John Bull." Other volunteers gather around. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Doctor Sangrado curing John Bull of repletion-with the kind offices of...
Cartoon showing Addington saying, "courage John Bull-courage", as he bleeds arm of John Bull, who is supported by Hawkesbury, who repeats "courage Johnny". Napoleon holds out his hat to catch the blood, "West I... More
Death of the Corsican fox--Scene the last of the Royal-Hunt / Js. Gill...
King George III as a huntsman, holds up to a pack of hounds a fox with the head of Napoleon. Hounds' collars inscribed with names of naval leaders "Nelson," "Sydney S. Gardner," "Cornwallis." Men on horseback l... More
German-nonchalence;-or-, the vexation of Little-Boney / Js. Gillray in...
Cartoon showing Count Starhemberg riding past Napoleon, sniffing snuff, failing to pay his respects to him. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand co-operation meeting at St. Ann's ...
Print shows a reception given by Charles James Fox and wife for various groups and friends of the Prince of Wales, all opposed to the government. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Divisio... More
The theatrical bubble;--being a new specimen of the astonishing powers...
"Sheridan, as Punch, grotesquely caricatured, stands on a platform, above the heads of a cheering crowd, blowing soap-bubbles..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of ... More
Harmony before Matrimony / Js. Gillray, des. & Ft., British Cartoon Pr...
A young woman and a fashionably dressed young man singing a duet. The woman plays a harp while looking over her shoulder at the music book, "Duets de L'Amour", which the man holds. On the table between the two ... More
Ci-devant occupations-or-Madame Taliah and the Empress Josephine danci...
Josephine and Madame Tallien dance naked behind transparent drapery while Napoleon and Barras watch. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
The Plumb-pudding in danger, or, State epicures taking un petit souper...
Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 295.
Matrimonial-harmonics / Js. Gillray, des. & fect., James Gillray
Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 539.
Pacific -overtures,--or-a flight from St. Cloud's--"over the water to ...
"The stage, flanked by the stage-boxes, extends across the design, the base of which is the orchestra, where the new Ministry perform ..." (Source: George) This record contains unverified data from George. Cata... More
Tiddy-Doll, the great French gingerbread-baker; drawing out a new batc...
Print shows Napoleon standing before a large "New French Oven for Imperial Gingerbread" drawing out a freshly baked kings labeled "Bavaria, Wirtembg, [and] Baden." On the left, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pér... More
A Kick at the Broad Bottoms! i.e. - "Emancipation of All the Talents" ...
King George III, his face hidden by a pillar, grabs the pigtail of Lord Grenville, and holds his scepter as if ready to strike Grenville. Members of the government, including Howick, holding a torn copy of the ... More
Very slippy-weather / etch'd by Js. Gillray., British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows an elderly man who has slipped and fallen on the sidewalk outside Humphrey's printing establishment at No. 27 St. James's Street, London. He is holding a thermometer which he manages keep upright,... More
Farmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neig...
Cartoon showing plump girl playing piano. Her parents gloat nearby while others appear less interested. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
True reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bo...
Print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labeled "Se... More
Counsellor O. P.--defender of our theatric liberties / Js. Gillray, ft...
"Counsellor Clifford, realistically drawn, stands in profile to the left, his feet together, holding behind his back a flaming fire-brand, emitting thick clouds of smoke ..." (Source: George) This record contai... More
"A little music"--or--The delights of harmony / Js. Gillray., British ...
Print shows at center in a parlor a man playing a flute, he steps on a small dog's tail causing it to yelp, on the right a young woman is playing a pianoforte with some intent as a man holds her music book open... More
Studies of Four Englishmen, after James Gillray, James Gillray
Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eugène Delacroix - Studies of Four Englishmen, after James Gillray
Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris) Public domain scan of 19th century French drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
All the works of Bunbury, & Gillray ..., British Cartoon Print
This record contains unverified, old data from an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1470... More
Britannia Between Scylla and Charybdis, James Gillray, England
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
James Gillray from "The Making of Birmingham: being a history of the r...
This image has been taken from scan 000231 from "The Making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise and growth of the Midland metropolis ... With ... illustrations, etc". The title and subject terms of this ... More
Studies of Four Englishmen, after James Gillray
Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Studies of Four Englishmen, after James Gillray
Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A cure for drowsiness, or, A pinch of cephalic
Alternate Title(s): .Cure for drowsiness.Pinch of cephalic ..Author(s): .Gillray, James, 1756-1815, illustrator. .Contributor(s): .Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, etcher ..Publication: .London : G. Humphre... More
Breathing a vein - Drawing. Public domain image.
Author(s): .Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. .Publication: .London: H. Humphrey, Jan. 28, 1804 ..Language(s): .English. .Format: .Still image ..Subject(s): .Physicians. .Genre(s): .Caricatures. .Abstr... More
Punch cures the gout, the colic, and the 'tisick
Author(s): .Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. .Publication: .[London] : Pubd. July 13th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, [1799, printed 1851?] ..Language(s): .English. .Format: .Still image ..Genre(s): .Caricatur... More
Britannia between death and the doctor's, death may decide, when docto...
Author(s): .Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. .Publication: .[London: H. Humphrey, May 20, 1804] ..Language(s): .English. .Format: .Still image ..Subject(s): .Physicians. .Genre(s): .Caricatures. .Abst... More
The pic-nic orchestra - Public domain portrait engraving
Author(s): .Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. .Publication: .[London] : Pubd. April 23d 1802 by H. Humphrey St. James's Street, [1802] ..Language(s): .English. .Format: .Still image ..Subject(s): .Obesi... More
The nursery, with Britannia resposing in peace
Author(s): .Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. .Publication: .[London] : Pubd. Decr. 4th, 1802 by Js. Gillray, [1802, printed 1851?] ..Language(s): .English. .Format: .Still image ..Subject(s): .History,... More
The gout - Drawing. Public domain image.
Author(s): .Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. .Publication: .[London] : Thos. McLean, Aug. 1, 1835 ..Language(s): .English. .Format: .Still image ..Genre(s): .Caricatures. .Abstract: .A bare foot is re... More
Caricature, Visiting the sick, public domain cartoon image
Author(s): .Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. .Publication: .[London] : H. Humphrey, July 28, 1806 ..Language(s): .English. .Format: .Still image ..Subject(s): .Patients. .Genre(s): .Caricatures. .Abst... More
Honi soit qui mal y pense
Author(s): .Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. .Publication: .[April 2, 1787] ..Language(s): .English. .Format: .Still image ..Abstract: .A man seated on a chair is being force-fed by another man standin... More
The Dissolution, or The Alchymist producing an Aetherial Representatio...
Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
The Plumb-pudding in danger, or, State epicures taking un petit souper...
William Pitt, wearing a regimental uniform and hat, sitting at a table with Napoleon. They are each carving a large plum pudding on which is a map of the world. Pitt's slice is considerably larger than Napoleon... More
The Plumb-pudding in danger, or, State epicures taking un petit souper...
William Pitt, wearing a regimental uniform and hat, sitting at a table with Napoleon. They are each carving a large plum pudding on which is a map of the world. Pitt's slice is considerably larger than Napoleon... More
Maniac-raving's-or-Little Boney in a strong fit / Js. Gillray inv. & f...
Cartoon showing Napoleon in a fury over relations between France and England. Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9998 Forms part of: Brit... More
Maniac-raving's-or-Little Boney in a strong fit / Js. Gillray inv. & f...
Cartoon showing Napoleon in a fury over relations between France and England. Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9998 Forms part of: Brit... More
The cow-pock - or - the wonderful effects of the new inoculation / Js....
Caricature of vaccination scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras, showing Dr. Jenner vaccinating frightened young woman, and cows emerging from different parts of people's bodies.
The cow-pock - or - the wonderful effects of the new inoculation / Js....
Caricature of vaccination scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras, showing Dr. Jenner vaccinating frightened young woman, and cows emerging from different parts of people's bodies.
The hand-writing upon the wall / Js. Gillray invt. & ft., British Cart...
Napoleon, Josephine, French soldiers and women seated at feast with dishes "Bank of England," "St. James," "Tower of London," and "Roast Beef of old England." Napoleon looks in horror at hand of Jehovah pointin... More
The hand-writing upon the wall / Js. Gillray invt. & ft., British Cart...
Napoleon, Josephine, French soldiers and women seated at feast with dishes "Bank of England," "St. James," "Tower of London," and "Roast Beef of old England." Napoleon looks in horror at hand of Jehovah pointin... More
Britannia between death and the doctor's / Js Gillray inv. & fect., Br...
A faint Britannia seated on bed with three "doctors," William Pitt kicking Henry Addington and stepping on Charles James Fox. The figure of death, with Napoleon's head, strides from behind bed curtains. Catalog... More
Britannia between death and the doctor's / Js Gillray inv. & fect., Br...
A faint Britannia seated on bed with three "doctors," William Pitt kicking Henry Addington and stepping on Charles James Fox. The figure of death, with Napoleon's head, strides from behind bed curtains. Catalog... More
Integrity retiring from Office! / Js. Gillray, invt & ft., British Car...
A group of resigning ministers, led by Pitt who holds a document entitled "Justice of Emancipating ye Catholicks", leaving through an arched gateway inscribed "Treasury." Following Pitt are Dundas, Grenville, S... More
Integrity retiring from Office! / Js. Gillray, invt & ft., British Car...
A group of resigning ministers, led by Pitt who holds a document entitled "Justice of Emancipating ye Catholicks", leaving through an arched gateway inscribed "Treasury." Following Pitt are Dundas, Grenville, S... More
Charon's Boat - or - the Ghosts of "all the Talents" taking their last...
A group of naked Whig politicians, including three Grenvilles, Sheridan, St. Vincent, Moira, Temple, Erskine, Howick, Petty, Whitbread, Sheridan, Windham,and Tomline, Bishop of Lincoln, crossing the river Styx ... More
Charon's Boat - or - the Ghosts of "all the Talents" taking their last...
A group of naked Whig politicians, including three Grenvilles, Sheridan, St. Vincent, Moira, Temple, Erskine, Howick, Petty, Whitbread, Sheridan, Windham,and Tomline, Bishop of Lincoln, crossing the river Styx ... More
![Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantastic form / G.W. invt. [Gillray f.], British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvZmFzaGlvbi1iZWZvcmUtZWFzZS1vci1hLWdvb2QtY29uc3RpdHV0aW9uLXNhY3JpZmljZWQtZm9yLWEtZmFudGFzdGljLWZvcm0tYzFjZDhkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantastic form / G.W. invt. [Gillray f.], British Cartoon Print")
Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantas...
Cartoon showing Britannia clasping trunk of a large oak, while Thomas Paine tugs with both hands at her stay laces, his foot on her posterior. From his coat pocket protrudes a pair of scissors and a tape inscri... More
![Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantastic form / G.W. invt. [Gillray f.], British Cartoon Print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvZmFzaGlvbi1iZWZvcmUtZWFzZS1vci1hLWdvb2QtY29uc3RpdHV0aW9uLXNhY3JpZmljZWQtZm9yLWEtZmFudGFzdGljLWZvcm0tM2RmYTRhLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantastic form / G.W. invt. [Gillray f.], British Cartoon Print")
Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantas...
Cartoon showing Britannia clasping trunk of a large oak, while Thomas Paine tugs with both hands at her stay laces, his foot on her posterior. From his coat pocket protrudes a pair of scissors and a tape inscri... More
The comforts of a Rumford stove Vide Dr. G-rn-ts lectures / / Js Gillr...
Cartoon shows full-length view of Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), inventor of the Rumford stove, standing with his back to the fire, his coat-tails spread to permit enjoyment from the warmth. Forms part of :... More
The comforts of a Rumford stove Vide Dr. G-rn-ts lectures / / Js Gillr...
Cartoon shows full-length view of Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), inventor of the Rumford stove, standing with his back to the fire, his coat-tails spread to permit enjoyment from the warmth. Forms part of :... More
Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - An exp...
A satire on the fashionable lectures at the Royal Institution, showing Thomas Young(?), doing an experiment, holding Sir J.C. Hippisley by his nose, and applying to his mouth a tube from an apparatus in which a... More
Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - An exp...
A satire on the fashionable lectures at the Royal Institution, showing Thomas Young(?), doing an experiment, holding Sir J.C. Hippisley by his nose, and applying to his mouth a tube from an apparatus in which a... More
Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité...
British satire shows Napoleon with his grenadiers driving the members of the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery at St. Cloud at bayonet point. A drum is labeled "Vive la Liberte," and papers under foot r... More
Exit libertè a la Francois! or Buonaparte closing the farce of Egalité...
British satire shows Napoleon with his grenadiers driving the members of the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery at St. Cloud at bayonet point. A drum is labeled "Vive la Liberte," and papers under foot r... More
The grand coronation procession of Napoleone the 1st, Emperor of Franc...
Caricature showing procession, with Napoleon and Josephine in center, headed by members of the Imperial family, followed by Talleyrand and his wife, and a dejected Pope Pius VII. Napoleon's train is supported b... More
The grand coronation procession of Napoleone the 1st, Emperor of Franc...
Caricature showing procession, with Napoleon and Josephine in center, headed by members of the Imperial family, followed by Talleyrand and his wife, and a dejected Pope Pius VII. Napoleon's train is supported b... More
The grand coronation procession of Napoleone the 1st, Emperor of Franc...
Caricature showing procession, with Napoleon and Josephine in center, headed by members of the Imperial family, followed by Talleyrand and his wife, and a dejected Pope Pius VII. Napoleon's train is supported b... More