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Creator:
Clayton, Tim
Title(s):

James Gillray : a revolution in satire / Tim Clayton.

Published/Created:
London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2022.
New Haven : Yale University Press
©2022
Physical Description:
vii, 400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Holdings:
Reference Library
NJ18.G3845 C53 2022 (LC) Oversize
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16360133
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-381) and index.
"The story of Britain's greatest caricaturist, whose satires poked fun at political life throughout the Age of Revolutions Described by one contemporary as the "Prince of Caricatura," James Gillray (1757-1815) was the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century's most famous and prolific graphic satirist. This definitive biographical study explores Gillray's work through his friends, collaborations, and connections, and places it in the context of the world of print and political satire at a time when revolution and war erupted around the globe. As well as an obsessive artist, Gillray was a hard working art businessman who struggled to make a living in politically exciting but difficult financial circumstances. Exploring Gillray's life-his relations with his publishers, his patrons, other artists, and politicians, and the pressures that made him publish-sheds new light on contemporary anxieties about artistic independence, the role of propaganda, and the increasing political importance of public opinion. Lavishly illustrated, James Gillray also explores the artist's early involvement in the production of previously unknown erotic prints, nearly all of which were deliberately destroyed by moral crusaders during the 1790s"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Terms:
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Political satire, English.
Satirists, English.
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  • The prince of caricatura: an introduction
  • Spinning of lines: Gillray's background, 1756-1777
  • To win a bowl of punch: Gillray and the Humphreys, 1777-1783
  • All the artillery of slander: Elizabeth d'Achery, 1782-1783
  • Bold, masterly touches: 'serious' prints, 1780-1787
  • William Holland and the 'inimitable genius', 1782-1787
  • Other people's dirty linen: commissions, 1784-1791
  • 'The most eminent caricature artist in town': Gillray and Samuel William Fores, 1787-1789
  • The royal family and the French Revolution, 1788-1793
  • My dearest friend: working with Hannah, 1787-1797
  • The ridicule of puny wits: Gillray's words, parody and the literary galleries, 1788-1796
  • 'Not the least intention of caricature': 'serious' prints, 1788-1794
  • Liberty's last squeak, 1793-1796
  • Seduction by canning, Hollandia Regenerata and the anti-Jacobin, 1796-1798
  • Gilderoy and society, 1793-1802
  • Skirmishing against the common enemy, 1798-1801
  • Peace, war, and little boney, 1801-1806
  • 'I hope you take care of the cat': St. James's street, 1797-1810
  • 'I have pledged myself that you never will mention his name': politics, 1806-1809
  • Illness, eath and afterlife, 1807-1851.