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Creator:
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877
Title(s):

The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist : with the story of his life and times / edited by Thomas Wright ; with over four hundred illustrations.

Published/Created:
London : Chatto and Windus [1873]
Physical Description:
[2], 376 p., [81] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
NJ18 G3845 W76 (LC) Oversize ;
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NC1479.G5 W75 1873+ Oversize
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Authorship of part of the volume attributed to Joseph Grego.
Printed by Savill, Edwards and Co., Chandos Street, Covent Garden.
"Works, not belonging to the province of caricature or satire, executed by James Gillray as an engraver": p. [372]-374.
"Subjects suggested to Gillray by amateurs, or of which rough sketches are preserved in the Print room of the British museum": p. 374-376.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original gilt- and black-stamped blue cloth.
Subject Terms:
Caricatures and cartoons -- England.
Chatto and Windus -- Publisher.
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820.
Satirists, English.
Savill, Edwards and Co. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1873.
Lithographs -- 1873.
Contributors:
Grego, Joseph, 1843-1908, attributed name.
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