JAMES GILLRAY
1756-1815

Unless noted, all prints are printed in sepia ink on wove paper. 
All were printed and coloured during Gillray’s lifetime.

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GUY VAUX.
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W.Humphry[sic], undated, first issued by E.D’Archery 15 June 1782
etching & engraving 246 x 356 mm, printed in black
bm 6007 second state
Laid paper, watermark: Strasburg bend & lily/gr
ex  Berger Collection with his pencil references on verso
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"CRUMBS of COMFORT.” or - Old-Orthodox, restoring Consolation to his Fallen Children
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No publisher, first issued 6 September 1782
etching & engraving 247 x 352 mm, printed in black
bm 6027  second state, the publication line erased
Laid paper, watermark: i taylor





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 A WARM BIRTH for the OLD ADMINISTRATION
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W.Humphrey, 2 April 1783
etching & engraving 253 x 357 mm, printed in black
bm 5970
Laid paper
laid down on a thin early backing sheet, cut on the plate-mark at bottom with crumpling and stitch marks at very edge

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 A BLOCK for the WIGS – or, the new State Whirligig.
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W.Humphrey, 5 May 1783
etching & engraving 246 x 348 mm, printed in black
bm 6227
Laid paper
laid down on a thin early backing sheet, two small faint candle-wax stains



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LIEUT.GOVERR. GALL-STONE, inspired by ALECTO
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H.Humphrey, 15 February 1790
etching, engraving & aquatint  538 x 404 mm, printed in black, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 7721
laid paper
very earliest colour, before Humphrey’s house style settled down, some old restoration










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Smelling out a Rat; - or The Atheistical-Revolutionist disturbed ...
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H.Humphrey, 3 December 1790
etching & engraving 248 x 350 mm, printed in black, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 7686
Laid paper, watermark: i taylor
fine early impression with the earliest colouring showing Burke in purple Jesuit’s habit, later on this was altered to
the blue & red Windsor uniform

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Smelling out a Rat; - or The Atheistical-Revolutionist disturbed ...
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H.Humphrey, 3 December 1790
etching & engraving 248 x 351 mm, printed in black, uncoloured
bm 7686
Laid paper, watermark: i taylor
fine early impression, one corner of the margin made up, clear of the plate-mark

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The IMPEACHMENT, - or – “The Father of the Gang, turnd Kings Evidence.
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S.W.Fores, May 1791
etching, printed in black 315 x 404 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 7861
Laid paper, watermark: Strasburg bend & lily/lvg



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DESIGN FOR THE NEW PICTURE GALLERY ...
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H.Humphrey, 17 March 1792
etching & engraving 300 x 325 mm, partly stippled, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 8072








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A VESTAL of -93, trying on the CESTUS of VENUS.
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H.Humphrey, 29 April 1793
Etching, engraving & aquatint 306 x 370 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 8389  first state, the face later altered to that of lady cecelia johnston
cut on the plate-mark
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The ERUPTION of the MOUNTAIN, - or – The Horrors of the “Bocca del Inferno”...
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H.Humphrey, 25 July 1794
etching & engraving 323 x 374 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 8479
ex Duke of Westminster
fine earliest colouring with the tricolor lava flows, thread/very small margins 
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FRENCH-TELEGRAPH making SIGNALS in the Dark
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H.Humphrey, 26 January 1795
etching, aquatint, roulette & engraving  248 x 353 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 8612




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The Genius of France Triumphant. - or – BRITANNIA petitioning for PEACE.
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H.Humphrey, 2 February 1795
etching, aquatint & engraving 250 x 350 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 8614




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​Leaving off POWDER, - or – A Frugal Family saving the Guinea.
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​H.Humphrey, 10 March 1795
etching & engraving 250 x 352 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 8629






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BLINDMANS-BUFF – or – Too Many for John Bull.
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H.Humphrey, 12 June 1795
etching & engraving 250 x 351 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 8658





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Democratic Leveling; -Alliance a la Francoise; - or – The Union of the Coronet & Cyster-pipe 
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H.Humphrey, 4 March 1796
etching & engraving 360 x (260) mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 8787
ex Duke of Westminster
cut just within the plate-mark at bottom










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A Proof of the Refin’d Feelings of an amiable character, lately a Candidate for 
a certain ancient City.
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Without date or publisher, a privately commissioned electioneering print, c. June 1796
etching  (244) x (354) mm, with H.Humphrey’s watercolour
bm 8819
rare
cut on/just within the plate-mark, faint diagonal crease mark

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The BRIDAL-NIGHT
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H.Humphrey, 18 May 1797
etching, aquatint & engraving 305 x (448) mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9014
very small margins top & bottom, cut on plate-mark at sides, two un-restored tears just into work at top



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Habits of New French Legislators, and other Public Functionaries.
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H.Humphrey, 18 April & 21 May 1798
etchings with engraving, each approx 260 x 195 mm, the final six prints with aquatint, all with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9196-9201 & 9207-9212 with a variant of plate 5 in the supressed first state
ex Kinross House, a uniform set, the variant print purchased with the set
watermarks: 1794 / j whatman
ex  Kinross House
The Whig party dressed in a burlesque of David’s costumes.
Sheridan’s friends asked to have him removed from the set and Gillray replaced him
with Horne Tooke
very fine set, some with contemporary ms identities in the margin






















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DOUBLURES of Characters; - or – striking Resemblances in Phisiognomy.
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J.Wright, 1 November 1798
etching & engraving 264 x 364 mm, uncoloured
bm 9261
From the Anti-Jacobin Review
watermark part of: 17 lepard 94
un-flattened fold marks, an unobtrusive tear into the subject with old repair

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Destruction of the French Colossus

H.Humphrey, 1 November 1798
etching & engraving 360 x 260 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9260
minor old restoration














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SIEGE DE LA COLONNE DE POMPEE.  SCIENCE IN THE PILLORY.

H.Humphrey, 6 March 1799
etching & engraving  555 x 432 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9352
ex Duke of Westminster
some glue marks showing through to recto as faint brown stains in the background & title area, cut on the plate-mark

The State of the WAR – or – the Monkey-Race in danger.
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H.Humphrey, 20 May 1799
etching & engraving 259 x 363 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9388




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PIZARRO contemplating over the product of his new Peruvian Mine
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H.Humphrey, 4 June 1799
etching & engraving 365 x (260)mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9396
cut just in or on the plate-mark













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PEN-ETRATION.
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H.Humphrey, 6 August 1799
Etching 258 x 196 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9441
inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand Mr.Pen
tear just into the title area














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The RECEPTION in HOLLAND
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H.Humphrey, 8 September 1799
etching & engraving 262 x 365 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9414
cut on the plate-mark




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The French-Consular-Triumvirate, settling the New Constitution ...
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H.Humphrey, 1 January 1800
etching & engraving 349 x 241 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9509
faint stain












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A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned.
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H.Humphrey, 11 June 1800
etching & engraving 250 x 202 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9564












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LILLIPUTIAN-SUBSTITUTES, Equiping[sic]for Public Service
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H.Humphrey, 28 May 1801
etching & engraving 247 x 357 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9722




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A WELCH TANDEM
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H.Humphrey, 21 June 1801
etching & engraving (260) x (362) mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9760
cut just within the plate-mark




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POLITICAL-DREAMINGS ! – VISIONS OF PEACE ! – PERSPECTIVE HORRORS !
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H.Humphrey, 9 November 1801
etching  & engraving (256) x (350) mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9735
cut just within the plate-mark



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“only look at the general, Madam !”
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H.Humphrey, 5 March 1802
etching & engraving 254 x 200 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9917












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BAT-CATCHING
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H.Humphrey, 19 January 1803
etching & engraving 255 x 355 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9964
ex  Duke of Westminster
cut within the plate-mark



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EVACUATION of MALTA.
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H.Humphrey, 9 February 1803
etching, soft-ground etching & engraving 257 x 360 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9967
watermark: edmeads & co / 1801
fine, more or less uncut sheet




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An Old Encore at the Opera.
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H.Humphrey, 1 April 1803
etching, engraving & roulette 249 x 200 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 10159












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The King of BROBDINGNAG, and GULLIVER.
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H.Humphrey, 26 June 1803
etching, aquatint & engraving 360 x 256 mm, uncoloured
bm 10019
small margins, brilliant earliest colour

ci-devant Occupations – or – Madame Talien and the Empress Josephine dancing Naked
before Barras in the Winter of 1797. – A Fact !
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H.Humphrey, 20 February 1805
etching, aquatint, roulette & engraving 312 x 457 mm, uncoloured
bm 10369
vertical fold mark
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Le Diable-Boiteux, - or – Devil upon Two Sticks ...
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H.Humphrey, 8 February 1806
etching & engraving  340 x 247 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 10525
very small margins













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The FALL of ICARUS
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H.Humphrey, 28 April 1807
etching & engraving 355 x 258 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 10721
watermark: ruse & turners / 1806
uncut sheet, dust & tears in the margins, a scuff in the background of the design












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SAD SLOPPY WEATHER.
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H.Humphrey, 10 February 1808
etching & engraving 260 x 208 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 11096












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an Old English-Gentleman pester'd by Servants wanting Places
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H.Humphrey, 16 May 1809
etching & engraving  260 x 365 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 11330
very small margins, thread at bottom



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The introduction of the Pope to the Convocation at Oxford, by Cardinal Broad-Bottom
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H.Humphrey, 1 December 1809
etching & engraving 266 x 375 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 11384
cut on the plate-mark touching the yellow wash border



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