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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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If the print you are looking for is not listed below, please call us or fill in the contact form. Our stock is constantly changing. We have a large number or James Gillray prints for sale.
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Guy Vaux.

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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GUY VAUX. W.Humphry[sic], undated, first issued by E.D’Archery 15 June 1782.  JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815    Andrew Edmunds Prints

"Crumbs of Comfort.” or - Old-Orthodox, restoring Consolation to his Fallen Children

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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CRUMBS of COMFORT or  Old-Orthodox, restoring Consolation to his Fallen Children. No publisher, first issued 6 September 1782. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815    Andrew Edmunds Prints

 A Warm Birth for the Old Administration

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 WARM BIRTH for the OLD ADMINISTRATION 1783  James Gillray 1756-1815    Andrew Edmunds Prints

 A Block for the Wigs – or, the new State Whirligig.

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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A BLOCK for the WIGS or, the new State Whirligig. W.Humphrey, 5 May 1783.  JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815 Andrew Edmunds Prints

Wife & no Wife – or – A trip to the Continent
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W.Holland, 27 March 1786
etching 370 x 471 mm  in black on laid paper, with publisher’s watercolour
watermark: J WHATMAN  and Strasburg bend & lily/W
bm 6932
first state, the print was re-issued in 1788
A glue stain and other blemishes, the green discoloured on verso
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James Gillray  Wife & no Wife – or – A trip to the Continent Andrew Edmunds Prints

Monstrous Craws, at a New Coalition Feast

S.W.Fores, 29 May 1787
Etching, engraving & aquatint 375 x 478 mm in black
on laid paper, watermark indistinct
bm 7166
A good early impression, the aquatint still printing strongly
Sheet dusty on back, trace of vertical fold, just split in top margin & old strengthening centre.
Small to very small margins with some minor blemishes
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 James Gillray  Monstrous Craws, at a New Coalition Feast  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Lieut.Goverr. Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto

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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LIEUT.GOVERR. GALL-STONE, inspired by ALECTO. H.Humphrey, 15 February 1790. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Smelling out a Rat; - or The Atheistical-Revolutionist disturbed ...

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 ... H.Humphrey, 3 December 1790. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Smelling out a Rat; - or The Atheistical-Revolutionist disturbed ...

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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Smelling out a Rat; - or The Atheistical-Revolutionist disturbed ... H.Humphrey, 3 December 1790.  JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

The Impeachment, - or – “The Father of the Gang, turnd Kings Evidence.

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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The IMPEACHMENT, - or – The Father of the Gang, turnd Kings Evidence. S.W.Fores, May 1791. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Design for the New Picture Gallery ...

H.Humphrey, 17 March 1792
etching & engraving 300 x 325 mm, partly stippled, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 8072








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DESIGN FOR THE NEW PICTURE GALLERY ... H.Humphrey, 17 March 1792. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Anti-Saccharites, -or-John Bull and his family leaving off the use of Sugar

H.Humphrey, 27 March 1792
Etching 315 x 406 mm printed in sepia, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 8074
 A boycott of West Indian sugar and rum, a protest   against the Slave Trade, was urged by W.Fox in 1791.
 Gillray’s fantasy of the Royal Family taking an anti-   saccharite stand is combined with their reputed   frugality  
very slightly faded, some marginal spotting 
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James Gilray  Anti-Saccharites, -or-John Bull and his family leaving off the use of Sugar  Andrew Edmunds Prints

A Vestal of -93, trying on the Cestus of Venus.

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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A VESTAL of -93, trying on the CESTUS of VENUS. H.Humphrey, 29 April 1793. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

The Eruption of the Mountain, - or – The Horrors of the “Bocca del Inferno”...

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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The ERUPTION of the MOUNTAIN, - or – The Horrors of the Bocca del Inferno... H.Humphrey, 25 July 1794. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

French-Telegraph making Signals in the Dark

H.Humphrey, 26 January 1795
etching, aquatint, roulette & engraving  248 x 353 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 8612
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FRENCH-TELEGRAPH making SIGNALS in the Dark. H.Humphrey, 26 January 1795. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815 Andrew Edmunds Prints

The Genius of France Triumphant. - or – Britannia petitioning for Peace.

H.Humphrey, 2 February 1795
etching, aquatint & engraving 250 x 350 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 8614




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The Genius of France Triumphant. - or – BRITANNIA petitioning for PEACE. H.Humphrey, 2 February 1795. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

​Leaving off Powder, - or – A Frugal Family saving the Guinea.

​H.Humphrey, 10 March 1795
etching & engraving 250 x 352 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 8629






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Leaving off POWDER, - or – A Frugal Family saving the Guinea. H.Humphrey, 10 March 1795. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Blindmans-Buff – or – Too Many for John Bull.

H.Humphrey, 12 June 1795
etching & engraving 250 x 351 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 8658





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BLINDMANS-BUFF – or – Too Many for John Bull. H.Humphrey, 12 June 1795. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815   Andrew Edmunds Prints

Democratic Leveling; -Alliance a la Francoise; - or – The Union of the Coronet & Cyster-pipe

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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Democratic Leveling; -Alliance a la Francoise; - or – The Union of the Coronet & Cyster-pipe . H.Humphrey, 4 March 1796. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

A Proof of the Refin’d Feelings of an amiable character, lately a Candidate for a certain ancient City.

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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A Proof of the Refin’d Feelings of an amiable character, lately a Candidate for a certain ancient City. c. June 1796.   JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815. Andrew Edmunds Prints

The Bridal-Night

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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The BRIDAL-NIGHT. H.Humphrey, 18 May 1797.  JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Un Diplomatique, settling affairs at Stevens’s
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H.Humphrey, 9 June 1797
etching & engraving (304) x (222) mm, with publisher’s watercolour
Laid paper, watermark: CURTIES & SONS , an example of the brief return to laid paper during 1797, possibly because of wartime shortages
Collection: Count von Starhemberg, Austrian Envoy in London, his mark E & pencil catalogue notes on verso
cut touching outer border, two corners of outer border torn off
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Un Diplomatique, settling affairs at Stevens’s James Gillray  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Habits of New French Legislators, and other Public Functionaries.

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 originally 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




















Habits of New French Legislators, and other Public Functionaries. (2) H.Humphrey, 18 April & 21 May 1798. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints
Habits of New French Legislators, and other Public Functionaries. H.Humphrey, 18 April & 21 May 1798. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Portrait of an Irish Chief; drawn from Life at Wexford

H.Humphrey, 10 July 1798
etching, engraving & aquatint 364 x 261 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9236 (both second states)
FIRST STATE before NO UNION added in flag above Erin go Brach!
Faint mount burn, a rust inclusion in the sky, early 47 in ink lower margin
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Portrait of an Irish Chief; drawn from Life at Wexford James Gillray  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Doublures of Characters; - or – striking Resemblances in Phisiognomy.

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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DOUBLURES of Characters; - or – striking Resemblances in Phisiognomy. J.Wright, 1 November 1798. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

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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Destruction of the French Colossus. H.Humphrey, 1 November 1798. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

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










SIEGE DE LA COLONNE DE POMPEE.  SCIENCE IN THE PILLORY. H.Humphrey, 6 March 1799. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

The State of the War – or – the Monkey-Race in danger.

H.Humphrey, 20 May 1799
etching & engraving 259 x 363 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 9388




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The State of the WAR – or – the Monkey-Race in danger. H.Humphrey, 20 May 1799. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Pizarro contemplating over the product of his new Peruvian Mine

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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PIZARRO contemplating over the product of his new Peruvian Mine. H.Humphrey, 4 June 1799. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815   Andrew Edmunds Prints

Pen-etration.

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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​PEN-ETRATION. H.Humphrey, 6 August 1799. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

The Reception in Holland

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 RECEPTION in HOLLAND. H.Humphrey, 8 September 1799.  JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

The French-Consular-Triumvirate, settling the New Constitution ...

H.Humphrey, 1 January 1800
etching & engraving 349 x 241 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 9509

faint stain
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The French-Consular-Triumvirate, settling the New Constitution ... H.Humphrey, 1 January 1800. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned.

H.Humphrey, 11 June 1800
etching & engraving 250 x 202 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 9564












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A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned. H.Humphrey, 11 June 1800. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815   Andrew Edmunds Prints

Lilliputian-Substitutes, Equiping[sic]for Public Service

H.Humphrey, 28 May 1801
etching & engraving 247 x 357 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 9722




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LILLIPUTIAN-SUBSTITUTES, Equiping[sic]for Public Service. H.Humphrey, 28 May 1801. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

A Welch Tandem

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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A WELCH TANDEM. H.Humphrey, 21 June 1801. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815

Political-Dreamings ! – Visions of Peace ! – Perspective Horrors !

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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POLITICAL-DREAMINGS ! – VISIONS OF PEACE ! – PERSPECTIVE HORRORS !. H.Humphrey, 9 November 1801.  JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Metallic Tractors

H.Humphrey, 11 November 1801
Etching, engraving & aquatint 248 x 350 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9761
The print was commissioned by Benjamin Perkins, Yale class of 1794, a Connecticut quack; presumably on the principle that any publicity is good publicity
Collection: Dr.C.S.Warren, a descendant of  Dr.Joseph Warren killed at Bunker Hill
Margins top & botton, cut more or less on the plate-mark, well clear of
border, at sides; a brown spot in the upper border

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Metallic Tractors James Gillray  Andrew Edmunds Prints

“only look at the general, Madam !”

H.Humphrey, 5 March 1802
etching & engraving 254 x 200 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 9917












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“only look at the general, Madam !”. H.Humphrey, 5 March 1802. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815   Andrew Edmunds Prints

The Pic-Nic Orchestra

H.Humphrey, 23 April 1802
Etching & engraving 254 x 355 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 9921
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The Pic-Nic Orchestra James Gillray   Andrew Edmunds Prints

Bat-Catching

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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BAT-CATCHING. H.Humphrey, 19  January 1803. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Evacuation of Malta.

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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EVACUATION of MALTA. H.Humphrey, 9 February 1803.  JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

An Old Encore at the Opera.

H.Humphrey, 1 April 1803
etching, engraving & roulette 249 x 200 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 10159












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An Old Encore at the Opera. H.Humphrey, 1 April 1803. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

The King of Brobidingnag, and Gulliver.

H.Humphrey, 26 June 1803
etching, aquatint & engraving 360 x 256 mm, uncoloured
BM 10019

small margins, brilliant earliest colour
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The King of BROBDINGNAG, and GULLIVER. uncoloured. H.Humphrey, 26 June 1803. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

ci-devant Occupations – or – Madame Talien and the Empress Josephine dancing Naked
before Barras in the Winter of 1797. – A Fact !

H.Humphrey, 20 February 1805
etching, aquatint, roulette & engraving 312 x 457 mm, uncoloured
BM 10369

vertical fold mark
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ci-devant Occupations – or – Madame Talien and the Empress Josephine dancing Naked before Barras in the Winter of 1797. – A Fact ! H.Humphrey, 20 February 1805. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Le Diable-Boiteux, - or – Devil upon Two Sticks ...

H.Humphrey, 8 February 1806
etching & engraving  340 x 247 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 10525
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Le Diable-Boiteux, - or – Devil upon Two Sticks ... H.Humphrey, 8 February 1806. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

The Fall of Icarus

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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The FALL of ICARUS. H.Humphrey, 28 April 1807. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

Sad Sloppy Weather.

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












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SAD SLOPPY WEATHER. H.Humphrey, 10 February 1808. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

an Old English-Gentleman pester'd by Servants wanting Places

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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an Old English-Gentleman pester'd by Servants wanting Places. H.Humphrey, 16 May 1809. JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints

The introduction of the Pope to the Convocation at Oxford, by Cardinal Broad-Bottom

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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The introduction of the Pope to the Convocation at Oxford, by Cardinal Broad-Bottom. H.Humphrey, 1 December 1809.  JAMES GILLRAY 1756-1815  Andrew Edmunds Prints
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