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.
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 ChildrenNo 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
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.
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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Wife & no Wife – or – A trip to the Continent
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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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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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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
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.
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 ...
H.Humphrey, 17 March 1792
etching & engraving 300 x 325 mm, partly stippled, with publisher’s watercolour BM 8072 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Un Diplomatique, settling affairs at Stevens’s
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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 |
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Portrait of an Irish Chief; drawn from Life at WexfordH.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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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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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 |
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Metallic TractorsH.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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“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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The Pic-Nic OrchestraH.Humphrey, 23 April 1802
Etching & engraving 254 x 355 mm, with publisher’s watercolour bm 9921 Faded, the green background beginning to brown |
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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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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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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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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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ci-devant Occupations – or – Madame Talien and the Empress Josephine dancing Naked
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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 very small margins |
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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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Sad Sloppy Weather.
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
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
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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