vii, 400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-381) and index.
Contents:
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.
Subject Terms:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815 -- Criticism and interpretation. | Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. | Satirists, English. | Political satire, English. | English wit and humor, Pictorial.