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James Gillray

(b London, 13 Aug 1756; d London, 1 June 1815). English draughtsman and engraver. During his career he engraved over 1500 prints and invented, almost single-handed, the genre of British political caricature. In his lifetime he was feared and admired; his reputation waned in the strait-laced moral climate that succeeded the Regency. In 1831 the Athenaeum described him as a 'caterpillar on the green leaf of Reputation'.


Gillray, James 哥倫比亞百科
(gĭl'rā) , 1757–1815, English caricaturist and illustrator. He was essentially self-trained although he studied at the Royal Academy and on the Continent. His caricatures of the court of George III made him immensely popular. His masterly delineations, vigorous, clever, often subtle, sometimes vulgar and grotesque, numbered more than 12,000. Among his best-known cartoons are A New Way to Pay the National Debt (1796), Social Elements in Skating (1805), and A Rake's Progress at the University (1806). Insanity ended his career in 1811.

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Description "Titianus redivivius; or the seven wise men consulting the new Venetian oracle. - A scene in ye Academic Grove, No.1"; scene showing artists in front of the Royal Academy at Somerset House. Artist Gillray, James (1756-1815) Engraver Gillray, James (1756-1815) Publisher Bohn, Henry G. Date of Execution 1797 Medium etching Support paper Longest Dimension 57cms Shortest Dimension 44cms Section Guildhall Library Print Room Collection Satirical Print Collection Location Satires 1797 Picture Type satire Catalogue No p5384608 Accession No - Notes Miss Provis stands on a rainbow daubing paint on the face of Titian. Reynolds' ghost appears from the paved floor in the foreground. On the right John Boydell and two companions run off furtively. The seven artists sitting in the light of the rainbow include Joseph Farington, John Opie, and Richard Westall.