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James Gillray (1756-1815) was the leading caricaturist of the late eighteenth century, and an artist of outstanding inventiveness and originality whose work continues to influence cartoons today. He lived through a traumatic period in British and European history, and his art provides some of the most memorable images of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic wars and the raging political scene of the time, as well as penetrating charcterisations of famous individuals including George III and Queen Charlotte, Napoleon, Emma Hamilton, William Pitt and Charles Fox. Gillray also brilliantly ridiculed the pretensions and foibles of contemporary society, a world of fashionable excess and sexual intrigue, corruption and royal scandals. Although firmly grounded in the realities of his time, the wit and robust vulgarity of Gillray's images remains engaging, even shocking.Illustrating the full range of Gillray's social, political and personal satires, this catalogue shows the sophistication and diversity of his art, demonstarting that Gillray was not only the greatest satirical artist of his time, but also one of the very greatest of printmakers and draughtsmen. In the introductory essays, Richard Godfrey gives an overview of Gillray's art and life, and Mark Hallett examines his language of graphic satire in the context of the vigorous print market of the eighteenth century. The historical and artistic background to Gillray's work is fully examined, and his place within European Romanticism is explored through the discussion of works by artists known to have admired and copied him, including Goya and David.

Hardcover. The story of Britains greatest caricaturist, whose satires poked fun at political life throughout the Age of Revolutions Described by one contemporary as the "Prince of Caricatura," James Gillray (17571815) was the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centurys most famous and prolific graphic satirist. This definitive biographical study explores Gillrays work through his friends, collaborations, and connections, and places it in the context of the world of print and political satire at a time when revolution and war erupted around the globe. As well as an obsessive artist, Gillray was a hard-working art-businessman who struggled to make a living in politically exciting but difficult financial circumstances. Exploring Gillrays lifehis relations with his publishers, his patrons, other artists, and politicians, and the pressures that made him publishsheds new light on contemporary anxieties about artistic independence, the role of propaganda, and the increasing political importance of public opinion. Lavishly illustrated, James Gillray also explores the artists early involvement in the production of previously unknown erotic prints, nearly all of which were deliberately destroyed by moral crusaders during the 1790s. A lavishly illustrated biography of James Gillray, inventor of the art of political caricature Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: A Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1981. "Caricatures have been amusing, shocking and informing a wide and varied public for the last 300 years; yet this is the first fully illustrated book devoted to the history of this genuinely popular art. A total of 243 international caricaturists are discussed in the form of individual biographies, each illustrated with one or more examples of their work. An intriguing perspective on the social, political, and cultural life of Western society from the seventeenth century to the present day. Art critic William Feaver provides a commentary placing each generation of caricaturists in its historical context." . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by 250 Black & White and 28 Color Illustrations. Coffee Table Book. Price Clipped. A Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf Inc 0394509048 US

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Book of James Gillray Etchings James Gillray (1756-1815) was one of the greatest caricaturist of the 18th century. From around 1775 until 1810, he produced nearly 1000 prints-including brilliantly finished portrait caricatures of the rich, famous, or frivolous, wonderfully comic caricatures of people being awkward, and unquestionably the best satiric caricatures of British political and social life in the age of Napoleon. His preeminence in graphic satire, especially in the 1790s made him both sought after and feared. No sooner did a new Gillray print appear than it was sure to be plagiarized or imitated by contemporaries both in England and abroad. And even today, there are few political cartoonist who would not admit to some debt to Gillray's work.

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James Gillray (1756-1815) was the leading caricaturist of the late eighteenth century, and an artist of outstanding inventiveness and originality whose work continues to influence cartoons today. He lived through a traumatic period in British and European history, and his art provides some of the most memorable images of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic wars and the raging political scene of the time, as well as penetrating charcterisations of famous individuals including George III and Queen Charlotte, Napoleon, Emma Hamilton, William Pitt and Charles Fox. Gillray also brilliantly ridiculed the pretensions and foibles of contemporary society, a world of fashionable excess and sexual intrigue, corruption and royal scandals. Although firmly grounded in the realities of his time, the wit and robust vulgarity of Gillray's images remains engaging, even shocking.Illustrating the full range of Gillray's social, political and personal satires, this catalogue shows the sophistication and diversity of his art, demonstarting that Gillray was not only the greatest satirical artist of his time, but also one of the very greatest of printmakers and draughtsmen. In the introductory essays, Richard Godfrey gives an overview of Gillray's art and life, and Mark Hallett examines his language of graphic satire in the context of the vigorous print market of the eighteenth century. The historical and artistic background to Gillray's work is fully examined, and his place within European Romanticism is explored through the discussion of works by artists known to have admired and copied him, including Goya and David.