Gillray Observed
The Earliest Account of his Caricatures in London und Paris
- Editors and translators:
- Christiane Banerji, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Diana Donald, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Date Published: March 2009
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521101851
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One of England's most famous caricaturists, James Gillray, was an immensely successful and popular artist, yet there were no accounts of his work published in England during his lifetime. The single contemporary source on Gillray is a series of commentaries published in the German journal London und Paris between 1798 and 1806. Christine Banerji and Diana Donald have translated and edited selected commentaries, with accompanying illustrations, to reveal how Gillray's art was understood by his contemporaries. The edition offers a unique insight into the role of satire in British politics during the Napoleonic era and shows the subtle artistry of Gillray's designs. The volume also includes an informative introduction which places Gillray and his work in the context of a fascinating episode in Anglo-German relations at the turn of the eighteenth century.
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- Date Published: March 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521101851
- length: 292 pages
- dimensions: 246 x 189 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.53kg
- contains: 37 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Gillray and Mrs Humphrey: The Latest Caricature
2. Search-Night
or State-Watchmen, Mistaking Honest-Men for Conspirators
3. The Tree of Liberty, with the Devil tempting John Bull
4. United Irishmen in Training
5. United Irishmen upon Duty
6. John Bull taking a Luncheon: or British Cooks cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard with Bonne-Chere
7. Stealing off
or prudent secession
8. 'L'Insurrection de l'Institut Amphibie' - The Pursuit of Knowledge
9. Effusions of a Pot of Porter, or Ministerial Conjurations for Supporting the War
10. Lilliputian-substitutes, Equipping for Public Service
11. Integrity retiring from Office!
12. Political-dreamings! - Visions of Peace! - Perspective Horrors!
13. Metallic tractors
14. Dilettanti Theatricals: or a Peep at the Green Room
15. French Invasion or Buonaparte Landing in Great Britain
16. Confederated coalition: or The Giants Storming Heaven
17. L'Assemblee Nationale
or Grand Cooperative Meeting at St Ann's Hill
18. English Caricatures
19. The Reconciliation
20. The Plumb pudding in danger: or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper
21. End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation
22. Caricaturists in London Today
23. Visiting the Sick
Appendix
Index.
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