James Gillray was born in London in the Chelsey district. His father was Scottish and a war veteran. The young Gillray learned the profession of letter engraver and was later accepted as a student at the Royal Academy, working as an engraver time and again to finance his studies and livelihood. From a very young age he was interested in caricature, he especially loved William Hogarth, a very famous caricaturist of the 18th century who was his great idol. Very soon Gillray also began to publish caricatures himself, albeit at first under a fictitious name. Only little by little did drawings with his name appear. For many contemporaries and even today James Gillrey is considered "the father of political and social caricature". Of course, he also lived in a time of great political and social upheavals and also in a time when caricature as an important means of expression for depicting events and their interpretation became fashionable and suitable for the masses. Gillrey's intellect, his wit, his sometimes pitch-black humour and his gift for observation, but also his great talent for drawing made his works unique.
In his private life he was not so successful and happy. He suffered from arthritis or gout in his hands at a younger age, which caused him great pain, and his vision was also increasingly poor. Disabled in his work, he became melancholy and increasingly addicted to alcohol. James Gillray did not start a family either, but he probably lived with his publisher Hannah Humphrey for many years and thought about marrying her from time to time. At least contemporaries ascribe a relationship to the two and it is a fact that Hannah Humphrey took care of Gillray after he wanted to take his own life by jumping out of a window in 1811. He survived, but was repeatedly confronted with severe depressions and psychoses. In 1815 the artist died at the age of only 58 years. Among collectors the caricatures of James Gillray are still very popular. Key prints such as "Fashionable Contrasts" and "Light Expelling Darkness" have already fetched prices of 10,000 to 20,000 US dollars at auctions.
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.jpg "The Plum Pudding in danger or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper, pub. 1805 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Nelson")
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.jpg "A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion, July 2, 1792 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Grand Coronation Procession of Napoleon the 1st Emperor of France, from the Church of Notre-Dame by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Le Baiser a la Wirtembourg, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Destruction of the French Colossus by James Gillray")
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.jpg "John Bull Taking a Luncheon, or British Cooks, cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard with Bonne-Chere, published by Hannah Humphrey by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-297654).jpg "Tales of Wonder, pub. H. Humphrey, London, 1802 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "National Conveniences, 1769 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Fighting for the Dunghill or Jack Tar settling Buonaparte by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Fashionable Contrasts, or The Duchess")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-161499).jpg "Dido in Despair, published by Hannah Humphrey by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Spanish Bull Fight or the Corsican Matador in Danger, pub. 1805 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Gillray Cartoon on Vaccination Against Smallpox Using Cowpox Serum by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Dido")
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.jpg "The Pig and Its Two Piglets, or Rich Pickings for a Noble Appetite, Published by Hannah Humphrey in 1792 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Cow Pock or the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-391117).jpg "Venus a la Coquelle; or the Swansea Venus by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Sans-culottes Feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty, 1793 (Sans-culottes, feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty) by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Wine Duty, or The Triumph of Bacchus and Silenus with John Bull")
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.jpg "Caricature of George IV, 1792 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Fashionable Mamma by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Following the Fashion: St. James")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-391135).jpg "Waltzer au Mouchoir by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Politeness by James Gillray")
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_published_by_Hannah_Humph_-_(MeisterDrucke-185733).jpg "Portrait of Charles Howard, Duke of Norfolk, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1800 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Valley of the Shadow of Death by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "John Bull")
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.jpg "The Dagger Scene by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Zenith of French Glory; The Pinnacle of Liberty by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Grand Coronation Procession of Napoleon, the 1st Emperor of France, from the Church of Notre-Dame, 2nd December 1804, published 1805 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Humorous Art at the Royal Naval Exhibition by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-391129).jpg "Playing in Parts by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Fall of Icarus, 1807 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Phaeton Alarm")
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.jpg "The Life of William Cobbett, written by himself by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Fall of Icarus by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-392117).jpg "A Duet, pub. 1792 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Union Club by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Caning in Conduit Street, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1796 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The French Consular Triumvirate by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Chancellor of the Inquisition marking the Incorrigibles, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1793 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Apothecaries Taylors conquering France and Spain by James Gillray")
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.jpg "A Voluptuary under the Horrors of Digestion, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1792 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Buonaparte hearing of Nelson")
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.jpg "Caricature of John Horne Tooke by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Napoleon and King George III as Gulliver and the King of Brobdingnag by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363193).jpg "Caricature of George III, 1792 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "All Bond Street Trembled as He Strode by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Exit Liberte a la Francois! or Buonaparte Closing the Farce of Egalite at St. Cloud Near Paris, Published by Hannah Humphrey in 1799 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Balance of Power, or The Posterity of the Immortal Chatham turned")
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.jpg "Napoleon Baking a New Batch of Kings, 1806 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Plum Pudding in Danger, or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Tom Paine")
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.jpg "Titianus Redivivus or the Seven Wise Men Consulting the New Venetian Oracle, a Scene in Academic Grove No.1 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Dreadful-Hot Weather by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-308894).jpg "Les Invisibles by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Sans-Culottes Feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty, published by Hannah Humphrey by James Gillray")
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.jpg "A New Way to Pay the National Debt, published by W. Holland in 1786 by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-392478).jpg "The Giant Factotum amusing himself by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Life of William Cobbett, written by himself by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Le Diable-Boiteux, or The Devil upon Two Sticks Conveying John Bull to the Land of Promise, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1806 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Ci-devant Occupations, or Madame Talian and the Empress Josephine Dancing Naked before Barrass in the Winter of 1797, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1805 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "A Sun Setting in the Fog, with the Old Hanover Hack Defending, Published by J. Williams by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Lover")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-391925).jpg "A Masonic Anecdote, pub. 1786 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Noble Sans-Culotte, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1794 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Apotheosis of the Corsican Phoenix, Published by Hannah Humphrey in 1808 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Sandwich-Carrots - Lady Sandwich Carrots by James Gillray")
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.jpg "A Pair of Polished Gentlemen by James Gillray")
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.jpg "French-Telegraph Making Signals in the Dark, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1795 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Accommodating Spouse; Tyrant")
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.jpg "The Bridal Night, 1797 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "A Kick at the Broad Bottoms, i.e. Emancipation of all the Talents by James Gillray")
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.jpg "A Cognocenti Contemplating Ye Beauties of Ye Antique by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Surrender of Amsterdam or The Duke of Brunswick in a Bustle, pub. 1787 by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-391133).jpg "Comfort to the Corns by James Gillray")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-162823).jpg "Evacuation of Malta by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Taming of the Shrew: Katherine and Petruchio, or The Modern Quixote, Published by S.W. Fores in 1791 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Zenith of French Glory, - the Pinnacle of Liberty, February 12, 1793 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Lover")
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.jpg "Temperance Enjoying a Frugal Meal by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Reception of the Diplomatique & his Suite, at the Court of Pekin, 1792 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Caricature of the French Expedition to Egypt, 1799 by James Gillray")
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.jpg "The Prophet of the Hebrews: the Prince of Peace conducting the Jews to the Promised Land by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Integrity Retiring from Office by James Gillray")
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.jpg "Cartoon about Napoleon, Paul Barras, Josephine and Mademoiselle de Fontenay, called ausii Teresa (Theresa or Terezia) Cabarrus, called Madame Tallien (Talien) or these ladies dance naked for Barras, under the stealth eye of Napoleon [Josephine being, at th by James Gillray")
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