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28 de mai. de 2024 · James Gillray (born Aug. 13, 1756, Chelsea, near London, Eng.—died June 1, 1815, London) was an English caricaturist chiefly remembered for lively political cartoons directed against George III of England and Napoleon I. Often scurrilous and violent in his criticism, he brought a highly dramatic sense of situation and analogy to ...
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Há 6 dias · Douglas Fordham unpacks the cultural significance of James Gillray’s depictions of global courtly encounter. The artist, who was granted an audience with George III ‘(o)n an unspecified day in late 1793’ (p. 61), adheres remarkably to the official sketches of William Alexander drawn during Lord Macartney’s audience with the ...
23 de mai. de 2024 · Political cartoons trace their roots back to the 18th century, with pioneers like James Gillray and Thomas Nast leading the charge. Gillray’s biting satires on the British monarchy and Napoleonic wars set a precedent for using humor and exaggeration to critique power.
Há 3 dias · Gillray’s retort, Vices overlook’d in the New Proclamation (1792), took aim at the king’s hypocrisy, representing George III and Queen Charlotte as “avarice” clutching moneybags, and the ...
13 de mai. de 2024 · Pick of the week: Gillray in his own time and place. Remarkably, although a very successful and popular artist, no accounts of the work of the Georgian caricaturist James Gillray (1756-1815) were published in England during his lifetime. Roland Arkell. 13 May 2024.
25 de mai. de 2024 · Dr James Baker, review of Representations of France in English Satirical Prints 1740-1832, (review no. 1854) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/1854 Date accessed: 25 May, 2024
7 de mai. de 2024 · James Gillray (1756-1815) was late Georgian Britain’s funniest, most inventive, and most celebrated graphic satirist and continues to influence cartoonists today. His brilliant drawing, matched by his flair for clever dialogue and amusing titles, won him unprecedented fame as a political satirist.
