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Há 4 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 ...
Há 6 horas · The depiction of the Prince Regent’s phaeton in James Gillray’s The Fall of Phaeton (1788) may have strongly informed this characterisation (see Fig. 7.1). The phaeton’s namesake was the basis for the pun behind Gillray’s satirical etching that depicted the Prince of Wales and his mistress Mrs Fitzherbert tumbling out of an overturning phaeton, an event reported in the London Chronicle ...
Há 6 dias · 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 · In the realm of art, the French Revolution inspired a new interest in politically charged, contemporary subjects. The painter James Gillray produced a series of satirical etchings commenting on the revolution and its impact on British politics.[9] Women, too, were inspired by the revolutionary ideals of equality.
Há 6 dias · Leading with The Gout (James Gillray, 1799), which depicts the pain of the artist's gout as a demon or dragon. Specialty: Rheumatology: Symptoms: Joint pain, swelling, and redness: Usual onset: Older males, post-menopausal women: Causes: Uric acid: Risk factors: Diet high in meat or beer, being overweight, genetics: Differential ...
Há 3 dias · Napoleon once said "Gillray's caricatures did more than all the armies of Europe to bring me down.” He was talking about a famous British cartoonist James Gi...
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Há 4 dias · The second image, a color drawing by the popular English caricaturist James Gillray in 1805 during the Empire, takes a different view of the Directory, suggesting that it is a time of moral decadence and self–aggrandizement. It depicts Paul Barras, while in power as a member of the five–man executive Directory in 1797, being ...
