Meeting of the Monied Interest

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Cabinet Office, 1 Horse Guards Road

James Gillray was a draughtsman, etcher and engraver of caricatures. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools and learned the technique of stipple engraving from William Wynne Ryland and Francesco Bartolozzi. Gillray produced several notable plates in this medium to his own designs and after paintings by Northcote, while simultaneously establishing himself as a caricaturist. By the end of 1791, all his caricatures were published by Mrs Hannah Humphrey, with whom he lived for the rest of his life. In 1807, his eyesight began to deteriorate and in the same year he had a nervous breakdown. He died at his home in Westminster, aged 58.

People

Francis, 5th Duke of Bedford Russell (1765 - 1802), Sir Francis, 5th Baronet Burdett (1770 - 1844), 12th Earl of Derby Edward Smith Stanley (1752 - 1834), Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine Erskine (1750 - 1823), Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806), Francis Rawdon, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira Hastings (1754 - 1826), John Nicholls (1745? - 1832), Charles, 11th Duke of Norfolk Howard (1746 - 1815), Sir William, 5th Baronet Pulteney (formerly Johnstone) (1729 - 1805), Sir George Augustus William, 6th Baronet Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751 - 1804), Sir John, 1st Baronet Sinclair (1754 - 1835), Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope Stanhope (1753 - 1816), Michael Angelo Taylor (c.1757 - 1834), George Tierney (1761 - 1830), John Horne Tooke (1736 - 1812), George Walpole (1758 - 1835)

Places

Subjects

shovel/spade, whip, jockey, male portrait, 18th century costume, military uniform, kilt, coat, waistcoat, boots, breeches, wig, hat, bottle, Baron, Duke, John Bull, cartoon

Materials & Techniques

etching, coloured etching, aquatint

Artist

James Gillray (1756 - 1815)

Title

Meeting of the Monied Interest

Date

13 December 1798

Medium

Coloured etching and aquatint

Dimensions

height: 26.20 cm, width: 37.10 cm

Acquisition

Transferred from HM Revenue and Customs, February 2013

Provenance

Acquired by the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, 1948; recorded by GAC 1955; transferred to GAC 2012

GAC number

3221