Meeting of the Monied Interest
Coloured etching and aquatint
13 December 1798-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Cabinet Office, 1 Horse Guards Road
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About the artist
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.
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- People
- Russell, Francis, 5th Duke of BedfordBurdett, Sir Francis, 5th BaronetEdward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of DerbyErskine, Thomas, 1st Baron ErskineFox, Charles JamesHastings, Francis Rawdon, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of MoiraNicholls, JohnHoward, Charles, 11th Duke of NorfolkPulteney (formerly Johnstone), Sir William, 5th BaronetShuckburgh-Evelyn, Sir George Augustus William, 6th BaronetSinclair, Sir John, 1st BaronetStanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl StanhopeTaylor, Michael AngeloTierney, GeorgeTooke, John HorneWalpole, George
- 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
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Details
- Artist
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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