Location

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

James Gillray was a draughtsman, etcher and engraver of caricatures, mainly after his own designs. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools and learned the technique of stipple engraving from William Wynne Ryland and Francesco Bartolozzi. Gillray produced several serious plates in this medium after 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 breakdown. By 1810 he was considered insane. Gillray attempted suicide the following year, eventually dying at his home in Westminster, aged 58.

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

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