James Gillray
Standard Name: Gillray, James
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore | She had begun divorce proceedings in 1785. Within a month of the decision of the Court of Delegates
, a pamphlet, The Trial of Andrew Robinson Bowes, Esq. for Adultery and Cruelty, made public... |
| Leisure and Society | Mary Robinson | As a beautiful actress MR
was frequently painted by artists, who included Richard Cosway
, Thomas Gainsborough
, Angelica Kauffmann
, Thomas Lawrence
, Joshua Reynolds
, and George Romney
. As the prince's mistress... |
| Reception | Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore | Three of Gillray
's cartoons of her are in the National Portrait Gallery
. |
| Reception | Ann Thicknesse | During her lifetime AT
's reputation rested on her music, not her writing. One of the attacks on her husband, a scatological cartoon by Gillray
entitled Lieut. Gover[no]r Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto, or The Birth... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | George Paston | Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century covers (and illustrates) such well-known names as Hogarth
, Gillray
, and Rowlandson
. |
Timeline
9 June 1792
Gillray
published a remarkable political cartoon, Sin, Death, and the Devil: personified versions of Queen Charlotte
, William Pitt
, and Lord Thurlow
.
Texts
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