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3.
Windy weather [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 February 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A thin, sharp-featured man walks in the teeth of the wind, holding on his hat, and with his left hand in his breeches pocket. His hat-brim, hair, cravat, coat, the tail of his shirt, the strings of his breeches and shoes, all fly backwards. He walks ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Autumn, Cityscapes, Milestones, and Winds
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Windy weather [graphic]

4.
Wide-awake [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A 'cit', ugly and elderly, sits full face at right angles to the fire (right). He has been suddenly awakened by two squalling cats behind him (left) and registers surprise and terror, with staring eyes and gaping, distorted mouth. Both hands are rais...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 1st, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Parlors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Wide-awake [graphic].

5.
Very slippy-weather [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 February 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In front of Humphrey's print shop window, a man sits on the pavement, having fallen backwards; his legs are splayed up, his wig is falling off, and coins spill from his pockets. The man's predicament is unobserved by four men studying the Gillray pri...
Alternative Title:
St. James's Street
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Clergy, Coach drivers, Falling, Merchandise displays, Military officers, British, Older people, People associated with commercial & service activities, Prints, Syphilis, Stores & shops, Thermometers, Weather, Window displays, and Printing industry
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Very slippy-weather [graphic]

6.
Venus a la coquelle, or, The Swan-sea Venus [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 March 1809]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A very fat lady crouches in a shell drawn by two swans; she holds (tricolour) reins attached to the birds' necks; a carriage-whip is in her right hand. She has a blotched profile; snaky curls hang oddly over her face; she wears a swathed neck-cloth o...
Alternative Title:
Venus a la coquille, Swan-sea Venus, and Swansea Venus
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. March 28th, 1809, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Venus a la coquelle, or, The Swan-sea Venus [graphic]

7.
Theatrical-mendicants relieved "have pity upon all out achès & wantès!" / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 January 1809]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Kemble, in tattered theatrical dress, stands at the gate of Northumberland House in the Strand, holding out his hat and bowing to the obese and oafish-looking Duke of Northumberland, who is placing a "Draft for 10,000 Pounds" in the hat; in his right ...
Alternative Title:
New dramatic resource : "a begging we will go! A scene from Covent Garden Theatre after the conflagration
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Jany. 15, 1809, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, Strand, The (London, England), and Covent Garden Theatre.
Subject (Topic):
Fires, Fools & jesters, and Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Theatrical-mendicants relieved "have pity upon all out achès & wantès!" / [graphic]

8.
The wig [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 February 1810]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The lady sits facing her reflection in a pier-glass. She wears a plain muslin gown with long sleeves and holds an open book: 'Delphine'. Her hair is cropped; the maid holds the brown wig with tight curls which she is about to place on her mistress's ...
Alternative Title:
Progress of the toilet : the wig
Description:
Title etched below image, following series title and preceding plate number.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 26th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The wig [graphic]

9.
The three Mr. Wiggins's [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 June 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three handsome young men, stooping slightly, walk languidly arm-in-arm along a pavement in profile to the left. They have a strong family resemblance, with variations in profile and in the size of their whiskers. They are dressed alike, except for di...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 16th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Mathew, Montague James, 1773-1819
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The three Mr. Wiggins's [graphic].

10.
The theatrical bubble being a new specimen of the astonishing powers of the great Politico

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 January 1805]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Sheridan, as Punch, grotesquely caricatured, stands on a platform, above the heads of a cheering crowd, blowing soap-bubbles. Clusters of soap-suds fall from the pipe, and from it rises an oval containing a figure of Young Roscius, in Highland dress ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Jany. 7th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The theatrical bubble being a new specimen of the astonishing powers of the great Politico-Punchinello in the art of dramatic puffing / [graphic]

11.
The stays [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 February 1810]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman stands in profile to the left, at a dressing-table, while a buxom ladies' maid laces a pair of long stays. She wears a boudoir cap tied under the chin, and holds a flat ruler-shaped stick under the stays in front to regulate the operati...
Alternative Title:
Progress of the toilet : the stays
Description:
Title etched below image, following series title and preceding plate number.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 26th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The stays [graphic]

12.
The sound of the horn!, or, The danger of riding an old-hunter [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1807]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"While crossing a ford the horse of a man with a lady seated behind him rears and snorts and prepares to gallop after the hunt: huntsmen follow a pack in full cry on the opposite hill (r.). The lady is very fat and wears a light, loose dress with a cl...
Alternative Title:
Danger of riding an old-hunter
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. December 1st, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The sound of the horn!, or, The danger of riding an old-hunter [graphic]

13.
The royal lounger [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 June 1804]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duke of Clarence stands full face, realistically depicted but cruelly caricatured, with porcine features. He wears a cylindrical hat with curved brim, a double-breasted coat with star, cut away to show the lower part of a double-breasted waistcoa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. June 26th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The royal lounger [graphic].

14.
The master's wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his dog within the college walls [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 October 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The undergraduate (r.) finds himself face to face with the Master who is walking with a Fellow across the College quadrangle. He stops, putting his hand to his cap, while his dog tries to take cover behind his legs and gown. A college servant behind ...
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress at the university. No. 3
Description:
Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The master's wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his dog within the college walls [graphic].

15.
The keenest sportsman in Broomswell Camp, 1803 [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout man in regimentals holds a greyhound on a leash; he looks with a sly smile towards a yokel (l.) who points to the left., as if to show the whereabouts of a hare. The officer slyly indicates with a forefinger two horses whose heads only appear...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The keenest sportsman in Broomswell Camp, 1803 [graphic]

16.
The dandy [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 June 1810]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fashionably dressed man canters in profile to the left on a well-bred horse. He holds his single rein with both hands. He has a large whisker, and wears a small hat, swathed stock, and shirt-frill with tail-coat and top-boots. No background."--Brit...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 29th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The dandy [graphic]

17.
The consequence of going before the wind [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 November 1805]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly man, holding his umbrella in front of him to form a sail, cannonades into another skater, who falls, the apex of the umbrella entering his mouth, while his foot strikes the stomach of the aggressor. The ice cracks beneath them. The latter ...
Alternative Title:
Elements of skateing : the consequence of going before the wind and Elements of skating : the consequence of going before the wind
Description:
Title etched below image, following series title.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 24th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The consequence of going before the wind [graphic].

18.
The comet of 1811 [graphic].

Published / Created:
[January 1811]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An adaptation in reverse of No. 7508 by Sayers. The Prince's head, set in a star which is the head of the comet, is as in No. 7508 except for the addition of a stock between the wings of the coat-collar. In the comet's tail the first profile head is ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1811 by T. Moon, Westminster
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Ponsonby, George, 1755-1817, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The comet of 1811 [graphic].

19.
The Graces in a high wind" a scene taken from nature, in Kensington Gardens / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 May 1810]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three young women, dressed alike in clinging dresses and straw bonnets trimmed with ribbons, are distressed by a high wind. Their dresses are above the ankle, and differ from those in No. 11594 in having long tight sleeves, and longer waists. Two hol...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 26th by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Graces in a high wind" a scene taken from nature, in Kensington Gardens / [graphic]

20.
The Bulstrode siren [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 April 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duke of Portland and Mrs. Billington sit side by side on a settee; she sings to him, he listens ecstatically, with clasped hands, his head turned in profile to the right., staring with amorous intensity. She holds her music, but looks alluringly ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 14th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818 and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Bulstrode siren [graphic]

21.
The Bulstrode siren [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 April 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duke of Portland and Mrs. Billington sit side by side on a settee; she sings to him, he listens ecstatically, with clasped hands, his head turned in profile to the right., staring with amorous intensity. She holds her music, but looks alluringly ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 14th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818 and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Bulstrode siren [graphic]

22.
Taking physick [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 February 1800]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An unshaven man, wearing only nightcap, shirt, breeches, and slippers, stands by the fireside grimacing with disgust, a medicine-bottle in one hand, full cup in the other. A dying fire, bare boards, and medicine-bottles on the chimney-piece add to th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 6th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Taking physick [graphic].

23.
Sad sloppy weather [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 February 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout, elderly, well-dressed man walks along a pavement past a ramshackle hovel, holding, reversed, a closed umbrella, which he uses as a walking-stick. He steps on a stone which tilts, splashing his white stockings with filth. From a rotten pipe w...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Autumn, City & town life, Rain, Streets, and Weather
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sad sloppy weather [graphic]

24.
Raw-weather [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 February 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A pedestrian, flimsily dressed in tail-coat, nankeen trousers, and pumps, struggles against driving rain, turning an agonized face to the spectator. He walks (r. to left.) on a muddy track beside a decayed paling. A raven croaks on a rotten tree. In ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Raw-weather [graphic]

25.
Posting in Scotland [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 May 1805]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A very clumsy post-chaise descends a mountain road across a bare moor. On approaching a hair-pin bend the fore-heels have broken off, the chaise is about to upset, the occupant falls through the front window. A Highlander lies prone on the roof, sayi...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 25th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Posting in Scotland [graphic]

26.
Posting in Ireland [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 April 1805]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A grotesquely dilapidated post-chaise stands outside a ramshackle inn (r.); the driver lashes the horses cruelly, a boy lifts a pitch-fork to strike, but the wretched animals refuse to move. A barefooted slattern approaches from the r. with a huge re...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd. April 8th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Posting in Ireland [graphic]

27.
Palemon and Lavinia [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 January 1805]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A loutish yokel (l.), holding a pitchfork, grins avidly at a hideous and elderly country woman who crouches behind a stile (r.), her features twisted in a sly grimace. In the background (l.) men reap a corn-field, and corn-stooks cover a more distant...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Jany. 23d, 1805, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Palemon and Lavinia [graphic]

28.
Orange Jumper [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 March 1809]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly man stands in profile to the right outside a building on which are election placards, holding out his (orange-coloured) hat in which is a favour and a ticket inscribed Milton. He is curiously square, round-shouldered, long-waisted, and ban...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 6th, 1809, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Orange Jumper [graphic]

29.
Mother-Goose, of Oxford [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 May 1807]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An old woman stands on a pavement in in profile to the left., holding a basket containing nosegays on her right. arm. She has sharp features and is very neatly dressed in a plain figured gown gathered at the waist by a string. She wears a flat hat of...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 12th, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mother-Goose, of Oxford [graphic]

30.
Morning promenade upon the cliff, Brighton [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 January 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Young women, gaily dressed, ride donkeys along a rough road at the edge of a cliff indicated by a railing and the sea below. There are three groups inscribed respectively 'Kicking-Sett', 'Active-Sett', and 'Passive Sett'. On the extreme left. one don...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 24th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Morning promenade upon the cliff, Brighton [graphic]

31.
Matrimonial-harmonics [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 October 1805]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The couple torment each other in the breakfast-room. A round table is drawn close to a blazing fire. The lady has left her seat to thump on the piano (left), singing loudly, with her back to her husband, but turning her eyes towards him. He sits in t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 25th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Nannies (Children's nurses), Fireplaces, Pianos, Sofa, Toys, Umbrellas, Thermometers, Cupids, and Birdcages
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Matrimonial-harmonics [graphic]

32.
Matins at D-wn-ng College, Cambridge [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 March 1810]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Sir Busick Harwood and his wife lie side by side in a magnificent bed whose curtains frame the design. Both smoke long pipes. He (left) is small, lean and aquiline, she is large and comely. On the bed lies a letter: 'Sir--be you Sick', and, by the la...
Alternative Title:
Matins at Downing College, Cambridge
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 28th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Harwood, Busick, 1745?-1814
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Matins at D-wn-ng College, Cambridge [graphic].

33.
Making the most of a passing-friend in a case of emergency! [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 November 1805]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man who is falling through the ice clutches desperately at the leg of a passing skater so as to drag him towards the hole he has made. From the edge of the ice (r.) projects a post with a notice-board: 'Humane Society - Whereas this Pond is very de...
Alternative Title:
Elements of skateing : making the most of a passing-friend in a case of emergency! and Elements of skating : making the most of a passing-friend in a case of emergency!
Description:
Title etched below image, following series title.
Publisher:
Publishd. November 24th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Making the most of a passing-friend in a case of emergency! [graphic].

34.
Maecenas, in pursuit of the fine-arts scene, Pall Mall; a frosty-morning / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 May 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man walks along the pavement in profile to the left., stooping from the waist but with head erect. He wears spectacles and carries a stick. He approaches the door (left) of Christies, which is partly visible. On the pillar hangs the usual catalogue...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. May 9th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Maecenas, in pursuit of the fine-arts scene, Pall Mall; a frosty-morning / [graphic]

35.
Les invisibles [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Copy of a French print. A fashionable promenade. Two men walk towards each other, each with a lady hanging to each arm, all have their faces concealed by some part of their dress, hat, or collar, or both. One man has a round hat, with a fantastically...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Dèpose à la Bibliot. Nat., Rue Montmartre, No. 132, et à Londres, chez H. Humphrey, St. James Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Les invisibles [graphic].

36.
La walse le bon genre, 1810. [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Copy of a French print. Two fantastically dressed couples dance, but in different manners. One pair (left) dance side by side, the man's right arm on his partner's waist, her left arm on his shoulder. The other couple face each other, the lady leanin...
Alternative Title:
Bon genre, 1810
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
Dépose à la Bibliot. Nat., Rue Montmartre, No. 132, et à Londres, chéz H. Humphrey, St. James Street, No. 27
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Couples, and Dance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La walse le bon genre, 1810. [graphic]

37.
Inspecting a volunteer corps in Hyde Park [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 December 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Earl of Harrington sits erect on horseback in profile to the left, his leg awkwardly thrust out. He wears a huge cocked hat, long and thick queue, and full-skirted coat. In the background (on his right) ranks of infantrymen are freely sketched; t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 4th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Name):
Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1753-1829
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Inspecting a volunteer corps in Hyde Park [graphic]

38.
How to break-in my own horse! [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A tall young man rides a prancing horse in profile to the right. He wears a round hat, Jean-de-Bry coat (see BMSat 9425) with flying coat-tails over two waistcoats, the outer one being double-breasted. Long pantaloons and flat pumps complete a costum...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Dillon, Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee, Viscount, 1777-1832
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > How to break-in my own horse! [graphic].

39.
Harmony before matrimony [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 October 1805]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A pretty young woman and a fashionably dressed man sing together seated on upright chairs. She (r.) plays the harp, her head thrown back to look over her shoulder at the music-book which he holds open: 'Duets de l'Amour'. On a round table which suppo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 25th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harmony before matrimony [graphic]

40.
Grace, fashion, and manners from the life / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three tall young women, holding each other by the arm, walk, right to left, with hoydenish grace, their figures defined under trailing, high-waisted, short-sleeved, and low-necked muslin gowns. All are dressed alike with close-cropped hair under clos...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Grace, fashion, and manners from the life / [graphic]

41.
Germans eating sour-krout [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 May 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Five Germans seated at a round table, gormandize savagely on cabbage and sausages. Three are grossly fat and coarse-featured and plebeian; one of these (r.) has tucked the table-cloth round his neck (cf. BMSat 8145). A lean military officer sits in b...
Alternative Title:
Germans eating sauerkraut
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Charles, Archduke of Austria, 1771-1847
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Germans eating sour-krout [graphic]

42.
Gentle emetic [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 January 1804]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An invalid sits, with contorted features, at a table (left) on which are basin, tea-pot, medicine-bottle, glass. His head is held by a compassionate friend, standing behind him. He wears night-cap, shirt, breeches, and unbuttoned waistcoat."--British...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Steet
Subject (Topic):
Emetics, Medical procedures & techniques, Basins (Containers), Drinking vessels, Medicines, Bottles, and Teapots
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gentle emetic [graphic].

43.
Fortune-hunting [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 November 1804]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat elderly man in hunting-cap has dismounted under an oak-tree to have his fortune told by a ragged old gipsy woman, who reads his hand. He listens, surprised and delighted, while another gipsy, kneeling beside him, with a child on her shoulders, ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 20th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fortune-hunting [graphic]

44.
Fine bracing weather [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 February 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stout man skates towards the spectator, making curves on very cracked ice. Behind are snow-covered hills. Wild geese fly across the sky."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Ice skating and Winter
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fine bracing weather [graphic]

45.
Fast-asleep [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly 'cit' sleeps in a low, upright chair, leaning back till his profile faces the ceiling. His hands are clasped over his chest, his wig dangles from his coat-collar, and he puffs from tightly shut lips. The room is bare with a boarded floor. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Wigs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fast-asleep [graphic].

46.
Farmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neighbours on her return from

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1809]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A rich farmer's parlour or drawing-room, with curtains drawn over two high windows (right). Betty, plump and bucolic, wearing a high-waisted dress with short sleeves, sits at a square piano (left), in profile to the left, laboriously playing and sing...
Alternative Title:
Farmer Giles and his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neighbours on her return from school
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd January 1st, 1809, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Farmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neighbours on her return from school [graphic]

47.
Expulsion waits that son of alma mater, who dares to shew his face in boot or gaiter [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[22 October 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The undergraduate advances dejectedly, raising his cap to a Fellow wearing cap and gown and gaiters, who walks with another wearin clerical wig and bands with a cocked hat, long coat to the ankles, and gold headed cane. The former points angrily at t...
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress at the university. No. 4
Description:
Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Expulsion waits that son of alma mater, who dares to shew his face in boot or gaiter [graphic].

48.
Equestrian elegance!, or, A noble Scot metamorphosed [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 May 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Marquis of Douglas rides a well-bred horse in profile to the left. He sits very erect, just reaching his long stirrups with his toes. He holds the curb-rein with raised hands in a curious manner; the snaffle-rein is tucked under the front of the ...
Alternative Title:
Noble Scot metamorphosed
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton Douglas, Duke of, 1767-1852
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Equestrian elegance!, or, A noble Scot metamorphosed [graphic]

49.
Dress completed [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 February 1810]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The lady, dressed for the evening, stands before the pier-glass, drawing on a long glove. She wears an apparently simple dress of sprigged muslin, high-waisted and décolletée, showing her ankles, with draped shoulder-strap. The tight curls of the w...
Alternative Title:
Progress of the toilet : dress completed
Description:
Title etched below image, following series title and preceding plate number.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 26th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dress completed [graphic]

50.
Dreadful-hot-weather [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 February 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat 'cit' halts on the road beside a milestone on which he has hung his hat, to mop his dripping forehead. In his left hand is his wig. His waistcoat is unbuttoned. Against the stone, inscribed 'One Mile from..', leans his gold-headed cane. He stan...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dreadful-hot-weather [graphic]

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