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1.
[A domestic circle] [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1804]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A governess sitting on the left at a round table, teaching three children maths, handing a coin to one; with toys on the floor and a picture of an infant Cupid under a tree reading a book, on the wall above."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1346
Description:
Title and approximate date supplied by curator. and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [A domestic circle] [graphic]

2.
[Tabby cat playing with a mouse] [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1804]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A tabby cat playing with a mouse, crouched with one paw raised as the mouse leaps in front of it."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Frontispiece to an 1804 edition of: Collier, Jane. An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1804, by W. Miller, Old Bond Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Tabby cat playing with a mouse] [graphic]

3.
[The recording angel] [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In the upper part of the design the Recording Angel (or Truth) draws or engraves on an oval shield which she rests on a pedestal. On it are depicted French soldiers bayoneting defenceless Turks (apparently adapted from BMSat 10062). In the background are the head of a Sphinx, and clouds. Against the pedestal on which Truth stands rests a picture, filling the lower part of the design. Napoleon kneels on a rock, extending imploring arms towards Nilus, a nude and muscular figure seated on rock from which water gushes. Nilus veils and averts his head. In the background are pyramids and palm-trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece, Britannicus to Buonaparte : an heroic epistle
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; varying form of title from British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to the second edition of Britannicus to Buonaparte, an heroic epistle, with notes / by Henry Tresham., 1 print : etching with aquatint, stipple & roulette on wove paper ; sheet 27.8 x 20.9 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1803, for the author by I. Hatchard, No. 199 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [The recording angel] [graphic]

4.
To the Queen, with Her Majesty's most gracious permission this work is respectfully inscribed by

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dedication sheet 'To the Queen' from the singer Harriet Abrams; three cherubs sitting facing right, singing, on clouds which curve up and support a lyre and laurel above them, below a crown in rays of light; for an unidentified publication."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Print possibly designed as the frontispiece or title page for a musical work dedicated to Queen Charlotte. See Wright., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 21.8 x 27.4 cm, on sheet 27.0 x 33.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 37 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > To the Queen, with Her Majesty's most gracious permission this work is respectfully inscribed by Her Majesty's most faithful, obedient and humble servant Harriet Abrams, Park Lane, 1803 / [graphic]

5.
[Sketch of a portrait of Isaac D'Israeli] [art original].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1802]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Head and shoulders of Isaac D'Israeli, in profile to the right, with features exaggerated. Notes by the artist scribbled above and below image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Annotation (signature?) in lower right in pencil: Gillray delin., Date based on publication date of the print entitled "Scientific researches! New discoveries in pneumaticks! ...", which includes a similar but reversed depiction of D'Israeli in profile. Cf. No. 9923 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., James Gillray, English caricaturist, 1756-1815., and Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 12 of 12.
Subject (Name):
Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Sketch of a portrait of Isaac D'Israeli] [art original].

6.
The grand attack on Valenciennes by the combined armies under the command of His Royal Highness the

Creator:
Bromley, William, 1769-1842, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Duke of York with his officers on horseback on the left, with Valenciennes in the distance with smoking ruins to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication line repeated in French in lower right corner: Publiee le 1er Decembre 1801 par Chr. de Mechel, chez C. Geisweiler, No. 42 Parliament Street, et pour V. & R. Green par R. Cribb, No. 288 Holborn, Londres., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Dedication etched below title: Dedicated by permission to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty by His Majesty's most devoted humble subjects and servants, V. & R. Green and Chr. de Mechel., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Published December 1st, 1801, for R. & V. Green by R. Cribb, No. 288 Holborn, and by Chr. de Mechel at C. Geisweilers, No. 42 Parliament Street, London
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The grand attack on Valenciennes by the combined armies under the command of His Royal Highness the Duke of York on the twenty-fifth of July 1793 [graphic]

7.
[Rechab falling to his knees before David while holding the severed head of Ishbosheth] [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1789 and 1798]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Rechab, a male nude, rushing into a room from the right and lunging forward as he falls to his knees before David, holding up the severed head of Saul's son Ishbosheth in his right hand and pointing upwards with the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication information based on that of the volumes in which the print was issued., Plate from: Lavater, Johann Caspar. Essays on physiognomy ... . London: J. Murray [etc.], 1789-1798., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On verso is the bottom portion of a print by Bromley after Fuseli with the imprint: Published as the Act directs 20 Octr. 1791 by T. Holloway., and Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
J. Murray, H. Hunter, and T. Holloway
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Rechab falling to his knees before David while holding the severed head of Ishbosheth] [graphic]

8.
Past op!!! [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1796]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Time stands behind an oval table covered with a cloth on which is an hour-glass, its sands nearly run out, standing on a large flat book inscribed 'Traitè de Paix', from which five seals hang evenly. Behind him is a doorway in a stone wall, covered with a curtain, one side of which he holds. With his left forefinger he points upwards at the inscription above the door: 'L'avenir', which is decorated with seven (drooping) ears of corn. The seals are inscribed (left to right): 'F.W.' [Frederick William of Prussia]; 'G Rx', with its ribbon inscribed 'God save the King'; France; a crowned 'C' [Catherine II]; 'Fr. Imp.' [Francis Imperator] (prophetic of the powers that decided the fate of Holland in 1815). 'Le génie du Terns garde la porte de l'avenir;... Qui est le mortel assez hardi, pour oser le penetrer? . . .' Text, 'Proverbs', x. 28. To this is added, in English only, 'St. Matthew', v. 9, 'Blessed are the peacemakers!'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "20" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Emblems: hour-glass -- Personifications: Time -- Seven ears of wheat-corn as United Provinces., 1 print : etching in red ink on wove paper ; plate mark 27.7 x 22.0 cm, on sheet 29.8 x 24.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 12 of 12, with letterpress explanation opposite.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Past op!!! [graphic].

9.
De Nationale Conventie in barensnood van eene constitutie [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1796]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Convention, a creature with the body of a stout woman and with seven monstrous and demoniac heads, sits full-face in an accoucheur's chair. A little demon on the ground holds up a pitchfork. A French surgeon, smiling (right), with shirt-sleeves rolled up, holds a clumsy pair of forceps; a Dutch accoucheur, fat and senile, peers into a folio volume: 'Sectio Caes: et Sectio Synchondroseos'. '. . . L'accoucheur Français, homme experimenté, prévoit ses terribles convulsions, et s'est déja muni du forceps. Son collegue Hollandais, dont les craintes vont encore plus loin, repete la théorie de l'incision Caesarienne. Il faudrait effectivement un Caesar, pour couper court à tout proces.' Text, 'Isaiah', xiv. 29. Her fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "19" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Conventions -- Surgeons -- Medical instruments: forceps -- Physicians: Dutch accoucheurs -- Monsters., 1 print : etching in red ink on wove paper ; plate mark 27.6 x 21.9 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 23.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 59 of volume 12 of 12, with letterpress explanation opposite.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De Nationale Conventie in barensnood van eene constitutie [graphic].

10.
Eenige der representanten van het volk van Holland [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1796]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A birch-rod placed diagonally, the handle (tied with rope) in the lower left corner of the design. From among the twigs ten heads (caricature portraits) project, also (right) the head of a boar and posteriors emitting smoke. 'O peuple aveugle et endormi! . . . C'est la liberté qui a formé pour ton éducation cette verge salutaire. . . .' Text, 'Ezekiel', vii. II."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "18" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Emblems: birch rod., 1 print : etching in red ink on wove paper ; plate mark 27.4 x 21.9 cm, on sheet 29.7 x 23.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 58 of volume 12 of 12, with letterpress explanation opposite.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Eenige der representanten van het volk van Holland [graphic].