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Gillray

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Gillray [ˈgɪlreɪ]
n
(Biographies / Gillray, James (1757-1815) M, English, ARTS AND CRAFTS: caricaturist) James. 1757-1815, English caricaturist


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In 1792 a Miltonic caricature by James Gillray turned Death into Prime Minister Pitt, defended by Queen Charlotte who is cast as his incestuous mistress Sin.
Works are included by a large number of British artists, with Ford Madox Brown, James Gillray, Paul Nash, and William Blake among those receiving more lengthy treatment as examples of certain descriptive themes.
This was an art at which the English excelled and one remembers names such as Hogarth, Gillray and Cruickshank.
 
 
 
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