James Gillray

British Museum

James Gillray, A Voluptuary under the horrors of Digestion, a print. Published in London, England, 1792.

Gillray portrays George, Prince of Wales, later Prince Regent and George IV (reigned 1820-1830), picking his teeth with a table fork, having demolished a heavy meal and a considerable quantity of wine. The Prince was notoriously dissolute and spendthrift. His room is littered with empty bottles, pills and unpaid bills. His passion for gambling is indicated by dice, lists of forthcoming horse races at Newmarket and accounts of his losses at cards. It was a barely exaggerated portrait of the man known as the 'Prince of Whales'.http://ow.ly/QR399

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Born ‪#‎onthisday‬: 18th-century artist James Gillray, known for his political prints and satires http://ow.ly/QQNlX

See prints by Gillray from the age of Napoleon in our free exhibition‪#‎BonaparteAndTheBritish‬, closing this Sunday http://ow.ly/QQNxd

James Gillray

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Description "Titianus redivivius; or the seven wise men consulting the new Venetian oracle. - A scene in ye Academic Grove, No.1"; scene showing artists in front of the Royal Academy at Somerset House. Artist Gillray, James (1756-1815) Engraver Gillray, James (1756-1815) Publisher Bohn, Henry G. Date of Execution 1797 Medium etching Support paper Longest Dimension 57cms Shortest Dimension 44cms Section Guildhall Library Print Room Collection Satirical Print Collection Location Satires 1797 Picture Type satire Catalogue No p5384608 Accession No - Notes Miss Provis stands on a rainbow daubing paint on the face of Titian. Reynolds' ghost appears from the paved floor in the foreground. On the right John Boydell and two companions run off furtively. The seven artists sitting in the light of the rainbow include Joseph Farington, John Opie, and Richard Westall.