| Method | Etching with hand colouing |
| Artist | James Gillray |
| Published | Publish'd August 20th 1805-by H. Humphrey No 27 St James s Street London. |
| Dimensions | Image 250 x 345 mm, Sheet 265 x 358 mm |
| Notes |
Inscribed below image "J. Cd Esqr del." One of a number of Gillray caricatures poking fun at the pursuit of hunting. A portly huntsman in his red hunting jacket and spurred boots is flung from his horse over a five-bar-gate, his hat flying in one direction, his riding crop the other. The startled horse, wearing a tasselled saddle cloth, has baulked at a gate having spotted a bull on the opposite side, sending its rider off his saddle clear of the gate, instead of jumping the gate itself. James Gillray (c.1756-1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Born in Chelsea, Gillray studied letter-engraving, and was later admitted to the Royal Academy where he was influenced by the work of Hogarth. His caricature L'Assemblée Nationale (1804) gained huge notoriety when the Prince of Wales paid a large sum of money to have it suppressed and its plate destroyed. Gillray lived with his publisher and print-seller Miss (often called Mrs) Humphrey during the entire period of his fame. Twopenny Whist, a depiction of four individuals playing cards, is widely believed to feature Miss Humphrey as an ageing lady with eyeglasses and a bonnet. One of Gillray's later prints, Very Slippy-Weather, shows Miss Humphrey's shop in St. James's Street in the background. In the shop window a number of Gillray's previously published prints, such as Tiddy-Doll the Great French Gingerbread Maker [...] a satire on Napoleon's king-making proclivities, are shown in the shop window. His last work Interior of a Barber's Shop in Assize Time, from a design by Bunbury, was published in 1811. While he was engaged on it he became mad, although he had occasional intervals of sanity. Gillray died on 1 June 1815, and was buried in St James's churchyard, Piccadilly. BM Satires 10481 Condition: Nice early hand colouring, Light dirt build-up to top of sheet. Trimmed just outside platemark. Old album residue in corners on verso. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £600.00 |
| Stock ID | 52573 |