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English Illustrator, 1757-1815
English caricaturist and illustrator. He was essentially self-trained although he studied at the Royal Academy and on the Continent. His caricatures of the court of George III made him immensely popular. His masterly delineations, vigorous, clever, often subtle, sometimes vulgar and grotesque, numbered more than 12,000. Among his best-known cartoons are A New Way to Pay the National Debt (1796), Social Elements in Skating (1805),
The Blood of the Murdered Crying for Vengeance
1793 Etching New College, Oxford University, Oxford When the news of the execution of Louis XVI in Paris arrived in London, even the liberal supporters of the Revolution changed their opinion and felt that anarchy and violence replaced the ideals of freedom and equality. Author: GILLRAY, James Title: The Blood of the Murdered Crying for Vengeance Form: graphics , 1751-1800 , English , other
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