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"The Works
of James Gillray
from the
Original Plates
with the
Addition of Many
Subjects Not
Before Collected"

(1847)
published by
Henry G. Bohn, London
written by
Charles Whiting

 

Copperplate
Engravings

Full Sheet Size:
approx. 19 x 24¾ inches
Half Sheet Size:
approx. 9½ x 12¼ inches
(trimmed from full sheet)

Image Size:
varies from
engraving to
engraving
(note: most, but
not all, plates
have engravings on
both sides of
the sheet, as
published by Bohn.)


Plates 15-16
(blank verso)
"The Monster going to take his afternoon's Luncheon"
"Swearing to the Cutting Monster"


$275
(another of Gillray's "naughty" engravings, published
in a separate volume as to not offend delicate ladies' sensibilities.)

somewhat foxed

Gillray's "Political Series" Plates 1-366
Gillray's "Miscellaneous Series" Plates 367-582
Gillray's "Suppressed Series"
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