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

(1847-1851)
published by Henry G. Bohn, London
written by Charles Whiting

Original Copperplate Engravings over 170 years old

Full Sheet Size: approximately 19 x 24.75 inches (about 48 x 63 cm)
Half Sheet Size: approximately 9.5 x 12.25 inches (about 24 x 31 cm)
(trimmed from full sheet)

Image size varies from engraving to engraving. Most, but not all, plates have engravings on both sides of the sheet, as published by Bohn.

Click here for contemporary (1851) descriptions and analyses of the cartoons by James Gillray

Click here for the index to subjects in James Gillray's cartoons

	$225
Source: Historical & Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray; Comprising A Political and Humorous History of the Latter Part of the Reign of George the Third by Thomas Wright, Esq., F.S.A. and R. H. Evans, Esq. Published: London, Henry G. Bohn, 1851	Plate 143, 144 (Side 1) A Hackney Meeting Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man	Plates 145, 146 (Side 2) The Dog Tax Democratic Levelling; Alliance a la Francoise; or, the Union of the Coronet and Clyster-pipe

	Plate 143 (Side 1) A Hackney Meeting	Plate 145 (Side 2) The Dog Tax
	(These plates are on a half-sheet, trimmed down from a full sheet at some time)
	$85

	Plate 144 (Side 1) Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man	Plate 146 (Side 2) Democratic Levelling; Alliance a la Francoise; or, the Union of the Coronet and Clyster-pipe
	(These plates are on a half-sheet, trimmed down from a full sheet at some time)
	$75

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

(1847-1851) published by Henry G. Bohn, London written by Charles Whiting

Full Sheet Size: approximately 19 x 24.75 inches (about 48 x 63 cm) Half Sheet Size: approximately 9.5 x 12.25 inches (about 24 x 31 cm) (trimmed from full sheet)

Image size varies from engraving to engraving. Most, but not all, plates have engravings on both sides of the sheet, as published by Bohn.

A Hackney Meeting

Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man

The Dog Tax

Democratic Levelling; Alliance a la Francoise; or, the Union of the Coronet and Clyster-pipe

$225