Gillray's Legacy

Gillray's Legacy by Cindy McCreery

Soft Cover

James Gillray was neither restrained nor genteel with his art. He created grotesquely exaggerated caricatures of the rich and famous of his time. Some of the works in this book would not be printed today in a newspaper, and several others would draw angry letters to the editor. Cartoons by Gillray in this book are supplemented by reproductions of his work courtesy of the Library of Congress, Art Institute of Chicago, and Draper Hill. They represent two decades of his social and political satire. The idea that engravings were a form of entertainment is important in our understanding of the works in this book. Just like today, people in Georgian England enjoyed a good joke at the expense of politicians.