7
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 7 by James Gillray, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows two different scenes on each side. One side has a colorful scene of an election, with a carriage and horses. You can see the details of the people and the carriage, it's quite busy. The other side shows a scene of giants and gods, it's a bit chaotic. The print is interesting because it has two very different scenes, showing the artist's range. The artist used a lot of detail and color to make the scenes come alive. To learn more about this style of printmaking, look up the technique: sfumato.
The double-sided print by James Gillray features two political satires from 1804. On one side, "Middlesex-election. 1804, - 'a Long-Pull, a Strong-Pull,- and a Pill-All-together'" depicts Sir Francis Burdett in an open carriage driven by Horne Tooke, pulled by his supporters during an election. The reverse side shows "Confederated-Coalition; - or - the Giants Storming Heaven; - with, the Gods alarmed for their everlasting-abodes." Both prints were published in London by Hannah Humphrey.
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James Gillray (13 August 1756 – 1 June 1815) was an English caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810.
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