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James Gillray

1756 - 1815

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James Gillray (13 August 1756 – 1 June 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Many of his works are held at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Gillray has been called "the father of the political cartoon", with his works satirizing George III, Napoleon, prime ministers and generals. Regarded as one of the two most influential cartoonists, the other being William Hogarth, Gillray's wit and humour, knowledge of life, fertility of resource, keen sense of the ludicrous, and beauty of execution, at once gave him the first place among caricaturists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Gillray is the 820th most popular painter (up from 886th in 2019), the 1,874th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,710th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, James Gillray ranks 820 out of 2,023. Before him are Bramantino, Takashi Murakami, Gerrit Berckheyde, Wols, Robert Reid, and Wu Daozi. After him are Henri Gervex, Ford Madox Brown, Tina Blau, Marie Bracquemond, Konstantin Korovin, and Vasily Polenov.

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Among people born in 1756, James Gillray ranks 18. Before him are Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, Jean-Baptiste Carrier, Joseph Martin Kraus, Abbé Faria, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, and Wojciech Żywny. After him are Ernst Chladni, Federico Gravina, Thomas Rowlandson, Paul Wranitzky, John Loudon McAdam, and Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve. Among people deceased in 1815, James Gillray ranks 20. Before him are 9th Dalai Lama, Charles Lee, John Carroll, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Richard Bassett, and Ahmad al-Tijani. After him are Matthias Claudius, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Torii Kiyonaga, Solomon II of Imereti, John Singleton Copley, and Guillaume Philibert Duhesme.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Gillray ranks 1,874 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), J. Lee Thompson (1914), Douglas Mawson (1882), Michael Apted (1941), John Rolfe (1585), and John Barbirolli (1899). After him are E. P. Thompson (1924), Andrew Lincoln (1973), Wendy Hiller (1912), William Renshaw (1861), Brian Aldiss (1925), and Peter Fraser (1884).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, James Gillray ranks 26. Before him are Jack Butler Yeats (1871), Thomas Cole (1801), John Martin (1789), George Stubbs (1724), John William Godward (1861), and Arthur Rackham (1867). After him are Evelyn De Morgan (1855), Pieter de Molijn (1595), Richard Parkes Bonington (1801), Sidney Paget (1860), Barbara Hepworth (1903), and Thomas Rowlandson (1756).

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