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James Gillray

James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was active/lived in United Kingdom.  James Gillray is known for Illustration.

The work of James Gillray exemplifies the golden age of English political caricature, spanning from the start of the American Revolution through the four decades that followed.  The popularity of Gillray's work spread beyond England to France, the United States, and Ireland.  In 1806, one German journalist even called him "the foremost living artist in the whole of Europe" (Hill, Fashionable Contrasts).

Gillray was born in the London neighborhood of Chelsea on August 13th, 1756 to James and Jane Gillray.  He was their only surviving child of five.  The Gillrays were strict members of the Moravian Brotherhood, an extreme Protestant group that glorified death and the afterlife.  Death during childhood was considered good fortune and sickly children were often deprived of medical care.  At age five young Gillray was sent away to the Moravian Academy for boys in Bedford, although he remained there just three years.  The school, trouwww.childsgallery.com/artist.php   ...  [Displaying 1032 of 4725 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

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