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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Gillray has received more than 499,625 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). James Gillray is the 886th most popular painter (down from 853rd in 2019), the 1,709th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,766th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Painter.

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  • 500k

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  • 55.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, James Gillray ranks 886 out of 2,023. Before him are Joseph Anton Koch, Abraham Bosse, Beatrice Wood, Denis Calvaert, Maerten de Vos, and Jacob Adriaensz Backer. After him are Achilles Painter, Harriet Backer, Eugène Grasset, Henry Hill, Tarsila do Amaral, and Renato Guttuso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, James Gillray ranks 20. Before him are Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Wojciech Żywny, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Thomas Rowlandson, and Federico Gravina. After him are Abbé Faria, John Loudon McAdam, Paul Wranitzky, Christian Frederik Hansen, Heinrich von Bellegarde, and Jean-Antoine Chaptal. Among people deceased in 1815, James Gillray ranks 16. Before him are Guillaume Brune, José María Morelos, 9th Dalai Lama, Smithson Tennant, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Ahmad al-Tijani. After him are Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Torii Kiyonaga, Matthias Claudius, Solomon II of Imereti, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, and Carl Johan Adlercreutz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Gillray ranks 1,709 out of 8,785. Before him are Noel Gallagher (1967), George Green (1793), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Oliver Hart (1948), Cassivellaunus (-100), and Bill Foulkes (1932). After him are James Ferguson (1797), Harold Laski (1893), John Ross (1777), Donald Adamson (1939), George Rooke (1650), and Wat Tyler (1341).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, James Gillray ranks 27. Before him are John Martin (1789), George Stubbs (1724), Sidney Paget (1860), Helen Allingham (1848), John Collier (1850), and Thomas Rowlandson (1756). After him are Pieter de Molijn (1595), David Roberts (1796), Matthew Paris (1200), Vanessa Bell (1879), Roger Fry (1866), and Walter Crane (1845).

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