Gillray's Legacy: A Contemporary Perspective runs at the Political Cartoon Gallery from 16th January until
23rd February 2008. In the late 18th and early 19th century the great Georgian caricaturist James Gillray was the scourge of Napoleon, George III, Prime Minister William Pitt and the Prince Regent. This exhibition combines a selection of the best-known of Gillray's original masterworks side by
side with reworkings of these "after Gillray" by the cream of modern political cartoonists, including Steve Bell, Peter Brookes, Martin Rowson, Vicky, Dave Brown, Nicholas Garland, as well
as Gillray's biographer, the American cartoonist Draper Hill.
These later cartoons offer both a contemporary twist and a full-blooded testimony to Gillray's achievements as "the father of the political cartoon", whilst also showing how his powerful images of our follies and misdemeanours have continued to influence subsequent generations of artists.
The Political Cartoon Gallery, 32 Store Street, London WC1E 7BS, is open Monday to Friday 9.30am until 5.30pm and on Saturdays between 11.30am and 5.30pm.
ROBERT DIGHTON CARICATURES
An exhibition from 23rd January until 20th April 2008. Robert Dighton: Georgian Caricaturist, Actor and Thief features over 80 caricatures of colourful London characters from royals to black boxers,academics and prostitutes by the man who stole prints from the British Museum.
The Cartoon Museum, 35 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HH (close to the British Museum).
Tel: 0207 580 8155 or email info@cartoonmuseum.org
COMIC RELIEF
The original Comic Relief cartoon originals by Steve Bell and Gerald Scarfe will be at the Cartoon
Museum from 6 - 18 March 2008 at 35 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HH (close to the British Museum).
Tel: 0207 580 8155 or email info@cartoonmuseum.org
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