James GILLRAY (Chelsea 1757 - London 1815) "Juge de Paix" Original etching and aquatint by a subject by Gillray himself, printed and published in London in 1798 by Hannah Humphrey who was his most prolific publisher. Nice specimen on heavy paper, trimmed to the imprint of the plate and with small margins on two sides, with a portion of a different image present on the reverse and without the traditional editorial coloring in watercolor that also appears on the specimens of the British Museum, what which may lead one to think that it may be a typographic test. James Gillray was one of England's most respected caricaturists at the turn of the late eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century, his satire turned in particular against Napoleon. Bibliography: Houfe "The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators" Woodbridge 1996 p. 153. Osterwalder "Dictionnaire des Illustrateurs 1800-1914" Neuchatel 1989 page 430. Measurements in mm: 261ca x 195ca (glazed on two sides as seen in the image)