Gillray James

County:	London
Town:	London
Address(es):	Temple Bar, Strand. New Bond St. Old Bond St. Chelsea. 29 St James's St
Book Trade(s):	Engraver/etcher, Print seller (music)
Non-Book Trade(s):	-
Trading Dates:	1757 – 1798
Biographical Dates:	1757 (date of birth) – 1815 (date of death)
Notes:	Caricaturist. Apprenticed as letter engraver but ran away to join strolling players. In his early career employed as music engraver. `His intemperance led to imbecility from 1811'.
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Sources:	Kassler, Jamie Croy, The Science of Music in Britain, 1714-1839: a catalogue of writings, lectures and inventions (New York & London, 1979), 2 vols. Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977) Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984)