Influence
Gillray is still revered as one of the most influential political caricaturists of all time, and among the leading cartoonists on the political stage in the United Kingdom today, both Steve Bell and Martin Rowson acknowledge him as probably the most influential of all their predecessors in that particular arena.
There is a good account of Gillray in Wright's History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art (1865).
In April 2012 the hotel chain Marriott International Inc. will open a steak restaurant in London's County Hall themed on Gillray's artwork called Gillray's Steakhouse & Bar. The restaurant will feature key pieces of Gillray's artwork in the restaurant and in the menus.
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