https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n18/david-bromwich/you-are-not-cruikshank Created Fri, 08/09/2023 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 08/09/2023 - 00:00 Society itself is a satirist and a thief; what it steals is the person you are. James Gillray’s mischief was of an unusual sort, at once refined and coarse, and sometimes with an opacity hard to penetrate even after several looks.