IF YOU were a fan of Spitting Image you will love a brand new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum which pokes fun at the great and good.

The show, Love Bites: Caricatures by James Gillray, which opened yesterday marks the 200th anniversary of the death of the great caricaturist [1756-1815].

In the late 18th century, Gillray’s political and social satirical engravings were the Private Eye of his day, taking satirical shots at Napoleon, portraying him as a drunk, and the Prince Regent.

Prof Todd Porterfield who is curating the exhibition said: “I’m delighted to be bringing these outstanding works by James Gillray out into the public.”

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Also opening yesterday Great British Drawings shows off 100 of the greatest drawings and watercolours from the 16th and 17th centuries to the present day, with work by Samuel Coope, John Robert Cozens and JMW Turner.

For more information on both exhibitions, see ashmolean.org