'Shakespeare sacrificed, or the offering to avarice', 1789.Artist: James Gillray
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'Shakespeare sacrificed, or the offering to avarice', 1789. Publisher John Boydell commissioned paintings illustrating subjects from Shakespeare's plays. His scheme to sell engravings made after the pictures is criticised here. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century ... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).
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People Information
Creator
- James Gillray: Artist, caricaturist, draftsman, engraver, printmaker
Subject
- John Boydell: British; English: Artist, publisher, dealer
People Related
- George Paston: : Author
- William Shakespeare: British, English: Author, playwright, poet
Category Hierarchy
Society & Culture Art & Literature
Artistic Representations Satires
Artistic Representations Caricatures
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3724x4692
File Size : 51,191kb
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- 0580005651
- 1-624-684
- 1624684
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