Sujet

'Shakespeare sacrificed, or the offering to avarice', 1789.Artist: James Gillray

Légende

'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).
The Print Collector collection

Date

30 nov. 1999

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C25_022

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (4,1Mo) / 31,5cm x 39,7cm / 3724 x 4692 (300dpi)

Mots clés

personnes gens mâle le travail homme hommes offre arts peinture art type fumée métier brûlure le feu flamme flammes Britannique le fond avarice siècle La Grande-Bretagne profession littérature concept avide sacrifice diable B&W MONOCHROME avarice noir et blanc noir et blanc B W éditeur 18e siècle figure allégorique Dix-huitie siècle The Print Collector John Boydell George John William William Shakespeare Shakespeare James Gillray Boydell George Paston Paston Symonds Emily Morse Emily Morse Symonds Gillray James