Cartoon, Shakespeare Sacrificed
Cartoon, Shakespeare Sacrificed; or the Offering to Avarice, by James Gillray. Showing Alderman John Boydell, an engraver and publisher, in the role of Prospero burning his books, with characters from Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery appearing in the smoke
Picture No
10956031
Media ID
48223487
Size
4680px x 5689px
(5.9MB)
Credit
© The Sharp Illustration Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Cartoon in The Works of James Gillray, the Caricaturist; with the History of His Life and Times, edited by Thomas Wright, 1873
Date
1789
