H Beard Print Collection
Print
20th June 1789 (published)
20th June 1789 (published)
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Print entitled 'Shakespeare - Sacrificed; - or - The Offering to Avarice'. Published in London by Hannah Humphrey. The print depicts the print seller and publisher John Boydell summoning flames from a sacrificial pyre of Shakespeare's work. It satirises Boydell's grand project to produce and illustrated edition of Shakespeare's plays and to establish a Shakespeare Gallery which would ultimately lead him to near bankruptcy.
Object details
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| Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | hand coloured etching and aquatint, ink and paint on paper |
| Brief description | Print entitled 'Shakespeare - Sacrificed; - or - The Offering to Avarice'. Published in London by Hannah Humphrey on 20th June 1789, Harry Beard Collection. |
| Physical description | Hand coloured etched and aquatinted print entitled 'Shakespeare - Sacrificed; - or - The Offering to Avarice'. |
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| Summary | Print entitled 'Shakespeare - Sacrificed; - or - The Offering to Avarice'. Published in London by Hannah Humphrey. The print depicts the print seller and publisher John Boydell summoning flames from a sacrificial pyre of Shakespeare's work. It satirises Boydell's grand project to produce and illustrated edition of Shakespeare's plays and to establish a Shakespeare Gallery which would ultimately lead him to near bankruptcy. |
| Other number | F.157-88 - H Beard collection numbering |
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| Accession number | S.3794-2009 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2010 |
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