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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 June 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.06.20.02.3++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Alderman Boydell stands within a magic circle, directing a sacrifice of Shakespeare's plays; these are burning at his feet; the dense smoke which rises from the fire obscures a monument to Shakespeare, concealing the head and shoulders of a figure of...
- Alternative Title:
- Offering to avarice
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 20th, 1789, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Boydell, John, 1719-1804
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Shakespeare-sacrificed, or, The offering to avarice [graphic]
