Shakespeare - Sacrificed; or The Offering to Avarice
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Title
Shakespeare - Sacrificed; or The Offering to Avarice
Collection
Series of social and political caricatures by James Gillray
Social caricatures
Miscellaneous caricatures, [1786-1794]
Names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815 (Artist)
Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886 (Collector)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1786 - 1794 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Shelf locator: MEZYRK (Gillray) Misc.II
Genres
Notes
Citation/Reference: Misc.I.56
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16513380
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16513348
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5e3ad920-c5ee-012f-07ad-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1786
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Shakespeare - Sacrificed; or The Offering to Avarice" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1786 - 1794. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e3ad920-c5ee-012f-07ad-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1786 - 1794). Shakespeare - Sacrificed; or The Offering to Avarice Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e3ad920-c5ee-012f-07ad-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Shakespeare - Sacrificed; or The Offering to Avarice" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e3ad920-c5ee-012f-07ad-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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