Hannah Humphrey
(circa 1745-1818), Publisher and printsellerSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 720 portraits
Hannah Humphrey was the sister of engraver William Humphrey. She began to publish prints in the 1770s and she established a print shop in London in around 1779, from where she initially sold history and portrait plates and caricatures. In 1791, the renowned satirist, James Gillray, began to work exclusively for Humphrey, making her London's leading seller of caricature prints. Gillray lived with Humphrey for the next twenty years.
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 May 1780
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Emma Edgcumbe (née Gilbert), Countess of Mount Edgcumbe
probably by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 May 1780
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Emma Edgcumbe (née Gilbert), Countess of Mount Edgcumbe
probably by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 18 May 1780
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 August 1781
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Queen Elizabeth I ('The great and glorious days of Queen Bess')
by Unknown artist, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 30 June 1781
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John Campbell ('Mr C-m-l the jolly presenter of the Cannongate Kirk, in Edinburgh')
possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published circa 1781
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Giuseppe Puppo ('Signor Puppy. First catgut scraper')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 27 November 1781
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'Aside he turn'd for envy, yet with jealous leer malign, eyd them askance'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 December 1782
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 April 1782
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 April 1782
NPG D12304
'Rodney introducing de Grasse'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 7 June 1782
NPG D12306
'Irish gratitude' (Henry Flood?; Henry Grattan; Edmond Sexton Pery, Viscount Pery)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 June 1782
NPG D12307
'St George and the dragon' (Charles James Fox; George Bridges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 13 June 1782
NPG D12308
'Monuments lately discovered on Salisbury Plain'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 15 June 1782
NPG D12309
probably by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 26 November 1782
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Lady Cecilia Johnston ('St Cecilia')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 April 1782
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 4 May 1782
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'Evacuation before resignation'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 May 1782
NPG D12985
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 August 1782
NPG D12987
'Neithe[r] war nor peace!' (Charles James Fox; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Edmund Burke)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 9 March 1783
NPG D12331
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