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Hannah Humphrey

(circa 1745-1818), Publisher and printseller

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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.

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'Election-troops, bring in their accounts, to the pay-table' (Edward Topham; William Pitt), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12390

'Election-troops, bring in their accounts, to the pay-table' (Edward Topham; William Pitt)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 August 1788
NPG D12390

'A lady at a card party who does not play', possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12958

'A lady at a card party who does not play'

possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 22 May 1788
NPG D12958

'The battle of Bow-Street', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12998

'The battle of Bow-Street'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published July 1788
NPG D12998

Marie-Madeleine Guimard ('The celebrated Mademoiselle G-m-rd or Grimhard from Paris'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12346

Marie-Madeleine Guimard ('The celebrated Mademoiselle G-m-rd or Grimhard from Paris')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 26 May 1789
NPG D12346

William Pitt ('The vulture of the constitution'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12395

William Pitt ('The vulture of the constitution')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 3 January 1789
NPG D12395

Messenger Monsey ('Ornaments of Chelsea Hospital; - or - a peep into the last century'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12396

Messenger Monsey ('Ornaments of Chelsea Hospital; - or - a peep into the last century')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 19 January 1789
NPG D12396

'Shakespeare sacrificed; - or - the offering to avarice' (John Boydell), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13069

'Shakespeare sacrificed; - or - the offering to avarice' (John Boydell)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 June 1789
NPG D13069

'John-Bull, baited by the dogs of excise', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12408

'John-Bull, baited by the dogs of excise'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 9 April 1790
NPG D12408

'Smelling out a rat; - or - the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his midnight 'calculations'', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12411

'Smelling out a rat; - or - the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his midnight 'calculations''

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 December 1790
NPG D12411

'The monster going to take his afternoons luncheon', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13000

'The monster going to take his afternoons luncheon'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1790
NPG D13000

'Swearing to the cutting monster or- a scene in Bow Street', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13001

'Swearing to the cutting monster or- a scene in Bow Street'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1790
NPG D13001

Philip Thicknesse ('Lieut Goverr Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto; - or - the birth of Minerva'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D13071

Philip Thicknesse ('Lieut Goverr Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto; - or - the birth of Minerva')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching and aquatint, published 15 February 1790
NPG D13071

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, by Henry Hudson, published by Hannah Humphrey, after Mather Brown - NPG D13744

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

by Henry Hudson, published by Hannah Humphrey, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 10 November 1790
NPG D13744

'Wierd sisters; ministers of darkness; minions of the moon', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12436

'Wierd sisters; ministers of darkness; minions of the moon'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 23 December 1791
NPG D12436

Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk ('A natural crop;- alias- a Norfolk dumpling'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12367

Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk ('A natural crop;- alias- a Norfolk dumpling')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 September 1791
NPG D12367

King William IV ('Nauticus'), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12394

King William IV ('Nauticus')

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 October 1791
NPG D12394

'Oh! That this too too solid flesh would melt', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12413

'Oh! That this too too solid flesh would melt'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 March 1791
NPG D12413

Margaret's ghost' (Elizabeth Gunning; Susannah Gunning (née Minifie); Peg Minifie), by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12414

Margaret's ghost' (Elizabeth Gunning; Susannah Gunning (née Minifie); Peg Minifie)

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 March 1791
NPG D12414

'The accusing spirit which flew up to heavens chancery with the oath...', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12415

'The accusing spirit which flew up to heavens chancery with the oath...'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 8 April 1791
NPG D12415

'Barbarities in the West Indias [Indies]', by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12417

'Barbarities in the West Indias [Indies]'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 23 April 1791
NPG D12417

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