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Gillray's relationship with the art establishment was strained. He aimed to make a career in reproductive engraving, but he was rejected by print publishers such as John Boydell. Gillray also resented the lowly status accorded to engravers by the Royal Academy, which did not permit them full membership. In Shakespeare sacrificed; - or - the offering to avarice (D13069) for example, he attacks both targets: Gillray suggests that greed rather than patriotism lay behind Boydell's establishment of a Shakespeare Gallery, a project to which he had not been invited to contribute; the print also includes a number of digs at the Royal Academy, such as the boy with the palette excluding the boy with an engraver's burin from the charmed circle.
possibly by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 February 1783
NPG D12956
by James Gillray, published by William Holland
etching, published 5 April 1786
NPG D13051
William Pitt ('The Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr Pr*ty***n's bisho-prick')
by James Gillray, published by R. Phillips
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published March 1787
NPG D12357
William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne)
by James Gillray, published by R. Phillips
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 12 March 1787
NPG D12358
'The board of controul, or the blessings of a Scotch dictator'
by James Gillray, published by R. Phillips
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 20 March 1787
NPG D12359
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ('Dun-Shaw')
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, aquatint and soft-ground etching, published 7 March 1788
NPG D12375
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 9 March 1788
NPG D12380
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1788
NPG D12381
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 28 March 1788
NPG D12393
'Impeachment ticket. For the trial of W-rr-n H-st-ngs Esqr'
by James Gillray
hand-coloured etching, circa February 1788
NPG D12943
by Thomas Rowlandson, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 30 January 1789
NPG D12397
by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 27 June 1789
NPG D12971
by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 29 June 1789
NPG D12974
'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
'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 James Fox ('Design for the new gallery of busts and pictures')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 17 March 1792
NPG D12443
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 17 December 1795
NPG D12551
'A peep at Christies; - or - tally-ho, and his Nimeny-pimmeney taking the morning lounge'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 24 September 1796
NPG D12577
John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich ('Sandwich-carrots! - dainty sandwich-carrots')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 December 1796
NPG D12587
'Titianus Redivivus; - or - the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian oracle'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 November 1797
NPG D13085