Title: Shakespeare – Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice
Object type: Print
Date: June 20, 1789
Artist:  James Gillray 
Artist bio: British, London 1756–1815 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching and aquatint; undescribed state
Dimensions: image: 18 5/8 x 14 15/16 in. (47.3 x 37.9 cm)
plate: 19 13/16 x 15 1/4 in. (50.3 x 38.8 cm)
sheet: 21 15/16 x 17 3/8 in. (55.7 x 44.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Satire, term: Shakespeare