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Sketched by Humphrey – Spoil'd by Gillray
Sketched by Humphrey – Spoil'd by Gillray

Sketched by Humphrey – Spoil'd by Gillray

Primary (London, England, 1757–1815)
NationalityEnglish, Europe
Date1781
MediumEtching and stipple engraving
DimensionsSheet: 12 × 9 1/8 in. (30.5 × 23.2 cm)
Additional Dimension: 10 3/4 × 8 in. (27.3 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1214
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1214
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Label Text
A satire on his own work as an engraver, Gillray defaced the plate Sketched by Humphrey-Spoil’d by Gillray and published it as a warning against the “bad effect of cobbling and altering.”
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