15 minutes of fame: Hannah Humphrey, entrepreneurial Georgian printseller
Hannah Greig reveals why she believes printseller Hannah Humphrey deserves to be better remembered today
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Published: September 26, 2022 at 5:10 pm
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It’s the HistoryExtra podcast’s 15th birthday, and to celebrate, we’ve asked 15 historians to nominate a figure from history they think deserves their ‘15 minutes of fame’. In this episode, Dr Hannah Greig nominates 18th-century printseller Hannah Humphrey. Speaking with Elinor Evans, she reveals how Humphrey worked with leading caricature artist James Gillray and built a successful business in her own right.
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