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A brace of blessings.
1796
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 29/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A b-A sq GA 2011.01115
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1796/01/26.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Lawyers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Clergy—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Drinking—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pipe smokers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Indulgences—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Wealth—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A brace of blessings.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 29/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A b-A sq GA 2011.01115
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcm613n9431
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1796/01/26.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1796
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 26.4 x 41.7 cm [mount]. sheet 24.7 x 35.7 cm [print]. sheet [varies] [drawings and hand colored prints on verso].
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
- Medium: Etchings
- Depiction: Caricature regarding prosperity. At left, seated lawyer reviews lengthy bill for various services; at right, seated clergyman drinks burgundy and smokes pipe beside table on which lies lengthy bill for food, alcohol, and tobacco.
- Depiction, mount verso: Six small pencil drawings [head of dog; half-length portrait of woman; head of horse; bust portrait of man; bust portrait of monk; full-length portrait of woman holding bird] and three small hand-colored prints [fruit spray, lion, peasant with dog].
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Lawyers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Clergy—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Drinking—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pipe smokers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Indulgences—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Wealth—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/bde9b42d-29ee-4990-abc1-c3fcf5a8acac/manifest