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A city hunt.
1780
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 30/Drawer 04/GC021/Elephant Folio/18th-19th c. GA 2011.01395
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1780]
- People
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- Related Name
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Occupations—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Chimney sweeps—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Equestrian accidents—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hunters—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fox hunting—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Spectators—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A city hunt.
- Call Number
- A Middle 30/Drawer 04/GC021/Elephant Folio/18th-19th c. GA 2011.01395
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dckh04f404n
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1780]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1780
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 55.7 x 56.8 cm [each sheet, approx.]. sheet 60.5 x 169.5 cm [full triptych with canvas backing].
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Drypoints
- Depiction: Caricature regarding hunters. Chimney sweep and other spectators watch as fox hunters race by on horseback, some of them colliding.
- Item description: Triptych, backed on canvas.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Mr. Bunbury del.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Js. Bretherton f.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Occupations—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Chimney sweeps—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Equestrian accidents—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hunters—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fox hunting—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Spectators—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2dbc7f82-388e-40e6-9612-366d4b7f2340/manifest