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An English balloon 1784.
1784
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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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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 09/Normal/18th c./Artists O-Sayer GA 2011.00663
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [after 1784]
- People
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- Author
- Sandby, Paul, 1725-1809
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- London (England)—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Aeronautics—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hot air balloons—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Italians—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Spectators—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- An English balloon 1784.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 09/Normal/18th c./Artists O-Sayer GA 2011.00663
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc1257b503k
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [after 1784]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1784
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 24.3 x 35.1 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Collotypes
- Depiction: Caricature regarding transportation. Crowd gathered around balloon in the form of a grinning face, wearing fool's cap; satire on Lunardi's ascent from the Artillery Ground in 1784.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- London (England)—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Aeronautics—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hot air balloons—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Italians—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Spectators—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
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/b0e5a46b-b029-402f-955f-010b84450d42/manifest