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[Billiards].
1780
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 05/Normal/18th c./Artists C-Dighton GA 2011.00579
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1780/11/15.
- People
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- Author
- Watson, Thomas, 1748-1781
- Related Name
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Billiard players—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Recreation—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Spectators—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dogs—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Indoor games—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Billiards].
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 05/Normal/18th c./Artists C-Dighton GA 2011.00579
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc5x21tt18g
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1780/11/15.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1780
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 31.6 x 41.1 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Stipple engravings
- Depiction: Caricature regarding recreation. Spectators watch two men play billiards, one obviously winning.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "H. Bunbury Esqr delint.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Watson & Dickinson excudt".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Billiard players—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Recreation—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Spectators—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dogs—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Indoor games—Great Britain—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/1ac46ba4-0f2d-4a6e-bd9a-aa45552b3b0f/manifest