Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A block for the wigs - or - The new state whirligig.
Call Number
D West 50/GC108/Box 05/Normal/Titles A GA 2006.01344
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/v979v316c
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1783/05/05.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1783
Extent
1 item ; sheet 25 x 35 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 6227
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings
Inscribed in plate, upper left: "Poor John Bull's house plundered at noon day".
Provenance: Stamped on verso, "Princeton University // Library // Presented by // Dickson Q. Brown '95".
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820—Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786—Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796—Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792—Caricatures and cartoons
Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
Great Britain—Kings and rulers—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1b215532-8eb8-4185-a606-c8f4f7a1ca2d/manifest