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A block for the wigs - or - The new state whirligig.

1783

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Part of Comic Art Collections
Several Princeton collections have strong holdings in comic art, cartoons, and pictorial satire. The Graphic Arts Collection has several thousand caricatures in the form of prints or drawings, mainly in the Dickson Q. Brown '95 Collection of Thomas Rowlandson and the Richard W. Meirs '88 Collection of George Cruikshank.
Part of 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,
Part of James Gillray Cartoons
James Gillray (1756–1815) was a British artist known for his caricatures and satirical prints.
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D West 50/GC108/Box 05/Normal/Titles A GA 2006.01344
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London : [s.n.], 1783/05/05.
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815
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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
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