Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
College pranks, or Crabbed Fellow's taught to caper on the slack rope.
Call Number
D North 53/GC112/Box 21/Normal/Prints/Iconography GA 2014.00569
Identifier
ark:/88435/cc08hp740
Publisher
London : [s.n.], n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1756-1827
Extent
1 item ; sheet 30 x 40.1 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 199 (Jan 18, 1811, Jan. 28 is correct)
Tegg no. 53
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson del et scul.".
Depiction: Two portly, and highly respectable Fellows of the University, proceeding along their quadrangle, are assailed with a rough practical joke by a party of unruly young undergraduates. A rope is being suddenly lifted up with a hearty good-will by a riotous mob at either end, and the astonished "dons" are tripped up and turned over like turtles on a memorial-stone - "Here lies the body of Bishop Bleareyes". Squibs, squirts, and whips in the hands of these disorderly students are further contributing to the annoyance of the capsized magnates.

Discovery Information

Subject
College teachers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
College students—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Practical jokes—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a49075a6-ea2f-482d-8f73-e1d008f4cb5d/manifest