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The colossus of the North; or the striding Boreas.
1774
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Omega Project
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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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 35/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles Ta-The d GA 2011.01270
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1774/12/01]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792—Caricatures and cartoons
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797—Caricatures and cartoons
- Britannia (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Personification in art
- United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- London (England)—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The colossus of the North; or the striding Boreas.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 35/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles Ta-The d GA 2011.01270
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcm613n9450
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1774/12/01]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1774
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 18.2 x 21.1 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
- Medium: Etchings, Engravings
- Depiction: Caricature; political satire. Allegorical scene. Lord North standing on two blocks labeled 'Tyranny' and 'Venality,' straddling a stream flowing from Westminster Hall; in the stream are various members of Parliament; John Wilkes stands beside the stream, saying 'I'll stem the stream;' Britannia holds sign, 'Those that should have been my preservers have been my destroyers.'
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792—Caricatures and cartoons
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797—Caricatures and cartoons
- Britannia (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Personification in art
- United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- London (England)—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/eea95894-71f4-4727-87eb-e88e618db474/manifest