Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The comforts of a modern gala.
Call Number
E South 13/GC021/Box 26/Normal/19th c./Artist Williams, Charles GA 2011.01077
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc9w032f89z
Publisher
London : [s.n.], n.d. [1809?]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1809
Extent
1 item ; sheet 27.1 x 40.3 cm.
References
British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 11471 (attributes to Williams; gives tentative date of 1809).
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Caricature; party scene. Butler standing at mansion entrance, turning away crowd gathered outside due to overcrowding inside.
Numbered in plate, upper right: "251".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Woodward delt.".
Unsigned by Williams.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Crowds—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Parties—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Butlers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Mansions—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Disappointment—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

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/a10f92ce-3dd2-410c-8e9e-c93d41f6d46b/manifest