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Contemplating a day's fishing, Mr. Briggs gets his tackle in order, and trys the management of his running line.
1817-1864
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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
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- D Middle 76/GC168/Box 04/Normal/19th c./Artists L-O GA 2006.02345
- Publisher
- n.d.
- People
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- Author
- Leech, John, 1817-1864
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Families—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fishers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Illustration of books—Great Britain—19th century—Design
- Leech, John, 1817-1864. Mr. Briggs & his doings—Illustrations
- English wit and humor—19th century—Illustrations
- English literature—19th century—Illustrations
- Drawing
- Fishing accidents—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Contemplating a day's fishing, Mr. Briggs gets his tackle in order, and trys the management of his running line.
- Call Number
- D Middle 76/GC168/Box 04/Normal/19th c./Artists L-O GA 2006.02345
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcg732dp65c
- Publisher
- n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1817-1864
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25 x 27.8 cm.
- References
- Leech, John. Mr. Briggs and his doings. Fishing (a series of twelve coloured plates, enlarged from Mr. Leech's original drawings). London, Bradbury & Evans [1860], plate 1.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Watercolors on board
- Depiction: Small man standing on dining table, wrangling hopelessly tangled fishing line while family looks on from doorway.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Families—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fishers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Illustration of books—Great Britain—19th century—Design
- Leech, John, 1817-1864. Mr. Briggs & his doings—Illustrations
- English wit and humor—19th century—Illustrations
- English literature—19th century—Illustrations
- Drawing
- Fishing accidents—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0638457c-0aaa-4064-9160-04c5b64936f0/manifest