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The contrast. A park scene.
1780
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 07/Normal/18th c./Artists Dighton-Grose GA 2012.01758
- Publisher
- [London : [s.n.], n.d. [1780]
- People
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- Author
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Magazine illustration—Great Britain—18th century—Specimens
- Caricature
- Couples—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Parks—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Stature—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Saint James's Park (London, England)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Leaves (gathered matter).
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The contrast. A park scene.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 07/Normal/18th c./Artists Dighton-Grose GA 2012.01758
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcgh93hb29x
- Publisher
- [London : [s.n.], n.d. [1780]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1780
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 21.2 x 13.2 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Caricature on stature. Tall man walking in St. James's park with short woman.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Deighton del.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Magazine illustration—Great Britain—18th century—Specimens
- Caricature
- Couples—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Parks—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Stature—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Saint James's Park (London, England)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Leaves (gathered matter).
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
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/5386d3d9-0028-42aa-836f-3cea7331b287/manifest