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A courier just setting out. Who has any letters to send?.
1700-1799
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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
- E South 13/GC021/Box 29/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A b-A sq GA 2011.01118
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Donkeys—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A courier just setting out. Who has any letters to send?.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 29/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A b-A sq GA 2011.01118
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcjd4738304
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1700-1799
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25.5 x 38.3 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. George III as a courier, riding a donkey which has a man's face; surrounding him are five men, three of whom are handing him letters.
- Inscribed in plate, upper right: "Sketch'd from life while his boots were greasing".
- Numbered in plate, above: "XXIV".
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Donkeys—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—18th century—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/4438ec72-d9bf-4115-975d-094ee57952ac/manifest