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Depart pour l'Armee // [Departure for the army].
1800-1899
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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 East 49/GC077/Box 49/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A-J GA 2012.01085
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—France—19th century
- France—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Birds—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Eagles—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Skeleton—Caricatures and cartoons
- Horses—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lightning—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Depart pour l'Armee // [Departure for the army].
- Call Number
- E East 49/GC077/Box 49/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A-J GA 2012.01085
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc3n204b49w
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1800-1899
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25.3 x 35.9 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [etcher]
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature portrait. Full-length view of Napoleon riding on horse skeleton, holding lightning bolts and note inscribed, "Je vais Combatre mes Ennemis!! Levee de 500,000 hommes".
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—France—19th century
- France—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Caricatures and cartoons
- France—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History, Military—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Birds—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Eagles—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Skeleton—Caricatures and cartoons
- Horses—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lightning—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/f6237121-f500-4058-a6fc-9127d0440dd1/manifest