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The ghost of a dollar or the bankers surprize.
1776-1820
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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 12/GC021/Box 11/Normal/19th c./Artists A-DeWilde GA 2013.00205
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia : [s.n.], n.d.
- People
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- Author
- Charles, William, 1776-1820
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bankers—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Coins—Spain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Ghosts—Caricatures and cartoons
- Money—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Philadelphia (Pa.)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pennsylvania—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The ghost of a dollar or the bankers surprize.
- Call Number
- E South 12/GC021/Box 11/Normal/19th c./Artists A-DeWilde GA 2013.00205
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc6682xg75c
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1776-1820
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 39 x 32.5 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Murrell p. 84 (plate 74)
- Stauffer 313
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Engravings
- Depiction: Caricature portrait; left profile of Girard standing beside a lower righte till, speaking to the ghost of a Spanish dollar.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "W. Charles del et sculp.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bankers—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Coins—Spain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Ghosts—Caricatures and cartoons
- Money—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Philadelphia (Pa.)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pennsylvania—History—19th century—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/e4842997-66ba-4511-bba0-3bccffbc96c0/manifest