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Grimaldi's leap frog, in the comic pantomime of The Golden Fish.
1812
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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
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 12/GC021/Box 18/Normal/19th c./Artist Heath, William GA 2011.00894
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1812/01/12.
- People
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- Author
- Heath, William, 1795-1840
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Pantomime—England—London—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Theater—England—London—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Clowns—England—London—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Frogs—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837—Caricatures and cartoons
- Actors—England—London—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837—Performances
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Grimaldi's leap frog, in the comic pantomime of The Golden Fish.
- Call Number
- E South 12/GC021/Box 18/Normal/19th c./Artist Heath, William GA 2011.00894
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcbg257s88r
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1812/01/12.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1812
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 21.8 x 31.5 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature regarding theater. Two giant frogs and two clowns play leap frog.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Drawn & etchd by W. Heath".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Pantomime—England—London—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Theater—England—London—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Clowns—England—London—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Frogs—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837—Caricatures and cartoons
- Actors—England—London—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837—Performances
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/51aef87e-a618-4472-b9c5-f313476807ae/manifest