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Gurnsey pebbles bought & sold or a guinea turn'd to a good account.
1790
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 08/Normal/18th c./Artists Grose-N GA 2011.00658
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1790s?]
- People
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- Author
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Caricature
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Construction workers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Poverty—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Gurnsey pebbles bought & sold or a guinea turn'd to a good account.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 08/Normal/18th c./Artists Grose-N GA 2011.00658
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc3484zv68q
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1790s?]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1790
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25 x 35.6 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Wealthy man offers impoverished street paver[?] one guinea for Guernsey pebbles[?].
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Rd Newton".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Caricature
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Construction workers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Poverty—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Great Britain—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/0af9d15f-e3ce-4ce4-a7fa-f3eb75a28177/manifest