Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The hopes of the family - An admission at the university.
Call Number
E South 11/GC021/Box 03/Normal/18th c./Artist Bretherton GA 2011.00517
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcpn89dk37g
Publisher
[London : [s.n.], n.d. [1774/01/03]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1774
Extent
1 item ; sheet 26.7 x 37.1 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 4727
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings
Depiction: Caricature; academic scene. Father and son in college admissions office.
Signed in plate, lower left: HWBunbury delin.".
Signed in plate, lower right: "J. Bretherton f.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Fathers and sons—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Universities and colleges—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Students—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/45fabb58-9f3b-47e9-b8dd-ebb22fc8871b/manifest