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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-North 38/GC024/19th-Century American Caricatures/Normal/19th c./Caricatures GA 2024.03012
- E North 31/GC024/Box 013/Normal/19th c./Artists I-J GA 2012.00003
- E Row 2/GC053/Box 4/Normal GA 2024.04577
- Publisher
- [Boston] : D.C. Johnston, 1863.
- People
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- Related Name
- Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—United States—19th century
- Slavery—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- African Americans—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Black people—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Confederate States of America—History—Caricatures and cartoons
- Nursery rhymes, English—Parodies, imitations, etc
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Caricatures and cartoons
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889—Caricatures and cartoons
- Notes
- Plate 27.4 x 36.5 cm
- Medium: Wood engraving
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Twelve vignettes regarding Jefferson Davis and Southern slave system, following the scheme of the nursery rhyme, "The House that Jack Built".
- Signed in plate, lower margin: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by D.C. Johnston in the clerks office of the District Court of Massachusetts".
- Princeton copy 1 Location history (2015/04): Compartment E // GC024
- Princeton copy 1 Overall bright white paper. Housing: Housed in unimat (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.).
- Princeton copy 2 Sheet 31 x 41 cm. Overall brown discoloration.
- Princeton copy 3 Sheet 30.3 x 42.5 cm. Mounted in mat.
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The house that Jeff built.
- Call Number
- E-North 38/GC024/19th-Century American Caricatures/Normal/19th c./Caricatures GA 2024.03012
- E North 31/GC024/Box 013/Normal/19th c./Artists I-J GA 2012.00003
- E Row 2/GC053/Box 4/Normal GA 2024.04577
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcsq87c684x
- Publisher
- [Boston] : D.C. Johnston, 1863.
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1863
- Format
- Visual material
- Extent
- 1 print : engraving ; sheet 30 x 42.7 cm
- Content Warning
- Unspecified
- References
- Weitenkampf, p. 138
- Sinclair Hamilton Collection no. 1791
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Plate 27.4 x 36.5 cm
- Medium: Wood engraving
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Twelve vignettes regarding Jefferson Davis and Southern slave system, following the scheme of the nursery rhyme, "The House that Jack Built".
- Signed in plate, lower margin: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by D.C. Johnston in the clerks office of the District Court of Massachusetts".
- Princeton copy 1 Location history (2015/04): Compartment E // GC024
- Princeton copy 1 Overall bright white paper. Housing: Housed in unimat (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.).
- Princeton copy 2 Sheet 31 x 41 cm. Overall brown discoloration.
- Princeton copy 3 Sheet 30.3 x 42.5 cm. Mounted in mat.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—United States—19th century
- Slavery—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- African Americans—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Black people—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Confederate States of America—History—Caricatures and cartoons
- Nursery rhymes, English—Parodies, imitations, etc
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Caricatures and cartoons
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 3
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/72645b0f-ab27-4e7e-9ca4-243b11b65015/manifest