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Illustrious illusions or fashionable follies plate 3.
1803
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 25/Normal/19th c./Artist Williams, Charles GA 2011.01051
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1803/03/01.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Caricature
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830—Relations with women—Caricatures and cartoons
- Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Mistresses—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Princes—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Illustrious illusions or fashionable follies plate 3.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 25/Normal/19th c./Artist Williams, Charles GA 2011.01051
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcdj52wh52b
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1803/03/01.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1803
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 27.6 x 36 cm [mount]. sheet 24.7 x 35 cm [print].
- 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. 9970 (attributes to Williams).
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Item description: Mounted on recto of "Miss Chester of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden".
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Cloaked Billington enters room where she is greeted by George IV.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Caricature
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830—Relations with women—Caricatures and cartoons
- Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Mistresses—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Princes—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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/809d0589-d071-426c-8dc2-830e505b581d/manifest