Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Inside view of the Public Library, Cambridge.
Call Number
D North 53/GC112/Box 21/Normal/Prints/Iconography GA 2014.00578
Identifier
ark:/88435/gh93h660q
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1809/11/01.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1809
Extent
1 item ; sheet 24.7 x 36.7 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, 184 (gives May 1810)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Aquatints, Hand coloring
Depiction: Library with numerous scholars wearing caps and gowns. At right, one scholar falls off top of ladder at stacks; below him, one scholar steadies ladder while another scholar holds open book over his head for protection from the falling scholar; near ladder, four scholars are gathered around large open book on stand, apparently too engrossed to notice the calamity beside them. At left, two scholars are seated in wooden chairs; one reads while the other sleeps. At center of print, one scholar gives tour to couple, three other scholars walk about.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson del.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Accidents—England—Cambridge—Caricatures and cartoons
Books—England—Cambridge—Caricatures and cartoons
Library buildings—England—Cambridge—Caricatures and cartoons
Readers—England—Cambridge—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
College teachers—England—Cambridge—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Library users—England—Cambridge—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Sleep—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0d055b0d-9992-457b-9768-900e74f689c7/manifest