Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
An Irish pilot or steering by chance.
Call Number
E South 13/GC021/Box 24/Normal/19th c./Artists We-Wi GA 2011.01045
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcrr172903j
Publisher
[London : [s.n.], n.d. [1812/08/--]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1812
Extent
1 item ; sheet 26.4 x 35.2 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. 11977 (tentatively attributes to Woodward; attributes to Williams).
Tegg no. 175
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Caricature; shipboard scene. Naval officer remarks about sailor's navigating capabilities, 'Now en't [sic] you a pretty fellow for a pilot? To see land and not know where we are!' // 'Och my dear Jewel! Only shew me the old head of Kinsale, and I'll tell you where we are to an inch!'
Numbered in plate, upper right: "175".
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Sailors—Ireland—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Pilots and pilotage—Ireland—19th 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/b5427f97-55af-4cd2-9636-de7a9c62ca02/manifest