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Johnny in a flatting mill.
1796
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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
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists Sayer-Z GA 2011.00701
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1796/05/25.
- People
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- Author
- West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Political cartoons—United States—18th century
- Caricature
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Taxation—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- John Bull (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pitt, William 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dundas, Henry 1742-1811—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Loans—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Loans, British—Austria—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Johnny in a flatting mill.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists Sayer-Z GA 2011.00701
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcm039kh683
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1796/05/25.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1796
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 21.3 x 43.2 cm.
- References
- British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 8808 (tentatively attributes to West).
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Pitt and Melville flatten and stretch John Bull between two rolling cylinders.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Political cartoons—United States—18th century
- Caricature
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Taxation—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- John Bull (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pitt, William 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dundas, Henry 1742-1811—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Loans—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Loans, British—Austria—History—18th 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/14ba6e4b-1734-46f3-848d-72efd305ad3c/manifest