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La vache a lait // [The milking cow].
1700-1799
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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 East 49/GC077/Box 50/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles J-L GA 2012.01101
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Political cartoons—France—18th century
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Cows—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lion—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Philadelphia (Pa.)—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- La vache a lait // [The milking cow].
- Call Number
- E East 49/GC077/Box 50/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles J-L GA 2012.01101
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc2n49tf09d
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1700-1799
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 24.7 x 35 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [engraver]
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Cow in foreground having its horn sawn off, Britannic lion asleep with dog on its back, background shows vignette of Philadelphia with British ship aground. Legend below, in French, explains satire.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Political cartoons—France—18th century
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Cows—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lion—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Philadelphia (Pa.)—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
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/1cc04eaf-3e1a-4b13-a80c-1be28c9f3c40/manifest