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Lookers-on see the best of the game.
1819
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 33/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles L-O GA 2011.01218
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1819/03/01.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Women spectators—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Card games—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dwellings—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Recreation—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Female nude—Caricatures and cartoons
- Indoor games—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Lookers-on see the best of the game.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 33/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles L-O GA 2011.01218
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc37720r57r
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1819/03/01.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1819
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 23.2 x 29.2 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature regarding recreation. A woman stands to watch two other women play cards at a table. The spectator's back is to a fireplace, and her skirt is raised, exposing her derrière.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "J.L.B.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "J.T.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Women spectators—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Card games—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dwellings—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Recreation—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Female nude—Caricatures and cartoons
- Indoor games—Great Britain—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/03a58760-26ab-406a-94a7-a1ea04452bf7/manifest