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Makeing a compass at sea or the use of a Scotch louse.
1797-1850
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 25/Normal/19th c./Artist Williams, Charles GA 2011.01058
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Ship captains—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Transportation accidents—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Ships—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Compass—Caricatures and cartoons
- Scientific apparatus and instruments—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Insects—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lice—Caricatures and cartoons
- Saliors—Scotland—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Makeing a compass at sea or the use of a Scotch louse.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 25/Normal/19th c./Artist Williams, Charles GA 2011.01058
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcpk02cp55t
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1797-1850
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 26.5 x 35.7 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Tegg no. 350
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature regarding transportation. A Scottish sailor shows the captain how to use a louse as a compass: "A Scotch loose always travels southward.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "CW".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Ship captains—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Transportation accidents—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Ships—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Compass—Caricatures and cartoons
- Scientific apparatus and instruments—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Insects—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lice—Caricatures and cartoons
- Saliors—Scotland—19th 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/d2d3ef39-9a69-45b0-a429-b0c77b7f497a/manifest