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The May-Day country mirth: or, the young lads and lasses innocent recreation.
1706
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists Sayer-Z GA 2011.00699
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d. [1706]
- People
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- Author
- Sturt, John, 1658-1730
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—15th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Playing cards—Caricatures and cartoons
- Black people—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Trompe-l'oeil—Specimens
- Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677—Caricatures and cartoons
- Le Clerc, Sebastien, the elder, 1637-1714—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—16th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The May-Day country mirth: or, the young lads and lasses innocent recreation.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists Sayer-Z GA 2011.00699
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcpz50h788n
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d. [1706]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1706
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 37.3 x 26.5 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Caricature; medley print. Includes: portrait of a black woman; map of Great Britain and Ireland; cartouche; portrait of Henry VIII; Jack or King of clubs; two soldiers beside cannon; etc.
- Signed in plate, lower center: "W. Hollar fecit" [on portraits of black woman and Henry VIII].
- Signed in plate, upper right: "I. Callot fecit" [on image of soldiers beside cannon].
- Signed in plate, lower center: "Engraven and sold by John Sturt, in Golden Lion-Court in Aldersgate Street".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—15th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Playing cards—Caricatures and cartoons
- Black people—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Trompe-l'oeil—Specimens
- Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677—Caricatures and cartoons
- Le Clerc, Sebastien, the elder, 1637-1714—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—16th 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/0920ef61-4abe-4467-a9e6-d18cd2992847/manifest