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The men of paper going to pot or the directors in a stew.
1819
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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 South 12/GC021/Box 19/Normal/19th c./Artist Heath, William GA 2011.00929
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1819/06/22.
- People
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- Author
- Heath, William, 1795-1840
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Caricature
- Bankers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bank notes—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851—Caricatures and cartoons
- Peel, Robert, 1788-1850—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The men of paper going to pot or the directors in a stew.
- Call Number
- E South 12/GC021/Box 19/Normal/19th c./Artist Heath, William GA 2011.00929
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcrb68xq64r
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1819/06/22.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1819
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 22.3 x 31.8 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 13245 (tentatively attributes to Heath).
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Unsigned.
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Bank directors boiling in pot fueled by burning bank notes, stoked by Peel and Vansittart.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Caricature
- Bankers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bank notes—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Vansittart, Nicholas, 1766-1851—Caricatures and cartoons
- Peel, Robert, 1788-1850—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—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/12eab9cc-7133-4fcd-8984-d43fb675f7fb/manifest