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A midwife going to a labour.
1756-1827
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 52/GC112/Box 11/Normal/Prints/Titles La-Mi GA 2014.00351
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Occupations—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Midwives—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Watchmen—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Chimney sweeps—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Night—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Medicine—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Childbirth—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Overweight women—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A midwife going to a labour.
- Call Number
- D North 52/GC112/Box 11/Normal/Prints/Titles La-Mi GA 2014.00351
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/pn89df707
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1756-1827
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 41.6 x 26.3 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Grego II, p. 199 (Feb. 2, 1811)
- Tegg no. 55
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: A very stout old nurse is hurrying off, summoned to her duties at an early hour in the morning, a lantern in her right hand, and brandy-bottle and bundle in her left. The night-watchman is dozing in his box, and a shivering chimney-sweep lad is crouching along to his early toil.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson del.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Occupations—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Midwives—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Watchmen—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Chimney sweeps—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Night—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Medicine—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Childbirth—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Overweight women—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d02ee18a-c1d3-4b05-a313-74ebe59204b0/manifest