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A new way of gaining admittance to a lady's chamber.
1795-1840
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Omega Project
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 17/Normal/19th c./Artist Heath, William GA 2011.00860
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d.
- People
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- Author
- Heath, William, 1795-1840
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Couples—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fashion—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hats—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hatboxes—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Courtship—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bedrooms—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A new way of gaining admittance to a lady's chamber.
- Call Number
- E South 12/GC021/Box 17/Normal/19th c./Artist Heath, William GA 2011.00860
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcb8516117j
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1795-1840
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 24.8 x 36.5 cm [print]. sheet 26.1 x 37.5 cm [mount].
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature regarding fashion. Man sneaks into woman's chamber by hiding in enormous hat box.
- Signed with image of Paul Pry [male figure with cane], lower left.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Couples—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fashion—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hats—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hatboxes—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Courtship—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bedrooms—Great Britain—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/477485dc-120c-4bfb-94ea-104f4c8ade67/manifest