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A pair of spectacles easily seen thro'.
1795
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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 11/GC021/Box 06/Normal/18th c./Artist Dighton GA 2011.00588
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1795/03/02.
- People
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- Author
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Eyeglasses—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A pair of spectacles easily seen thro'.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 06/Normal/18th c./Artist Dighton GA 2011.00588
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc8s45qn538
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1795/03/02.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1795
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 18.5 x 21.3 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Pitt seen on left lens of a pair of spectacles, below him is inscribed, "In place. The budget full". Fox seen on right lens, below him is inscribed, "Out of place. The purse empty".
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Drawn & etch'd by Dighton".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Eyeglasses—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f9c84b23-8b05-4d29-867c-6f133139124e/manifest