Something went wrong!
Hang in there while we get back on track
A peep in a camp kitchen by an over drove ox, with the French cook's retreat into the cistern.
1780
Collections
Part of
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.
Part of
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 01/Normal/18th c./Artists A-Bre GA 2011.00461
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1780/01/01.
- People
-
- Author
- Austin, William, 1721-1820
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Oxen—Caricatures and cartoons
- Black people—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Accidents—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Amputees—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
View all metadata for this item
Similar Items in this Collection
Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A peep in a camp kitchen by an over drove ox, with the French cook's retreat into the cistern.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 01/Normal/18th c./Artists A-Bre GA 2011.00461
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcqf85nq046
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1780/01/01.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1780
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 27 x 33 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings
- Signed in plate, lower center: "London, published as the Act directs, 1st Jany. 1780, O the roast Beef of Old England".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Wm. Austin invt et sculpt.".
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Kitchen interior with five figures, multiple accidents caused by charging ox.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Oxen—Caricatures and cartoons
- Black people—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Accidents—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Amputees—Great Britain—18th century—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/69a59564-49aa-44de-a84e-622da1d85a29/manifest