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The pig-faced lady of Manchester Square : drawn and published by her late attendant, while at dinner.
1814-1815
Broadside with image above text in two columns, recto only. The print is descriptive of a female prodigy at the West End of the town, in the person of a young lady of the highest rank and expectations... Hand colored etching shows a young woman with the head of a pig seated at a table and eating from a small trough; at left, a maid servant stands holding another trough full of food in her hands.
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Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 30/Drawer 04/GC021/Half Folio/18th-19th c. GA 2024.04507
- People
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- Related Name
- Jones and Co. (London, England)
- Language
- English
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Item Summary
Broadside with image above text in two columns, recto only. The print is descriptive of a female prodigy at the West End of the town, in the person of a young lady of the highest rank and expectations... Hand colored etching shows a young woman with the head of a pig seated at a table and eating from a small trough; at left, a maid servant stands holding another trough full of food in her hands.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The pig-faced lady of Manchester Square : drawn and published by her late attendant, while at dinner.
- Call Number
- A Middle 30/Drawer 04/GC021/Half Folio/18th-19th c. GA 2024.04507
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcsx61f164p
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1814-1815
- Extent
- 1 print : illustrations (hand colored etching) ; sheet 40.5 x 27 cm
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Beneath text: "Sold at 98, Cheapside: 50, Piccadilly; and at all book and printsellers."
- At lower left: "Jones and Co. New Street."
- At lower right: "(Price one shilling.)"
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
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/4f8c1589-97b2-40c9-a029-9fe43608a941/manifest