Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
P-Pry's address to the public.
Call Number
E South 12/GC021/Box 19/Normal/19th c./Artist Heath, William GA 2012.02737
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcmk61rv731
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1829/07/06.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1829
Extent
1 item ; sheet 37.5 x 27.5 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings
Depiction: Caricature self-portrait of Heath as Paul Pry, tipping top hat; full-length, 3/4 right profile.
Inscribed in plate: "The Public is most respectfully inform'd in consequence of the number of pirated copies selling with the signature P. Pry, the Artist will for the future insert his real name, William Heath, to all his caricatures & that Thomas McLean 26 Haymarket is the only publisher of his works, it is earnestly requested purchasers will look for the names of the Artist & Publisher without - none can be original".
Signed in plate, lower left: "William Heath late P-Pry".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Published July 6th 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of W. Heaths caricatures".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Heath, William, 1795-1840—Caricatures and cartoons
Artists—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Printmakers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Self-portraits, British—19th century

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/5186409e-248b-485d-b97d-c1bb89c69c09/manifest