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A privy council laying their heads together, or necessary business.
1789
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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 13/GC021/Box 29/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A b-A sq GA 2011.01132
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1789/01/06.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Caricature
- Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A privy council laying their heads together, or necessary business.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 29/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A b-A sq GA 2011.01132
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc70795m48g
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1789/01/06.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1789
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 21.6 x 30.1 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Not in Grego.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
- Medium: Etchings, Aquatints
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Camden, Pitt, and Thurlow seated on lower righte commode.
- Signed in plate, upper left: "Delineated by O'Burke".
- Signed in plate, upper right: "Executed by Priapus".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Caricature
- Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—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/2c30ef33-62dc-44aa-84af-ba5466aa9267/manifest