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Punch illustration: The old Adam.
1886
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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
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Metadata
- Publisher
- 1886/12/04.
- People
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- Author
- Keene, Charles, 1823-1891
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Children—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Clergy—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fishers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Magazine illustration—Great Britain—19th century—Specimens
- Sabbath—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Punch illustration: The old Adam.
- Call Number
- D West 45/GC106/Box 19/Normal/19th c./Artists I-K GA 2007.00263
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcsf268k158
- Publisher
- 1886/12/04.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1886
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 14.1 x 18.6 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Wood engravings
- Depiction: Minister admonishing two children as they fish on the Sabbath.
- Inscribed in plate, below: "The minister (coming on them unawares) E-E-H! Sandy McDougal! Ah'm sorry to see this! And you too, Wully! Fishin' o' the Sawbath! Ah thought ah'd enstellet better prenciples -- (a rise) E-E-H! Wully, man! - Ye hae 'm! - It's entil 'm! Haud up yer r-rod, man - or ye'll lose 'm - Tak' car-r-re!"
- Provenance: From the collection of Joseph Crawhall, who received it as a gift from Keene.
- Campus holdings: The original drawing for this prints is housed in GC168.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Children—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Clergy—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fishers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Magazine illustration—Great Britain—19th century—Specimens
- Sabbath—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
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/cc651af9-e2e4-47aa-8233-4cc42d3e02a7/manifest