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The rara-avis or the devil turnd bird catcher.
1784
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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
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 37/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles The pr-The t GA 2011.01316
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1784/02/19.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Caricature
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Devil—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Geese—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820—Caricatures and cartoons
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The rara-avis or the devil turnd bird catcher.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 37/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles The pr-The t GA 2011.01316
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcnz806b53d
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1784/02/19.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1784
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 23.7 x 30.3 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 6414
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
- Medium: Etchings, Engravings
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Fox and North as a single goose which the devil has lassoed.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Caricature
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Devil—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Geese—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820—Caricatures and cartoons
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806—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/0aaf07e2-d3c3-4cc3-9ed0-2a7a7ebc65de/manifest