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Recruiting serjeant and contented mates.
1780
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 01/Normal/18th c./Artists A-Bre GA 2011.00465
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1780/01/01.
- People
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- Author
- Austin, William, 1721-1820
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Families—England—Kent—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Baby carriages—England—Kent—Caricatures and cartoons
- Soldiers—England—Kent—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Military camps—England—Kent—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Kent (England)—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Alcohol—England—Kent—Caricatures and cartoons
- Stature—England—Kent—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Recruiting serjeant and contented mates.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 01/Normal/18th c./Artists A-Bre GA 2011.00465
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc5138js62x
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1780/01/01.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1780
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 27.7 x 33.5 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. 5774
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings
- Depiction: Caricature; military scene. Military camp in background. Recruiters in foreground include: uniformed father pulling baby carriage; mother carrying basket of wine or liquor bottles, rifle, and umbrella; soldier playing fife.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Wm. Austin invt. et sculpt.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Families—England—Kent—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Baby carriages—England—Kent—Caricatures and cartoons
- Soldiers—England—Kent—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Military camps—England—Kent—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Kent (England)—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Alcohol—England—Kent—Caricatures and cartoons
- Stature—England—Kent—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/50ac7a17-5582-4f6a-8635-c5b783c1f29e/manifest