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A reverie of Prince Demetrius Cantemir, Ospidar of Moldavia.
1788
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 09/Normal/18th c./Artists O-Sayer GA 2011.00669
- Publisher
- 1788/04/26.
- People
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- Author
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Caricature
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797—Caricatures and cartoons
- Statesmen—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia 1673-1723—Caricatures and cartoons
- Mothers and sons—Turkey—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dreams—Caricatures and cartoons
- Sleep—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Sultans—Turkey—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Virgins—Turkey—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A reverie of Prince Demetrius Cantemir, Ospidar of Moldavia.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 09/Normal/18th c./Artists O-Sayer GA 2011.00669
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dch415pp34d
- Publisher
- 1788/04/26.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1788
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 27.3 x 41.9 cm [mount]. sheet 18.7 x 16.6 cm [print].
- 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. 7307
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings
- Item description: Mounted with "The first charge. Exit in fumo. [copy 2]".
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. While sleeping, Burke dreams of a sultan accepting a virgin presented by his mother.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "JS f.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Caricature
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797—Caricatures and cartoons
- Statesmen—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia 1673-1723—Caricatures and cartoons
- Mothers and sons—Turkey—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dreams—Caricatures and cartoons
- Sleep—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Sultans—Turkey—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Virgins—Turkey—18th century—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/0dc8c73d-af37-4a9c-bd12-972037fa3bac/manifest