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A sale of English beauties in the East Indies.
1811
Collection
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 52/GC112/Box 16/Normal/Prints/Titles Ro-Sc GA 2014.00469
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1811/05/10.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- British women—India—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Slave trade—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Slavery—East Indies—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Human trafficking—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A sale of English beauties in the East Indies.
- Call Number
- D North 52/GC112/Box 16/Normal/Prints/Titles Ro-Sc GA 2014.00469
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/8623j583x
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1811/05/10.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1811
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 35.7 x 47.7 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Grego II, pp. 197
- Tegg no. 74
- Joseph Grego. Rowlandson the Caricaturist (London: Chatto and Windus, 1880), vol. 2, p. 197-198.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: A scene at an oriental port upon the arrival of a ship-load of English beauties, who are being subjected to a close scrutiny by the Rajahs and Nabobs, an auctioneer is in the left foreground.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- British women—India—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Slave trade—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Slavery—East Indies—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Human trafficking—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1a3731ac-3409-43c6-9318-dac50fb1a7af/manifest