Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The Scotch ostrich seeking cover.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 16/Normal/Prints/Titles Ro-Sc GA 2014.00472
Identifier
ark:/88435/qz20t1604
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1805/07/08.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1805
Extent
1 item ; sheet 24.7 x 35 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 51
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: "In the natural history of the ostrich it has been observed that when the bird is closely pursued he runs his head and neck into a hole, leaving his hinder parts exposed. Concluding no doubt that, as he sees no one, no one sees him!" Dundas has thrust his head through a hole in the wall labelled Parliamentary Recess, he cries, "Ah! Ah! Nae one sees me now!" John Bull with his blunderbuss, and his brother Pat by his side, are watching the Scotchman's manoeuvre. "Be asy, brother Pat, I see him as plain as ever. I have plenty of ammunition left, but I shan't fire just at present." This print is founded on the inquiries into Lord Melville's conduct when Treasurer of the Navy.
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
John Bull (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Parliament—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811—Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Royal Navy—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d057b3bd-1b2c-4070-ac5b-58b0009375e7/manifest