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Slavery.
1738
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 34/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles P-S GA 2011.01253
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1738]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Jenkins, Robert, fl. 1731-1738—Caricatures and cartoons
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Lion—Caricatures and cartoons
- Slavery—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Sailors—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—Colonial period, ca. 16001775—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748—Causes—Caricatures and cartoons
- Spain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- West Indies, British—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Warships—Spain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Warships—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Merchant marine—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- International relations—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Slavery.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 34/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles P-S GA 2011.01253
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcc247f496w
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1738]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1738
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25.1 x 37.2 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Atherton 24
- British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 2355 (gives date as 1738).
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
- Medium: Etchings
- Inscribed in plate, lower center: "Publish'd according to a late Act. - To the Worthy & most Injur'd Merchants of Great Britain This Print is most Humbly Inscribed". Includes quote from Shakespeare, K. Richard 2.
- Depiction: Caricature; political satire. In the foreground, Walpole and the British Lion walk behind a Spaniard who drives a plow pulled by four British merchant marines. At left, a Spaniard cut's off Robert Jenkin's ear while British and Spanish warships battle at sea in the background.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Jenkins, Robert, fl. 1731-1738—Caricatures and cartoons
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Lion—Caricatures and cartoons
- Slavery—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Sailors—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—Colonial period, ca. 16001775—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748—Causes—Caricatures and cartoons
- Spain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- West Indies, British—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Warships—Spain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Warships—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Merchant marine—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- International relations—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
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/0c68a8b9-b5f5-4392-92a0-d4bc02131590/manifest