Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Slugs in a saw-pit [copy 2].
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 17/Normal/Prints/Titles Sc-So GA 2014.00491
Identifier
ark:/88435/ff365d36b
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1791/10/28.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1791
Extent
1 item ; sheet 35.3 x 43.4 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego I, pp. 296-297 (reproduced)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Two heroes, naval and military, are endeavoring to settle their differences by an appeal to arms, the combat takes place in the bottom of a saw-pit, pistols and broken swords are strewn about and the two . . . .
Signed in plate, lower right: "Rowlandson 1791".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Sailors—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Soldiers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Weapons—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces)—Great Britain—History—18th 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/6d7131ad-bc3c-4584-8751-b1b4e747ac01/manifest