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A speedy and effectual preparation for the next world.
1777
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 05/Normal/18th c./Artists C-Dighton GA 2011.00567
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1777/05/01.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Death (Personification)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791—Caricatures and cartoons
- Women historians—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Human rights workers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fashion—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hairstyles—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Women radicals—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A speedy and effectual preparation for the next world.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 05/Normal/18th c./Artists C-Dighton GA 2011.00567
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc9p290p09j
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1777/05/01.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1777
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 29 x 38.6 cm.
- 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. 5441
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings
- Depiction: Caricature regarding death. Death grasps hourglass on table behind Catharine Macaulay; a miniature hearse rides atop Macaulay's enormous hairstyle as she sits at dressing table, unaware.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Mattina Darly sc.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Death (Personification)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791—Caricatures and cartoons
- Women historians—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Human rights workers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fashion—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Hairstyles—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Women radicals—Great Britain—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/a24fb207-f1e7-4d0c-98d3-38f97e573f9e/manifest