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State of the giraffe.
1829
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 12/GC021/Box 19/Normal/19th c./Artist Heath, William GA 2011.00918
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1829/07/--]
- People
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- Author
- Heath, William, 1795-1840
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, d. 1861—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Mistresses—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Giraffe—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pets—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830—Relations with women—Caricatures and cartoons
- Windsor Great Park (England)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- State of the giraffe.
- Call Number
- E South 12/GC021/Box 19/Normal/19th c./Artist Heath, William GA 2011.00918
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc1v53k879g
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1829/07/--]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1829
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 37.2 x 27.8 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. 15839 (gives date as c. 1829/07/--).
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. George IV and Lady Conyngham hoist ailing giraffe by using a pulley.
- Signed with image of Paul Pry [male figure with cane], lower left.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, d. 1861—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Mistresses—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Giraffe—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pets—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830—Relations with women—Caricatures and cartoons
- Windsor Great Park (England)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—Kings and rulers—19th 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/3a89bdc5-6a8e-4ea4-8a12-936ed189ab44/manifest