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A sudden call, or one of the corporation, summoned from his favorite amusement.
1799
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Omega Project
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 30/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A st-B GA 2011.01142
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1799/10/21.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Death (Personification)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Personification in art
- Dinners and dining—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Overweight men—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Household employees—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gluttony—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Diseases—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gout—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A sudden call, or one of the corporation, summoned from his favorite amusement.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 30/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A st-B GA 2011.01142
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dccf95jq30c
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1799/10/21.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1799
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 32.3 x 24.2 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. 9472
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature regarding death. Death (as a skeleton) chokes gluttonous, gout-ridden man dining at table.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Death (Personification)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Personification in art
- Dinners and dining—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Overweight men—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Household employees—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gluttony—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Diseases—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gout—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b69751ba-1cfc-4955-b230-791913c5bc4a/manifest