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1796
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 51/GC112/Box 05/Normal/Prints/Titles Da-Do GA 2014.00182
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1796/06/15]
- People
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- Related Name
- Wigstead, Henry, ca. 1745-ca. 1800
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Families—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Sleep—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Courtship—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Musicians—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pianists—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dwellings—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The detection.
- Call Number
- D North 51/GC112/Box 05/Normal/Prints/Titles Da-Do GA 2014.00182
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/pr76fb51f
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1796/06/15]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1796
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 23.8 x 33.4 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Grego I, p. 328
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Aquatints, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature. Old man and old lady, mother and father of young girl, sitting by the fire and have been apparently asleep. The old lady is just awakening and discovers young gallant declaring love to the daughter. The daughter is playing the piano.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "H. Wigstead".
- Unsigned by Rowlandson.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Families—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Sleep—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Courtship—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Musicians—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Pianists—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Dwellings—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/da1d75b5-8113-48c8-8954-e223b90f13f8/manifest