Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The extinguisher.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 07/Normal/Prints/Titles En-Fo GA 2014.00227
Identifier
ark:/88435/08612w63k
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1805/01/03.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1805
Extent
1 item ; sheet 35.3 x 24.7 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Not in Grego.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Winged Fortune with trumpet, holds Roscius beside top of Tuscan column which represents contemporary actors. Roscius extinguishes the flame which tops the column.
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Theater—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Betty, William Hen. West (William Henry West), 1791-1874—Caricatures and cartoons
Actors—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Boys—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Fortune—Caricatures and cartoons
Personification in art
Comets—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/820d2bc7-7e45-41f9-b89c-6a26a82181ee/manifest