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The Harmonic Society.
1811
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- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1811.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The Harmonic Society.
- Call Number
- D North 52/GC112/Box 09/Normal/Prints/Titles H GA 2014.00276
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/rv043218c
- Publisher
- [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1811.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1811
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 26.3 x 35.3 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Grego II, p. 195 (1810, October 2)
- Grego II, p. 217 (republished 1811)
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: The direst disorder is proceeding around on all sides. The conflict of fists, aided by such aggressive articles as bottles, the fireirons, and any offensive weapon that may come to hand, is raging free and furious. The president of this harmonic meeting is very naturally employing his hammer to bring the turbulent to order, by using it as an instrument to knock down his opponents. Wigs are sent flying "through" space. Chairs are wrecked: decanters, spirit-bottles, punchbowls, and such frail objects as tumblers, rummers, and wine-glasses, are involved in universal destruction. One elated youthful hero has jumped on the table in a tipsy frolic, he is promoting the further confusion which darkness will entail by deliberately smashing up the candles, and battering the sconces of the chandelier with the assistance of a punch-ladle.
- Inscribed in plate, lower margin: "The assemblies of women are too frequently marked by malice to each other and slander to the absent. The meeting of men by noise, inebriety and wrangling".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Rowlandson del. 1811".
- Drinking--Great Britain--Caricatures and cartoons.
Discovery Information
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/92fb4d08-5d28-4ee9-a0ad-3538dbdf5be0/manifest