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The Royal cock-Pitt.
1796
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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
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 07/Normal/18th c./Artists Dighton-Grose GA 2011.00617
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1796/12/20.
- People
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- Author
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Bees—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Roosters—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The Royal cock-Pitt.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 07/Normal/18th c./Artists Dighton-Grose GA 2011.00617
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc6395wk86p
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1796/12/20.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1796
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25.8 x 20.3 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Head of Pitt on a rooster's body, addressing head of Fox on a bee's body. Two sacks on floor inscribed, "Parliament cakes" and "Mint seed".
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Designd & etchd by Dighton".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
- Bees—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Roosters—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Prime ministers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
- Great Britain—History—18th 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/fdbd27b9-647d-4ea7-9e45-690bd9106ed0/manifest