Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Three fleeing men].
Call Number
D North 53/GC112/Box 27/Normal/Drawings/Rothrock GA 2014.00760
Identifier
ark:/88435/r207tx44s
Publisher
n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1756-1899
Extent
1 item ; sheet 7.4 x 9.7 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Rothrock no. A46
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Pen-and-wash drawings on laid paper
Depiction: Fat man, arms out flung, flees face forward, two others behind.
Watermark [partial]: Crown with lower left and flowers.
Unsigned.
Illegible? Inscription in pencil. I wouldn't read this as men fleeing, but rather as a fat man dancing, to the consternation of the other two. I haven't yet related it to a print but the pose is somehow familiar.

Discovery Information

Subject
Men—United States—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/742d801c-1205-459b-8e75-3c4d01914dc1/manifest