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The triumph of gas lights.
1810
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists Sayer-Z GA 2011.00689
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1810/04/19.
- People
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- Author
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Caricature
- Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- London (England)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gas Light and Coke Company—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gas companies—Law and legislation—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Sun—Caricatures and cartoons
- Moon—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gas-lighting—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The triumph of gas lights.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists Sayer-Z GA 2011.00689
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcsq87c6406
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1810/04/19.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1810
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 31.3 x 19.8 cm [mount]. sheet 21.3 x 17.5 cm [print].
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 11606
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Aquatints
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Allegorical scene. Gas light eclipsing the Sun and Moon.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "JS f.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
- Caricature
- Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- London (England)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gas Light and Coke Company—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gas companies—Law and legislation—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Sun—Caricatures and cartoons
- Moon—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gas-lighting—England—London—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/5b48fcda-c524-4bb9-ab12-b36ac390b32f/manifest