Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Vain glory : a pretty independent print.
Call Number
E-North 38/GC024/18th-Century American Caricatures/Normal/18th c./Caricatures GA 2024.02991
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcg445cs33f
Publisher
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1744]
Language
English
Date Created
1744
Extent
1 print : engraving ; platemark 30.7 x 19 cm; sheet 38.4 x 25.5 cm
Provenance
Princeton copy 1 On verso, accession stamp "Princeton University Library Presented by Dickson Q. Brown '95"
References
George, 2615
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
An engraved full-length portrait of John, Earl of Egmont (Lord Perceval), with one hand on his sword, his right elbow resting on a pile of books. Behind, a statue of Charles I and a view of Whitehall with Fame trumpeting above.
"Adam Stanup of Eden Pinxit. Dame Eve his Wife Sculptit."
Below the image is an address beginning: "To the Independent El-----rs of W----------"
Princeton copy 1 Inscribed in ink, top center: "No XI" ; also, numerals (1-9) inscribed by texts. Mounted in mat.

Discovery Information

Subject
Egmont, John Perceval Earl of 1711-1770—Caricatures and cartoons—Early works to 1800
Great Britain Parliament House of Commons—Elections, 1744—Caricatures and cartoons—Early works to 1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/59fde0fa-ca40-4987-9d72-e55644b9e981/manifest