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A whimsical will!! [copy 3].
1808
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 24/Normal/19th c./Artists We-Wi GA 2011.01043
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d. [1808?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1850
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Wills—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lawyers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Butchers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Butlers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Physicians—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A whimsical will!! [copy 3].
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 24/Normal/19th c./Artists We-Wi GA 2011.01043
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcgh93hb35f
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], n.d. [1808?]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1808
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 26.8 x 40.3 cm.
- 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. 11148 (attributes to Williams; gives tentative date as 1808).
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature regarding greed. Group of "mourners" gathered around table as lawyer reads will.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Woodward delt.".
- Unsigned by Williams.
- Numbered in plate, upper right: "280".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Wills—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Occupations—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lawyers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Butchers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Butlers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Physicians—Great Britain—19th 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/1b66136b-bdba-424e-ab12-ce7f11881bee/manifest