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The X.mas academics - A combination game at whist.
1773
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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
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 03/Normal/18th c./Artist Bretherton GA 2011.00527
- Publisher
- [London : [s.n.], 1773/01/20.
- People
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- Related Name
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Dogs—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Card games—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- College teachers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Whist—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Recreation—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Christmas—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Indoor games—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The X.mas academics - A combination game at whist.
- Call Number
- E South 11/GC021/Box 03/Normal/18th c./Artist Bretherton GA 2011.00527
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc1z40m5596
- Publisher
- [London : [s.n.], 1773/01/20.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1773
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25 x 37.4 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. 4728 (gives date as c. 1770, publisher as Bretherton).
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings
- Depiction: Caricature; academic scene. Five academics playing a card game.
- Signed in plate, lower left [name trimmed off] del. 1772".
- Signed in plate, lower left: "J. Bretherton f.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Dogs—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Card games—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- College teachers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Whist—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Recreation—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Christmas—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Animals—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
- Indoor games—Great Britain—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/21e11114-1a1e-4928-ad0a-7d8a2103073d/manifest