Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

The Female Philosopher Smelling Out the Comet

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Resource type	Image
Creator	Hawkins, R.
Description	Inscription Content: Lettered with the title, and with speech within image: "What a Strong Sulphurous scent proseeds from this metoer.", and "Pub Feby 2 1790 by R Hawkins N 53 old Comton St Soho" Note: Hand-colored impression. This is a representation of Caroline Herschel, sister of astronomer William Herschel of Bath who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781.
Subject	Science Satire
Publisher	R. Hawkins, N. 53 Old Comton St., Soho.
Rights statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	eng
Date created	February 1790
Identifier	Digital ID: d_1027
Source Collection	Draper and Sarah Hill Collection
Published in	The Hale Scrapbook, p.16
Collection identifier	SPEC.CGA.DH
Repository	Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
File Format	image/tiff
Call number	NC52 .H35
Rights note	This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Medium	ink etching
Permanent link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/16f697af-20cb-4e7b-ac5e-4034b31ae766
Time period (Topic)	1790s (1790-1799)
Genre	editorial cartoons
Extent	9.7 x 6.903 in

Credit line: Draper and Sarah Hill Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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