Title Information
Title
In merry old England it once was the rule
Name: Personal
Name Part
Pope, Alexander
Name Part: Date
1688-1744
Role
Role Term: Text
creator
Type of Resource
still image
Genre (aat)
lithographs
Origin Information
Date Issued (encoding="w3cdtf", keyDate="yes", qualifier="questionable")
1863
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Physical Description
Extent
1 lithograph; 27.2 x 20.2 cm.
digitalOrigin
reformatted digital
Abstract
Caricature of Abraham Lincoln as a court jester with Alexander Pope's poem printed below.
Note
Poem: In merry old England it once was the rule/The people should have both a king and a fool/But here we're so frugal - deplorable thing -/Now we combine in one the Fool and the King
Subject
Name: Personal
Name Part
Lincoln, Abraham
Name Part: Date
1809-1865
Topic
Caricatures and cartoons
Related Item: Host (displayLabel="Collection:")
Title Information
Title
Lincoln Graphics
Identifier: COLID
45
Identifier: URI
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/lincoln/graphics
Identifier: Local (displayLabel="Hay Lincoln Graphics")
M157ker
Identifier: METSID
1224008605890625
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No Copyright - United States
Access Condition: restriction on access
Collection is open for research.