Jump to navigation
Main menu
LCP Home
Search
Search Library Catalog
Search Digital Collections
How to Search the Collections
Access Terms Used in Our Catalogs
Finding Aids
Explore
Browse Collections
LCP News
Social Media
Exhibitions
Podcast
Academic Programs
Overview
Fellowships
Innovation Award
Biennial First Book Award
Seminars
Program in African American History
Program in Early American Economy and Society
The Davida T. Deutsch Program in Women’s History
Visual Culture Program
Research
Overview
Subject Guides
Finding Aids
Online Exhibitions
Bookbinding Research
Using the Library
Overview
Hours, Access, & Location
Rights & Reproductions
How to Search Collections
Potentially Harmful Materials and Descriptions Statement
Online Resources
Events
Upcoming Events
Seminars
LCP News
LCP Press Resources
Projects
Beyond Glass Cases
Library Company Papers Project
Hearing Voices
Imperfect History
Fireside Chats
Support the Library
Overview
Donate Online!
Join & Renew Membership Online
Support: Shareholding
Lecture in Honor of John C. Van Horne
Membership Benefits
Planned Giving
Annual Dinner
Junto
About LCP
Annual Reports
Staff
Board of Trustees
Employment
Affiliations
LCP Blog
Press Resources
LCP Privacy Policy
Overview and History
LCP FAQ Sheet
A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed. [graphic].
You are here
Browse Collections
›
Political Cartoons Collection
Back to top
Details
Contributor
Akin, James, approximately 1773-1846, publisher.
Title
A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Published by J. Akin
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia 1829
Date
[1829]
Physical Description
1 print : hand colored lithograph ; sheet 21 x 23 cm (7.75 x 8.75 in.)
Description
Caricature of Frances [Fanny] Wright, British-born suffragist and abolitionist, depicted as a goose eulogizing in a liturgical setting during her American lecture tour of 1829. Wright, with a goose head, attired in a black dress and long white scarf stands with a book in her raised hand in front of a table laid out with candles, a pitcher of water, and texts. Beside her a well-dressed, white man attendant holds her bonnet and observes.
Is referenced by
Weitenkampf, p.23
Reilly, 1829-2
Notes
Title from item.
Date of publication supplied by Reilly.
Accessioned 1979.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
Wright, Frances, 1795-1852 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Animals in human situations.
Geese.
Women abolitionists -- Great Britain.
Genre
Lithograph -- Colored -- 1820-1830.
Political cartoons -- 1820-1830.
Printer
Akin, James, approximately 1773-1846, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1829-2R [P.2275.21]
Accession number
P.2275.21
In Collections
Political Cartoons Collection
African American History Political Cartoons
Log In