Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The four seasons of love.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 07/Normal/Prints/Titles En-Fo GA 2014.00246
Identifier
ark:/88435/d504rt426
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [1814]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1814
Extent
1 item ; sheet 27.1 x 40.2 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 286 (gives date as 1814/09/15)
Tegg no. 253
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Item description: Four scenes on one sheet. Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter.
Depiction: Spring--A suitor, Jerry Thimble, Tailor, is kneeling at the feet of a blooming fair one both of the turtle-doves are in the prime of life. // Summer--The wedded pair are enjoying a suburban excursion. // Autumn--sets in more stormily. The lady, developing into a virago, is accusing her husband of receiving letters of a tender nature. The tailor, in reply, is making a counter-charge. // Winter--sees the late couple seated at either side of a lawyer's table. The man law is reading the articles of separation to the delight of the Thimbles.'
Signed in plate: "Rowlandson del".

Discovery Information

Subject
Love—Caricatures and cartoons
Couples—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Courtship—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Marriage—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Divorce—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Lawyers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Spouses—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Seasons—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e288e651-fb57-4c7f-a62c-161190e0c2c8/manifest