Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Nap in the country. Nap in town.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 13/Normal/Prints/Titles Mi-N GA 2014.00387
Identifier
ark:/88435/79408525b
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1785.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1785
Extent
1 item ; sheet 44.3 x 28.3 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego I, pp. 175-176 (reproduced in)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Nap In The Country represents the mid-day rest of a rustic pair, who, while their sheep are calmly grazing and their dog is keeping faithful watch, are, beneath the shadows of spreading trees, indulging in "forty winks" in the open country, after their early morning toils. Nap In Town, which may also be taken as an afternoon siesta, though equally luxurious, is not enjoyed under such healthy conditions as the preceding. The town pair are taking their repose with as much lazy ease as the circumstances will permit.
Item description: Two scenes on one sheet.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson '85". [Nap in the country].
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson 1785". [Nap in town].

Discovery Information

Subject
Naps (Sleep)—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Spouses—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Country life—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/9d6a090e-1c6f-4d67-a1f3-a5c6c69708fc/manifest