Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
An old ewe drest lamb fashion.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 14/Normal/Prints/Titles O-Pl GA 2014.00399
Identifier
ark:/88435/cv43p4913
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1810/10/25.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1810
Extent
1 item ; sheet 25.9 x 37.3 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 193
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: A deceptive old tabby, clad in a juvenile style, is dashing along in a high poke-bonnet. Three or four Don Juans of eccentric exterior are hurrying after her to tender their attentions, an act of gallantry they are likely to regret on close inspection . . . .
Signed in plate, lower right: "Rowlandson del.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Fashion—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Older women—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Pride and vanity—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Sexual attraction—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Deception—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4d9c11f2-24b0-440a-9169-6774a2b3da47/manifest