Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The green dragon.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 08/Normal/Prints/Titles Fo-H GA 2014.00268
Identifier
ark:/88435/c821gs906
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1808/03/01.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1808
Extent
1 item ; sheet 39.1 x 29.5 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 84
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: A clerical-looking and corpulent reprobate is receiving the upbraidings of his infuriated spouse, to whom the artist has playfully given some resemblance to a veritable dragon, with teeth, claws, and venom. The position of affairs is further explained by a spirited representation of "Socrates and Zantippe," which hangs on the wall. A pretty servant-maid, who is making a somewhat hasty exit, is supposed to have aroused the jealousy of the virago, whose vials of wrath have brought her stout helpmate to a state of stupefaction and terror.
Inscribed in plate, below: "With rage I redden like scarlet, That my dear inconstant varlet, Stark blind to my charms, Is lost in the arms, Of that Jilt, that inveighling harlot". Vide Gay.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson del. 1808".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Spouses—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Adultery—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Jealousy—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Women household employees—Great Britain—19th century—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/5fe01afa-7351-4c5b-9d28-31b42089ad57/manifest