R/6/902 – drawing of the Welsh dragon and a puck; and notes

Collection Number:

R/6/902

Object name:

drawing of the Welsh dragon and a puck; and notes

Object type:

Drawing

Languages:

Dutch,English

Book titles referenced:

The many pranks and jests of Robin Goodfellow

People referenced:

mej. Rita de Bruy / Richard Dadd

Colors of the flag and dragon are ‘rood’ [red], ‘wit’ [white] and ‘groen’ [green]. ‘Bij [with] p. 641, F2: “The red dragon of the Welsh flag. It is thought that dragons may have once been used on flags carried in battle as a kind of psychological warfare to give the enemy an added fright”, &c. Aant. [notes] 1943. H.’
‘Ter vergelijking bij [for comparison with] fig. 228/XII: “A Pwca, or Puck, as seen by a Welsh peasant who sketched it with a bit of coal. Puck is a prankster who –when he appears as himself- is grotesquely elfish, quite unlike the delicate folk of Richard Dadd’s fairyland”, &c. H.’
‘prank = streek, poets, pots, “play one’s pranks” = zijn streken uithalen. Prankish = ondeugend, schelms. Zie de vertaling van mej. [see the translation of miss] Rita de Bruy. E.’
‘Bij [with] p. 643, Aant. [notes] 1943: “A Pwca or Puck”, &c, aanvulling [supplement] no. IV. Toevoegen aan [add to] F2: “A book published in England in 1588 and called the “The mad pranks and many jests of Robin Goodfellow”.” (zie [see]: Richard Dadd, 1817-1886) O.’