For this series Rothwell has borrowed the image of Mad Meg from Pieter Bruegel's 1562 painting, "Dulle Griet".  (See below)  In Bruegel's painting, Mad Meg has just emerged from Hell, laden with loot. She strides across the scene, armed for combat.  The artist's message seems to be: 

WATCH YOUR BACK!

Each etching in this series is surrounded by a border message.

The border on "Mad Meg Annoys the Gods" is in Latin, and translates: "To offend the Gods is sacrilege, to scorn your own culture is treason".

The border on "Mad Meg Discovers Columbus" is from the poem "Columbus" by Joachim Miller.  The figures are from John Vanderlyn's painting, "The Landing of Columbus" which hangs in the rotunda of the U.S. Capital.

The border on "Mad Meg Molests Millet" is from the poem, "The Man With the Hoe" by Edwin Markham.  The figures are Millet's "The Gleaners", "The Sower", "The Angeles" and "The Man with a Hoe."

"Mad Meg on the Moon" is bordered by the quotation from Neil Armstrong's moon landing.

"Mad Meg Meets Don Quixote" is bordered by the Knight's Oath from Tennyson's "Idylls of the King."  The Sancho Panza figure is from "Don Quixote Attacking the Windmills" by Daumier.

All etchings in this series are 3-plate color etchings.  Any questions?  To contact the artist just click on her name at the bottom of this page.