Emotion referring to the thoughts and feelings of insecurity, fear, and envy over relative lack of possessions, status or something of great personal value

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Four faces expressing (clockwise from top left): hatred or jealousy, anger, acute pain and desire. Etching by A-J. de Fehrt after C. Le Brun.

A bearded man glowering with jealousy (left) and a man expressing jealousy or hatred. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

A face expressing hatred or jealousy. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

A man wearing a ridiculously long wig pointing accusingly to a young pregnant woman, another man sits with his back to them. Etching.

Mr. Lambkin out walking in Kensington Gardens hoping to bump into his loved one, he discovers her on the arm of another man which causes him much jealousy. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

A face expressing hatred or jealousy (left); a face with hair on end expressing despair. Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

Four faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) hatred, wonder, love and jealousy; and (right) the frontispiece to the book containing the illustrations, a manual of acting. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.

Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.

Doctor Botherum, an itinerant medicine vendor (perhaps based on Doctor Bossy) selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants to a raucous crowd. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1800.

A furious cuckold rushes at his rival with a sword; representing vice as its own punishment. Engraving after O. van Veen (Vaenius), 1612.

A man glowering, expressing hatred or jealousy. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Furori d'amore : gelosia maschile e identità di genere nella Cina del XVIII secolo / Paola Paderni.

Dangerous passions. Series One, Part One, Jealousy.

Love's refraction : jealousy and compersion in queer women's polyamorous relationships / Jillian Deri.

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Jealousy

Images from the collections

Images about Jealousy

Works from the collections

Furori d'amore : gelosia maschile e identità di genere nella Cina del XVIII secolo / Paola Paderni.

Dangerous passions. Series One, Part One, Jealousy.

Love's refraction : jealousy and compersion in queer women's polyamorous relationships / Jillian Deri.

A man wearing a ridiculously long wig pointing accusingly to a young pregnant woman, another man sits with his back to them. Etching.

A face expressing hatred or jealousy. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Jealousy

Images from the collections

Images about Jealousy

Works from the collections

Furori d'amore : gelosia maschile e identità di genere nella Cina del XVIII secolo / Paola Paderni.

Dangerous passions. Series One, Part One, Jealousy.

Love's refraction : jealousy and compersion in queer women's polyamorous relationships / Jillian Deri.

A man wearing a ridiculously long wig pointing accusingly to a young pregnant woman, another man sits with his back to them. Etching.

A face expressing hatred or jealousy. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

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