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Thomas Rowlandson

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Hand-colored print of jockeys preparing horses at a racecourse, with crowds, tents, a watchtower and rolling hills behind.

Preparing to Start

1811

Watercolor and pen drawing of villagers dancing outside thatched cottages beneath a large tree, with hills behind.

The Village Dance

c. 1815-25

Hand-colored print of a picnic and fishing party on a wooded riverbank beside a pale rock, with a small dog in the foreground

View on Sir John Moreshead's Estate at Blisland near Bodmin, Cornwall

1805

Hand-colored etching of a sailing ship and small boats on a Cornish estuary under a dark, cloudy sky, with wooded hills.

Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature: Fowey, Cornwall

1809

Hand-colored print of a horse-drawn wagon on a country road beside a thatched cottage, with rolling hills beyond.

Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature: Taunton Vale, Somersetshire

1809

Hand-colored print of men in top hats gathered in a colonnaded courtyard, one figure in a purple cloak blowing a horn.

Doctor Syntax at Liverpool, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored caricature of a chaotic bookshop with flying books, a man on a ladder, and a seated woman reading by a window.

Doctor Syntax and the Book Seller, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of a domestic interior with a seated man in a wig, a woman in pink, and startled visitors at a doorway by

Doctor Syntax Returned from His Tour, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of a clergyman in a carriage with a crowd of villagers before a church and a country house.

Doctor Syntax Taking Possession of his Living, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of villagers dancing in a lane before a thatched cottage, with musicians and onlookers beneath a large tre

Doctor Syntax Rural Sport, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of a seated man in a plumed hat sketching farm animals under a tree while elegant onlookers stand nearby.

Doctor Syntax Drawing After Nature, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of men in top hats examining a white horse outside a thatched inn, with dogs and a rider nearby.

Doctor Syntax Sells Grizzle, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of red-coated cavalry at a review on rolling hills, with spectators on horseback and in a carriage in the

Doctor Syntax at a Review, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of a gentleman in black beside a churchyard with tombstones, a gravedigger, a white horse and hills.

Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tomb Stones, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of a ruined castle on a rocky shore, with a man tumbling into the water below.

Doctor Syntax Tumbling in the Water, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded auction room with an auctioneer on a rostrum and framed paintings covering the walls.

Christie's Auction Room, Pall Mall

ca. 1808-10

Hand-colored print of a gesturing man in yellow coat declaiming before a seated gentleman, with a servant carrying tea in an

Manager and Spouter

published July 1, 1809

Hand-colored print of a terrified lawyer in wig fleeing skeletons on horseback past a Road to Hell signpost.

The Lawyers Last Circuit

published 1802

Hand-colored etching of people tumbling and scrambling down a grassy hill beneath a tree in Greenwich Park.

One Tree Hill, Greenwich Park

1802

Hand-colored print of a London street jam with carriages, a white horse, scaffolding workers, and shouting crowds.

Miseries of London

published 1807

Print of a crowded circular cockpit with two fighting roosters surrounded by shouting men in top hats.

Royal Cock Pit

published 1808

Hand-colored 1809 caricature of livestock facing men in top hats outside a cottage with a cattle life insurance sign.

Insurable Cattle

published 1809

Hand-coloured print of a crowded boat of revelers waving handkerchiefs toward a large warship at sea.

Cattle Not Insurable

published 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a red-coated officer glancing at a girl at a casement, with townswomen, a dog and a cottage garden

Dying for Love, or Captain Careless shot flying by a Girl of Fifteen, who Unexpectedly Popped her Head out of a Casement

1810

Hand-colored caricature of a chaotic rural smock race with running women, jostling men, a dog and tents on a hillside.

Rural Sports. Smock Racing

published 1811

Hand-colored caricature of a comic cricket match with running players, cheering crowds, a tent, and a dog on an open field.

Rural Sports or a Cricket Match Extraordinary

1811

Hand-colored print of a crowded arena where two dogs fight as spectators in top hats shout and crowd the ring and rafters.

A Dog Fight

1811

Hand-colored print of three men fishing from a punt on a river, with a poling boatman, swans, a swimming dog and willow trees

Patience in a Punt

1811

Colored print of a crowded tavern with men arguing, smoking by a fireplace, a serving woman, dogs, and a wall clock.

Doctor Syntax, in the Middle of a Smoking HotPolitical Squabble, wishes to Wet his W histle

published 1813

Hand-colored print of a crowded hall where spectators view reindeer, a sledge and tent before a painted snowy mountain backdr

Mr. Bullock's Exhibition of Laplanders

1822

Hand-colored caricature of a courtroom where a judge sentences Napoleon as monarchs, bishops and a devil look on.

Boney's Trial, Sentence, and Dying Speech

published 1815

Hand-colored etching of a crowded Paris diligence coach with passengers and horses on a village street, with pigs in the road

Paris Diligence

1810