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Thomas Rowlandson

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Watercolor of a woman in a white dress blown by wind in a boat while men and onlookers on a dock react nearby.

Easterly Winds

ca. 1810

Pen and watercolor drawing of mounted cavalrymen raising curved sabres, one holding a pink standard, against a cloudy sky.

Unused study for a plate to "Hungarian and Highland Broadsword Exercise" Feb. 12, 1799

ca. 1799

Gray wash drawing of a jockey waving his cap on a galloping horse while a man watches on the right.

How to Escape Losing

ca. 1791

Pen and ink drawing of a busy harbor with sailing ships, rowboats, and figures on the quay.

Harbor scene

1775-1827

Pen and ink drawing of oxen and a horse hauling a felled log past trees and rolling hills.

Landscape with Oxen and Felled Tree

1775-1827

Watercolor of a river ford with rowing boats, a crowd by a thatched inn, a horse and cart, and a sailing ship on the water.

The Inn at the Ford

1775-1827

Watercolor landscape of gnarled trees beside a rushing stream, with a frightened couple and a snake on a path.

Landscape with rushing stream and a couple on the bank, frightened by a snake

1775-1827

Watercolor of travelers riding and mounting donkeys at a post beneath a stone archway, with onlookers and a dog.

Pleasure of a Poste aux Anes, from Sentimental Travels

ca. 1821

Pencil sketch of figures gathered by a river with a boat, village and trees in the background.

"The Social Day" from the "World of Miniature"

1775-1827

Pen and wash drawing of a draped woman leaning toward a seated male nude viewed from behind.

Woman Talking to a Seated Male Nude

1775-1827

Pencil sketch of an interior with a fireplace, curtained bed, and an elderly man in a gown beside a dog.

Dr. Syntax Loses His Wig

1820

Pencil sketch of men dining at a table in a vaulted interior with dogs on the floor and a hearth at right.

Dr. Syntax and the Superannuated Fox Hunters

1820

Pen and grey wash drawing of witches stirring a cauldron with a horned devil and demons watching while men observe at left.

Study for "A charm for democracy, reviewed, analyzed, and destroyed January 1, 1799" (recto and verso)

1799

Pen and ink caricature of agitated men around an easel with a Revolutionary Pot, with speech balloons and a map of Ireland.

An Irish Howl

ca. 1799

Pen and ink caricature of a rider on a horse loaded with saddlebags labeled Hastings and Wrongs, with handwritten verses.

The Q A loaded with the spoils of India and Britain, March 6, 1788

ca. 1788

Pen sketch of a military review with marching soldiers, banners, mounted officers on horseback, and a crowd of onlookers.

A Military Review

late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a dense tree cluster on a rolling hillside with woodland fading into the distance.

Wooded hillside with deer

1780-1827

Pen and ink study of a leaning tree with dense foliage beside a clearing, with smaller trees to the right.

Study of trees

1780-1827

Pen and grey wash drawing of a path past ruined stone walls and tall trees in a wooded landscape.

Wooded Landscape with Ruins

1780-1827

Pen and ink landscape drawing of rolling hills with a tower on the crest and large rocks in the foreground.

Hilly landscape with rocks

1780-1827

Pencil sketch of a seated woman drawing on a board while another woman leans over her shoulder.

The Drawing Lesson

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor street scene of St. Austell, Cornwall, with a church tower, shops, pedestrians, a horse and dogs.

St. Austle, Cornwall

1780-1827

Watercolor of farm workers washing potatoes in a tub beside a cart of sacks, with children, a dog and poultry nearby.

Farming scene

1780-1827

Watercolor landscape of a winding country road with riders, walkers, farm fields, a farmhouse and a distant church tower.

Landscape

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor tavern scene with a serving woman, seated men at a table, and a dog on the floor.

Tavern scene

1780-1827

Colored drawing of fashionable people at a crowded public breakfast in a Bath assembly room, with plumed hats and tall window

The Comforts of Bath: A Public Breakfast

ca. 1798

Pen and wash drawing of a herd of deer resting beneath a large spreading oak tree in a wooded landscape.

Herd of deer under an oak tree

1775-1827

Pen and ink sketch of a busy seaport with sailing ships, rowboats, dockworkers rolling barrels, and crowds on the quay.

Seaport

1792

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded harbor with masted ships, rowboats, figures and wooden wharf buildings.

Shipyard, Greenwich

before 1791

Ink and grey wash drawing of a blacksmith with tongs at an anvil while an assistant raises a hammer in a smoky forge.

A Blacksmith

18th-19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude women bathing in a stream beneath trees, with drapery on the bank.

Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing

Pen and gray wash drawing of a smiling young woman in a bonnet with pink ribbon seated on a mound.

A Young English Beauty

c. 1790