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Thomas Rowlandson

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Watercolor of children stealing preserves from jars in a kitchen while an older servant watches from the doorway.

Stealing the Preserves

1815/20

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman in a wide-brimmed hat and ruffled dress, gazing right against a cloudy sky.

Lady Elliott, Commonly Called Dolly The Tall

1775-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a sleeping man in an interior with a chained bear, a monkey, and a dog.

Comparative Anatomy Study

c. 1810-20

Watercolor and ink drawing of three men drinking wine at a table in a room with framed pictures, with a dog beside them.

Raising the Wind

1812

Watercolor caricature of four exaggerated figures, including an elderly man with a cane and a heavyset man in a wheeled chair

Doctor

late 1800s or early 1900s

Pen and watercolor drawing of a prisoner climbing down a rope from a barred tower window as a guard aims a musket.

Escape of French Prisoners

c. 1776-1827

Watercolor of an elderly sculptor working on a small statue beside a seated nude model in a studio of classical sculptures.

Preparation for the Academy - Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus

1805

Watercolor drawing of a man on horseback with a plump woman in pink riding behind him, watched by two women near an archway.

Vicar of Wakefield

n.d.

Pen and watercolor street scene of a brush vendor with a pole of wares talking to two women at a doorway.

Street Scene: Vendor of Brushes

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of two embracing nude women on a bed under a pink canopy, with a reclining nude man beside them.

Nude Couple Embracing

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a sailor embracing a woman in a kitchen while an elderly woman watches from the hearth.

The Sailor's Return from Active Service

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude Venus with a billowing cloth, Anchises seated beside her, and a cupid above.

Venus, Anchises and Cupid

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a nude muscular man lifting an arm while supporting a draped figure bent at his side.

Standing Nude Man Supporting Fainting Female (Ludovisi Gaul in the Uffizi)

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of an old man setting a saw beside a woman and dog on a city street with music shop signs.

The Saw-Setter

1780-1827

Watercolor of a tailor sitting cross-legged pressing cloth in a cluttered interior, with a woman carrying bread and a dog nea

The Tailor

1814

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

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

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

A Young English Beauty

c. 1790

Pen and wash drawing of a veiled figure in a long robe gazing upward with clasped hands in prayer.

Antique Figure

1821

Pen and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet leaning on a ledge beside starched linen, a birdcage, and a vine.

Nancy Cock - Clear Starcher

c. 1815

The military lover

Watercolor and pen portrait of an older figure in a hat with a clay pipe, red garment and yellow neckerchief.

A Soldier's Widow

1815/1820

Pen and wash drawing of a nude figure falling from a chariot as rearing horses rise through clouds.

The Fall of Phaeton