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Thomas Rowlandson

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Hand-colored caricature of a green-coated figure at a balcony with a skeleton, devil and officers, overlooking Paris.

The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris

April 16, 1815

Caricature of a man in a military coat caged on a donkey cart, surrounded by a jeering crowd, 1815 hand-coloured print.

A Rare Acquisition to the Royal Menagerie

July 28, 1815

Hand-colored satirical print of a nude central figure surrounded by demons, with fallen soldiers and burning landscape below.

Hell Hounds Rallying Round the Idol of France

April 8, 1815

Satirical etching of an ecstatic, round-faced preacher with raised hands, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1825.

Pie-Us Ecstacy - or Godliness (the Itinerant Preachers) Great Gain

November 19, 1825

Hand-coloured caricature of a servant struggling to fasten the breeches of a very stout man in a powdered wig.

A Little Bigger

May 18, 1791

Satirical etching of fashionable women in large hats and ruffled gowns in an interior, with a small dog and a towering feathe

The Supplemental Magazine

January 1, 1786

Etching of a theatre interior in chaos, with falling debris, torn curtains and a panicked crowd in period dress.

Chaos is Come Again!

February 4, 1791

Satirical etching of ragged dancers and musicians in a street before a theatre, with a man collecting coins from onlookers.

The Prospect Before Us, Humanely Inscrib'd to all those Professors of Music and Dancing Whom the Cap May Fit

January 13, 1791

Hand-colored caricature of two kneeling duellists aiming pistols in a saw-pit, with scattered weapons and a spectator above.

Slugs in a Saw-Pit

October 28, 1791

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a plumed hat riding a crowned white horse atop a globe, with labels reading Power and Lib

A Great Man on His Hobby Horse

1803

Hand-colored print of a crowded Paris street with fashionable figures before a print shop window displaying prints and books.

Les Musards de la Rue du Coq à Paris (Dawdlers of the Rue Coq)

ca. 1810

Hand-colored caricature print comparing seated Englishmen and animated Frenchmen in November, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1788.

Englishmen in November, Frenchmen in November

November 25, 1788

Hand-colored print of a crowded theater lobby with fashionable men and women in period dress beneath a playbill and wall lamp

Box Lobby Loungers

January 5, 1811

Watercolor and ink drawing of men brawling around a gaming table, one raising a broken chair above his head.

Kick Up at a Hazard Table

1787

Caricature of a soldier in a plumed hat embraced by two women, one on each side, with a humorous verse below.

How Happy Could I Be With Either, Were t'Other Dear Charmer Away

[1784]

Two-part etching of theatre audiences, one laughing at a comedy and one weeping at a tragedy, in 18th-century dress.

Comedy Spectators, Tragedy Spectators

October 8, 1789

Pen and wash drawing of a rider on a galloping horse with two hounds beside him, trees framing the scene.

The Huntsman

1785

Hand-colored satirical print of bewigged men in a hall beside a stout watchman with a lantern on a street.

A Brace of Public Guardians

July 10, 1800

Hand-colored 1781 satirical print of an officer at a door, a crutch-supported beggar, and women watching from a window on a s

Charity Covereth a Multitude of Sins

November 27, 1781

Hand-colored print of a cook drooling over a pot while a servant carries plates to diners at a tavern table, with a black cat

A French Ordinary

January 2, 1804

Hand-colored print of a tavern kitchen: a cook pours from a dish into a copper pot as a waiter passes diners and a black cat

A French Ordinary

July 20, 1802

Pen and ink caricature of a cow dressed in a bonnet, shawl, beaded necklace and shoes, titled Beef à la Mode.

Beef à la Mode

February 14, 1800

Hand-colored satirical print of two gluttonous friars feasting on roast pig in a vaulted room with a skull and hourglass.

The Holy Friar

May 6, 1807

Watercolor of a coachman whose hat flies off as his four horses gallop a carriage down a dusty road, with a dog running along

A Four-in-Hand, or The Runaway Carriage

1791-93

Pen drawing of a crowded rowing boat on a river with passengers, a standing boatman with a flag, and sailboats in the distanc

Chelsea Reach

1799

Hand-colored print of uniformed officers toasting with wine glasses at a table in a ship's cabin, with a servant at right.

A Snug Cabin, or Port Admiral

June 21, 1808

Hand-colored print of a crowded Great Hall with a statue in an arched niche, tall windows, and figures in period dress.

The Great Hall, Bank of England

February 1, 1808

Hand-colored print of artists and visitors painting in a pink-walled gallery with a skylight and framed works, 1808.

The British Institution, Pall Mall

April 1, 1808

Pen-and-ink caricature of four recruits marching stiffly while a plumed drill sergeant with a cane shouts at them.

An Early Lesson of Marching

December 24, 1794

Hand-colored caricature of a duel: a kneeling man prays, a gentleman aims a pistol, and onlookers carry a shovel and a bag of

Preparing for a Duel

January 12, 1795

Caricature engraving of a butcher with a knife in his teeth hoisting a carcass, while a kneeling man works in a shop.

A Butcher

January 1, 1790

Etching of Satan, Sin and Death from Milton's Paradise Lost: winged Satan with shield, Sin with hounds, and skeletal Death at

Satan, Sin & Death (Paradise Lost, Book the 2nd)

1792