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Thomas Rowlandson

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Caricature of a dandy in a tricorn hat raising a monocle, wearing striped stockings and holding a cane, with a Proverbs verse

A Jessamy

December 1, 1790

A Smart

December 1, 1790

Hand-colored satirical print of a mannered man in a blue coat beside a woman with a feathered hairstyle, by Thomas Rowlandson

Italian Affectation, Real Characters

1786-91

Satirical etching of an exaggerated man clutching his chest beside a woman in towering feathered hair among bushes.

Italian Affectation, Real Characters

September 1, 1780

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man holding a blue tankard beside a barrel, with pipe-smoking figures in the background.

Sr. Samuel House

[1780] reissued 1786-91

Etched caricature of men crowding around a roulette wheel on a table, with exaggerated faces and gestures.

Private Amusement

January 1, 1786

Caricature etching of a horned devil wrestling a man with shears, with running men and India House in the background.

Great Cry and Little Wool

December 22, 1783

Satirical etching of a woman on a donkey labeled with a bill, with a man, a seated stout man, and a Plan of Economy figure be

The Departure

April 29, 1784

Engraving of Britannia lifting a caricatured man by the leg while another flees across clouds, with a shield and spear.

Britannia Roused, or the Coalition Monsters Destroyed

February 3, 1784

Hand-colored caricature of two men, one in a wig peering through a monocle, one in a striped nightshirt, with verse below.

The Incurable

April 4, 1784

Hand-colored 1784 print of two men in period dress kicking a huge flying trunk, by Thomas Rowlandson.

Billy Lackbeard and Charley Blackbeard playing at Football

February 7, 1784

Hand-colored caricature of an infant Hercules strangling serpents with politicians' heads on a Shield of Chatham disc.

The Infant Hercules

February 3, 1784

Hand-colored satire of a man in a blue coat luring rats with gold coins and a pension paper beside a Treasury sign.

The Apostate Jack Robinson, The Political Rat Catcher-N.B. Rats Taken Alive!

March 1, 1784

Hand-colored caricature of a woman parachuting over a crowd in a city square, with a balloon above and an obelisk below.

The Parachute or a Sage Lady's Second Experiment

September 1785

Mock Turtle

January 24, 1785

Hand-colored print of a very tall man in pink coat surrounded by surprised, fashionably dressed onlookers in a room.

The Surprising Irish Giant of St. James's Street

March 27, 1785

Ink caricature by Thomas Rowlandson showing an archer aiming a bow beside wrestling men and a fallen figure with speech ballo

The Fall of Achilles

January 7, 1785

Caricature of a journalist striding over rocky ground holding a journal and a Johnson biography, with ruins and mountains beh

The Journalist, With a View of Auckinleck-or the Land of Stones (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First)

May 15, 1786

Pen and ink caricature of two men walking arm in arm up a cobbled street, one holding a walking stick.

Walking Up the High Street, Edinburgh (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First)

May 15, 1786

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly man in a wig and red coat with a young woman in a bonnet and grey cloak beside him.

Lust and Avarice

November 29, 1788

Hand-colored caricature print with six male heads in a row, wearing crowns, a liberty cap and a feathered hat, with captions

The Political Hydra

December 26, 1788

Hand-colored caricature print of five exaggerated male heads with wigs and cravats, titled Oddities, 1792.

Oddities

January 1792

Hand-colored caricature print of five exaggerated male heads in wigs and period coats, with grotesque expressions.

Oddities

January 1794

Hand-colored print of six vignettes showing a woman applying makeup before a mirror, with caricatured expressions.

Six Stages of Mending a Face, Dedicated with respect to the Right Hon-ble. Lady Archer

May 29, 1792

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a dark coat whose buttons strain as a thin man in red tugs at his waistcoat.

A Little Bigger

May 18, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of two wigged men playing cards at a round table, one in blue coat and one in orange coat.

Two Penny Cribbage

October 1, 1810

Hand-colored caricature of a pig in human dress with blue coat and spectacles beside a cottage and fence.

Collar'd Pork

July 25, 1800

Engraved caricature of a woman with a parasol and fur muff in exaggerated 1801 fashion, titled Light Summer Cloathing.

Light Summer Cloathing [sic]

September 10, 1801

Etched caricature of a grotesque bronze figure on a pedestal, with two men in period dress looking on and handwritten dialogu

Taste

April 2, 1801

Hand-colored print of a stout man drinking from a bowl as a skeleton looms behind him beside scattered bottles and jugs.

The Last Drop

April 5, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a green coat and yellow trousers with a huge wide-brimmed hat and a twisted walking stick

Light Summer Hat and Fashionable Walking Sticks for the Year 1801

July 10, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of four fashionable 1801 figures, including a monocled stout man, a woman with a parasol, and a dandy

Walking Sticks and Round-A-Bouts for the Year 1801

May 8, 1801