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Thomas Rowlandson

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Hand-colored 1789 print of a vaulted tavern cellar with a woman in a white hat, men smoking and drinking, and a dog.

Grog on Board

1789

Hand-colored print of men brawling and gambling around a round table, with raised chairs, pistols, and scattered coins.

A Kick-up at a Hazard Table

published 1787

Hand-colored print of a busy market square with stepped-gable houses, horse carts, stalls and a tall column with a statue.

Place de Meir at Antwerp

1797

Hand-colored etching of spectators watching monkeys in a tower room with a fireplace, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1799.

The Monkey Room in the Tower

published 1799

Hand-colored print of a crowded street market with a mountebank on a stage, cooking vendors, a couple embracing, and a dog.

Dr. Botherum, the Mountebank

1800

Colored print of an alchemist and assistant at a furnace in a cluttered laboratory, with a couple embracing in the doorway.

Hocus Pocus, or Searching for the Philosopher's Stone

1800

Hand-colored caricature of a skeleton rider trampling merchants with food goods, beside a statue and a devil, 1800.

Downfall of Monopoly in 1800

published 1800

Hand-colored caricature print of a dense crowd of exaggerated faces in period hats and wigs behind a diagonal lattice.

Odd-Characters

published 1801

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

Red leather book cover with gold border and crest, titled Caricatures, volume II.

Caricatures (volume II)

1756

Colored sketch of fashionable women and attendants in a dressing room, with a feathered headdress and a mirror.

Dressing for a Birthday

1788

Hand-colored drawing of a man in a blue coat and red hat pondering at a desk with a ledger, a woman seated by a window.

A Money Scrivener

1801

Colored print of a caricatured barber shop in 1789, with a barber woman, a shaved customer, and a wig maker at work.

A Penny Barber

1789

Colored sketch of carts racing down a village street, with figures thrown from overturned carts and onlookers at an inn.

A Cart Race

1788

Hand-colored sketch of a grey racehorse and jockeys racing past a crowd of spectators, carriages, and running dogs.

The High-mettled Racer

1789

Colored sketch of jockeys and grooms leading horses across a racecourse under a pale sky with clouds.

The Course

probably 1789

Colored print of a stampeding ox scattering a crowd on a bridge near a church tower and sailing ships.

The Overdrove Ox

1787

Hand-colored oval etching of an older man in a red coat holding a seated woman's hand, with a horse and tree behind them.

The Enamoured Sportsman

1756

Hand-colored print of four fashionable women at two windows of a brick building, with hats, curls and painted signage.

First and Second Floor

published 1791

Hand-colored print of dancers performing on a stage before a crowded tiered theatre filled with spectators in period dress.

The Prospect before us, No. 2

published 1791

Caricature of a woman in a corset and feathered hat, with a man in blue clutching her laces, drawn in 1791.

A Little Tighter

1791

Hand-colored 1791 caricature of two kneeling men aiming pistols at each other at close range in a sawpit.

Slugs in a Sawpit

1791

Hand-colored print of a crowd scattering in panic as a storm hits a street, with a carriage, horses, umbrellas and flying hat

A Squall in Hyde Park

1791

Hand-colored print of two seated women in 1790s bonnets and dresses, one holding a fan, by Thomas Rowlandson.

Beauties

published 1792

Hand-colored caricature of a crowded 18th-century dinner table with wigged diners, a servant, and a framed view of Versailles

La Table d'Hote

published 1792

Hand-colored caricature of bewigged lawyers in a cluttered court room, one gesturing while another reads a large document.

Botheration

1793

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 caricature of a kneeling doctor in a blue coat pleading before a standing woman in a veil beside medicine bottle

Doctor Gallipot placing his Fortune at the feet of his Mistress

1808

Hand-colored etching of crowded theatre boxes and galleries with caricatured spectators, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1809.

The Boxes

published 1809

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 etching of a couple kissing among mummy cases, classical statues, masks and vases in a cluttered antiquities roo

Modern Antiques

probably 1811

Hand-colored print of a scolding woman lowered into water on a ducking stool while a jeering crowd watches from above.

Ducking a Scold

1809

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

Hand-colored print of a horse race on a curving track, with jockeys, carriages, a crowd of spectators, and hills behind.

Racing

probably 1812

Hand-colored caricature of an officer escorting a stout woman in green through a street, watched by two onlookers.

The Successful Fortune Hunter

1812

Hand-colored etching of a gouty man in an armchair attended by a woman, with servants and a sleeping dog in the room.

Comfort in the Gout

1785

Hand-colored print of a busy Amsterdam fish market by a canal, with boats, market stalls, townspeople, and gabled buildings.

Feyge Dam, with part of the Fish Market at Amsterdam

1797

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

Back of an aged paper sheet with tape remnants at the corners and faint pencil and blue crayon marks near the center.

Sketch of Politicks in Europe 24th January 1786, Birth Day of the King of Prussia : Toasts upon the occasion [...]

1786

Pen and watercolour drawing of a busy river harbour with sailing ships, rowing boats, workers, and a hull under construction

Fluß mit vielen Schiffen und einer Werft

Satirical etching of a monkey in a tall hat and coat, smoking a pipe and writing with a quill at a table.

Frontispiece voor 'All the Talents' van 'Polypus' (E. S. Barrett), 1807

1807

Hand-colored print of a beach with pack horses, figures, cliffs and a sea rock under a cloudy sky.

Inham aan het strand omgeven door rotsen

1805

Hand-coloured print of a hilly landscape with sheep, a stream, thatched cottages and a rider on a ridge.

Heuvellandschap met schapen

1766

Pen and ink sheet of small caricature scenes: riders, a beggar, soldiers, a street musician and a carriage, by Thomas Rowland

[Szereg karykaturalnych scenek rodzajowych, m.in. jeźdźcy, żebrak, zdejmowanie butów, wojsko, grajek uliczny]

1790

Hand-colored satirical print of an older man in a academic cap embracing a woman by a fireplace, with onlookers at a window.

A Man of Feeling

published December 2, 1811

Hand-colored print of a woman in a yellow dress swinging between trees while onlookers in period dress watch below.

Rural Sports, or How to Show Off a Well-shaped Leg

published October 1811

Hand-coloured caricature of a gouty patient on a stool examined by wigged physicians, with men in a room behind.

Patient met jicht onderzocht door artsen

1798

Engraved caricature of Napoleon toasting with a devil and a skeleton at a dining table, with verses below.

Napoleon en zijn vrienden in hun glorie, 1813

1808

Etching of a feathered Spanish figure kicking a uniformed man toward a signpost labelled To France.

Fransen uit Spanje geschopt, 1813

1808

Hand-coloured caricature of smoking, drinking men around a Geneva barrel, with a shouting figure in military dress rising fro

Beroking van de Corsicaan, 1813

1813

Watercolor of a Gothic gateway and garden, with a man reading alone on a bench under willow trees.

Solitude at Strawberry Hill

c. 1822

Pen and watercolor drawing of an elderly man drinking, a young woman reading, a skeleton above, and a figure at a window.

Study for The Honeymoon

n.d.

Hand-colored print of a fleeing vicar pursued by hounds and riders across a garden, with a church and cottages behind.

Enraged Vicar, from Miseries of Human Life

published March 1, 1807