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Thomas Rowlandson

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A Jemmy

December 1, 1790

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

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 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

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 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

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 a councillor in a white wig and blue cloak gesturing while holding papers, with a startled onlooke

A Counciller [sic]

January 1, 1801

Hand-colored 1802 caricature of an elderly man in a plumed hat leading a laughing woman in a white gown down a street.

The Successful Fortune Hunter, or Captain Shelalee Leading Miss Marrowfat to the Temple of Hymen

1802

Hand-colored caricature of a young man in a high collar, frilled shirt and yellow breeches holding a black hat.

The Monstrous Craw; or a New-Discovered Animal

March 1, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in blue and a thin woman in pink facing each other, nose to nose, 1802.

Doctor Convex and Lady Concave

November 20, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of two elderly antiquarians in fashionable coats examining Egyptian sculptures, sarcophagi and hierog

Antiquarians à la Greque

July 14, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of an old man clinging to Sinbad's shoulders while wading through a muddy political swamp.

The Old Man of the Sea, Sticking to the Shoulders of Sinbad the Sailor

May 17, 1807

Hand-colored drawing of a man and a woman talking before a village house, with onlookers and a child with a basket nearby.

Man en vrouw in een dorp

1766

Hand-colored caricature of a spider with a human face in a bicorne hat at the center of a web, surrounded by labeled flies.

The Corsican Spider in His Web!

July 12, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a huge smiling head over uniformed men with speech bubbles, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1809.

The Head of the Family in Good Humour

January 15, 1809

Title page with hand-colored caricature faces crowding an oval border around lettering for The Caricature Magazine, 1808.

Title Page, The Caricature Magazine, or Mirror of Mirth

November 19, 1808

Satirical etching of a bishop in bed with a woman, a mitre and crozier nearby, and a list for promotion.

The Bishop and His Clarke, or, A Peep into Paradise

February 26, 1809

Hand-coloured caricature of a tall thin woman with a fan and a stout kneeling man in blue beside a mausoleum.

Dropsy Courting Consumption

October 25, 1810

Hand-colored etching of a couple kissing among Egyptian mummies, sphinx statues, and classical vases in a cluttered room.

Modern Antiquities

1811?

Hand-colored caricature of three men haggling in a crowded gallery of gilded framed paintings, one holding a monocle.

Italian Picture Dealers Humbugging My Lord Anglaise

May 30, 1812

Hand-colored caricature of a running uniformed man with a hare, scattering maps of European territories, by Thomas Rowlandson

Head Runner or Runaways from the Leipzic Fair

March 2, 1814

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

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

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

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

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

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a nightshirt scratching his leg beside a yellow curtained bed, by Thomas Rowlandson

A Tit Bit for the Bugs

May 25, 1793

Etching of a man gesturing up at a woman leaning from a cottage window beneath a sign reading Probe Surgeon, Man Midwife.

The Village Doctor

June 8, 1774

Pen and ink caricature of an elderly man embracing a woman on a sofa while she holds up a poodle, with handwritten verse belo

Special Pleading

[March 1780]

Pen drawing of caricatured heads: a man with a trunk-like nose dining, and an old woman, a bull, and a man in a cap below.

Comparative Anatomy

1800-25

Hand-colored title page with an oval cartouche, a smiling caricature face at top, crossed quill pens below, and printed lette

Title Page: Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions

January 21, 1800

Etched caricature of a knit-capped man leaning in to listen to a spectacled reader holding a Gazette by candlelight.

Attention (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Pen and ink caricature of a hungry young man in a hat staring at a plum pudding in a shop window, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1800.

Desire (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 20, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a hungry boy in a green coat gazing at a plum pudding in a shop window.

Admiration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 20, 1800

Caricature of a rustic man in a hat gaping at a juggler with a card and candle on a table.

Admiration with Astonishment (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Caricature of an antiquarian with spectacles gesturing over a cracked cup held by a second man, pen and ink print, 1800.

Veneration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Caricature print of a singing ballad woman, a rapt old clothesman, and a child with a basket, drawn in brown ink.

Rapture (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Etching of a curly-haired man holding banknotes while a young boy looks up at him, a satirical print titled Joy with Tranquil

Joy with Tranquility (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Caricature of a laughing man pointing at a cat in a bonnet and cape seated on a table beside a candle.

Laughter (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly man in a pink cap crying out as a servant pours hot water from a kettle.

Acute Pain (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a shouting man and a scolding woman in a frilled cap, with a raised cudgel above.

Simple Bodily Pain (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Caricature of an elderly woman in a floral hat holding a small dog, beside a man with curly hair, both with downcast expressi

Sadness (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Pen drawing of a weeping man with tears on his cheeks, comforted by a young woman in a bonnet beside him.

Weeping (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a sharp-faced man in a blue coat reaching toward a bearded beggar holding a hat, titled Compassion

Compassion (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a haughty elderly woman in a feathered hat looking down her nose at a startled young man.

Scorn (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a startled elderly woman in a white cap recoiling as a boy holds up a small mouse.

Horror (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Caricature of a terrified countryman recoiling from a grinning ghost in a pointed cap, drawn in pen and ink.

Terrour or Fright (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Pen and ink caricature of an older mistress in a bonnet shouting and shaking a fist at a startled maid.

Anger (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a jealous man holding a candle over a sleeping woman behind a pink bed curtain.

Hatred or Jealousy (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Etching of a caricatured old maid in a flowered bonnet and a grimacing bachelor in a ruffled wig, illustrating Despair.

Despair (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

February 21, 1800

Hand-colored print of four men in a room examining a painting of a reclining nude on an easel.

Four Men Looking at a Painting of Venus

1799

Hand-colored caricature of a stooped elderly officer in a cocked hat, pink coat and yellow breeches, leaning on a cane.

Anything Will Do For an Officer

January 1, 1796