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Thomas Rowlandson

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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

Watercolor sketch of a dashing driver whipping a galloping two-horse carriage, with hounds running alongside on a country roa

Captain Squander Bang Up to the Mark

n.d.

Watercolor of a cottage by a river with windblown trees, a horse and cart, and figures in boats on the water.

Village on the River

n.d.

Watercolor of artists sketching a reclining nude model in a crowded studio, with spectators behind and a lay figure below.

Lay Figure at Somerset House

1822/27

Pen and watercolor street scene of a cart of prisoners passing a crowd of onlookers beneath an arch, with townhouse windows f

London Scene: Malefactors on Their Way to Tyburn

n.d.

Watercolor and pen drawing of a classical chapel interior with a preacher in a pulpit and a crowded congregation in pews.

Study for Royal Chapel, Whitehall, from Microcosm of London

c. 1809

Watercolor sketch of villagers dancing outside a thatched cottage while a fiddler plays and onlookers watch.

Study for Dr. Syntax and Rural Sports

c. 1812

Watercolor sketch of a Gothic hall with seated men in wigs at a table, a tumbling figure on stairs, and wine bottles in the f

Study for Dr. Syntax Entertained at College

c. 1828

Watercolor of men drinking in a vaulted wine cellar among large casks, one man helped up a staircase by another.

Study for Dr. Syntax made Free of the Cellar

c. 1812

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Quakers' meeting hall with seated congregation on benches and spectators in an upper gallery.

Quakers' Meeting

1808/10

Pen drawing of a crowded print auction room with men in tricorn hats, a standing auctioneer, and framed prints on the walls.

Veiling van prenten

1788

Pen and watercolor drawing of an overturned carriage, fleeing pigs, and sprawled figures on a country road.

Going to Ivy Bridge

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of travelers with horses, a loaded cart, and a dog on a road beside sheds and trees.

Migrants

1780-1827

Hand-colored print of a galloping horseman with a whip chasing a carriage past a signpost reading To Gretna Green.

Filial Affection, or a Trip to Gretna Green

December 15, 1785

Pen and watercolor drawing of an elderly monocled man examining a box beside a seated woman, with a servant and urn.

The Connoisseur

1780-1800

Watercolor drawing of a woman in a pink gown gesturing toward a horned beast holding a basket of jewelry beneath a tree.

Beauty and the Beast

18th-19th century

Hand-coloured caricature of figures in a laboratory working over a German stove with retorts labelled with political vices.

Het oplossen van de Rijnbond, 1813

1813

Pen and grey wash drawing of horses at a hay rack in a stable yard beside a thatched barn, with pigs resting nearby.

Stable Yard with Horses

1784-1795

Watercolor of an officer in a blue coat reviewing ranks of soldiers and drummers on a parade ground under a cloudy sky.

The Review

ca. 1800

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded country road with a carriage full of passengers, pedestrians, dogs, and trees.

Fairlop Fair, Essex

ca. 1816

Pen and watercolor drawing of an elegant drawing room with seated guests, a standing man, a dog, and a fireplace.

The Reception

1780-1827

Watercolor drawing of cattle grazing on a hillside above a village with a church tower and rolling downland.

Downlands, Sussex

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of fashionable figures gathered around a gaming table piled with coins in a draped room.

A Gaming Table at Devonshire House

1791

Watercolor drawing of a busy kitchen with diners at a long table, servants, a roasting fire, hanging hams and a dog.

The Squire's Kitchen

late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of sailing boats and a crowded rowing boat on calm water, with ships and a distant shore.

Ships and Sailors

late 18th-early 19th century

Hand-colored caricature of a fair with a swordsman on stage and a panicked crowd fleeing an escaped animal.

Sports of a Country Fair. Part the Third

1810

Hand-colored 1828 caricature of fashionable women with towering feathered hats and voluminous gowns in a drawing room.

A La Mode

1828

Hand-colored print of a crowded Portsmouth quay with sailors, barrels, moored ships and the Ship Tavern sign.

Portsmouth Point

1814

Hand-colored caricature of crowds and crippled men racing up a hill past townhouses, hats flying, a dog nearby.

Bath Races, from Tegg's Caricatures no. 49

published November 20, 1810

Hand-colored caricature of a chaotic ballroom brawl, with fighting men, startled dancers and crowded spectators under a chand

The Gig Shop or Kicking up a Breeze at Nell Hammiltons Hop

published February 16, 1811

Hand-colored print of a crowded exhibition room with paintings covering the walls and visitors in period dress.

Exhibition Room, Somerset House

January 1, 1808

Aquatint of Vauxhall Gardens showing a crowd in period dress under trees, with an orchestra gallery and diners at left.

Vaux-hall

June 28, 1785

Hand-coloured etching of a crowded hall with spectators around a carriage, under a sign reading Bullock's Museum of Natural C

Exhibition at Bullock's Museum of Bonaparte's Carriage Taken at Waterloo

January 10, 1816

Rowlandson watercolor of a couple dining at a table with servants bringing plates, a dog beneath the cloth, and a folding scr

A Couple at Table with Servants

18th-19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a rider struggling with a rearing white horse before an inn with onlookers.

Dr. Syntax with a Balky Horse Before an Inn

18th-19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a street with timber houses, a medieval gate, horses, a carriage and pedestrians.

City View with Medieval Gate (perhaps York)

1775-1827

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded man in a tricorn hat leading two oxen pulling a cart along a rough road.

Going Sick to the Rear

ca. 1815

Watercolor of a harbor at low tide with beached boats, small figures, cottages and sailboats on the water under clouds.

Harbor scene with the tide out, and beached boats

1775-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a busy barber's shop with lathered customers, wigs, dogs fighting on the floor, and a reading m

The Barber's Shop

1785-1805

Pen and watercolor drawing of a river town with sailing boats, castle ruins, a stone arched bridge, and hills.

Carmarthen Castle, Wales

1797

Watercolor of a woman in a white dress blown by wind in a boat while men and onlookers on a dock react nearby.

Easterly Winds

ca. 1810

Gray wash drawing of a jockey waving his cap on a galloping horse while a man watches on the right.

How to Escape Losing

ca. 1791

Pen and ink drawing of a busy harbor with sailing ships, rowboats, and figures on the quay.

Harbor scene

1775-1827

Pen and ink drawing of oxen and a horse hauling a felled log past trees and rolling hills.

Landscape with Oxen and Felled Tree

1775-1827

Watercolor of a river ford with rowing boats, a crowd by a thatched inn, a horse and cart, and a sailing ship on the water.

The Inn at the Ford

1775-1827

Watercolor landscape of gnarled trees beside a rushing stream, with a frightened couple and a snake on a path.

Landscape with rushing stream and a couple on the bank, frightened by a snake

1775-1827

Watercolor of travelers riding and mounting donkeys at a post beneath a stone archway, with onlookers and a dog.

Pleasure of a Poste aux Anes, from Sentimental Travels

ca. 1821

Pencil sketch of figures gathered by a river with a boat, village and trees in the background.

"The Social Day" from the "World of Miniature"

1775-1827

Pencil sketch of an interior with a fireplace, curtained bed, and an elderly man in a gown beside a dog.

Dr. Syntax Loses His Wig

1820

Pencil sketch of men dining at a table in a vaulted interior with dogs on the floor and a hearth at right.

Dr. Syntax and the Superannuated Fox Hunters

1820

Pen and grey wash drawing of witches stirring a cauldron with a horned devil and demons watching while men observe at left.

Study for "A charm for democracy, reviewed, analyzed, and destroyed January 1, 1799" (recto and verso)

1799

Pen and ink caricature of agitated men around an easel with a Revolutionary Pot, with speech balloons and a map of Ireland.

An Irish Howl

ca. 1799

Ink caricature of Napoleon as an auctioneer selling crowns and labeled territories to a crowd of bidders, 1813.

Napoleon verkoopt gestolen goed, 1813

1813

Pen and ink caricature of a rider on a horse loaded with saddlebags labeled Hastings and Wrongs, with handwritten verses.

The Q A loaded with the spoils of India and Britain, March 6, 1788

ca. 1788

Pen sketch of a military review with marching soldiers, banners, mounted officers on horseback, and a crowd of onlookers.

A Military Review

late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a dense tree cluster on a rolling hillside with woodland fading into the distance.

Wooded hillside with deer

1780-1827

Pen and ink study of a leaning tree with dense foliage beside a clearing, with smaller trees to the right.

Study of trees

1780-1827

Pen and grey wash drawing of a path past ruined stone walls and tall trees in a wooded landscape.

Wooded Landscape with Ruins

1780-1827

Pen and ink landscape drawing of rolling hills with a tower on the crest and large rocks in the foreground.

Hilly landscape with rocks

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor street scene of St. Austell, Cornwall, with a church tower, shops, pedestrians, a horse and dogs.

St. Austle, Cornwall

1780-1827

Watercolor of farm workers washing potatoes in a tub beside a cart of sacks, with children, a dog and poultry nearby.

Farming scene

1780-1827

Watercolor landscape of a winding country road with riders, walkers, farm fields, a farmhouse and a distant church tower.

Landscape

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor tavern scene with a serving woman, seated men at a table, and a dog on the floor.

Tavern scene

1780-1827

Colored drawing of fashionable people at a crowded public breakfast in a Bath assembly room, with plumed hats and tall window

The Comforts of Bath: A Public Breakfast

ca. 1798

Pen and wash drawing of a herd of deer resting beneath a large spreading oak tree in a wooded landscape.

Herd of deer under an oak tree

1775-1827

Pen and ink sketch of a busy seaport with sailing ships, rowboats, dockworkers rolling barrels, and crowds on the quay.

Seaport

1792

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded harbor with masted ships, rowboats, figures and wooden wharf buildings.

Shipyard, Greenwich

before 1791

Hand-colored print of two rival suitors in uniform courting women in a Regency room, with a small dog and fireplace.

The Rivals

published July 14, 1812

Hand-colored print of a crowd of fashionable Parisians gathered before a print shop window full of caricatures and books.

Crowd in Front of the Publisher Aaron Martinet’s Shop Window in rue du Coq, Paris

1805

Hand-coloured title page of Caricature Magazine Vol. 4 with two seated jesters, laurel wreath and framed Humour and Satire sc

Humor en Satire

1809

Hand-colored print of two gluttonous men at a dining table, a servant with a platter, a boy, and dogs in a richly furnished r

Studious Gluttons

published October 1788

Hand-coloured print of an artist on a black horse holding an umbrella against rain, with easel and palette, passing a woman a

An Artist Travelling in Wales

February 10, 1799

Pen and wash drawing of a funeral procession with plumed hearses and mourners on a road beside a river and trees.

A Funeral Procession

1805/1810

Watercolor sketch of a crowd of people, including children, gathered around a blue peep show box with a flag on top.

The Peep Show

Watercolor of a busy market day in a town square with stalls, horses, a crowd, an obelisk and a clock tower.

Market Day at Richmond in Yorkshire

c. 1818

Colored print of hunters on horseback and a pack of hounds gathering under a large tree in the morning.

Going Out in the Morning

published 1786

Hand-colored print of a fox hunt: riders tumble from horses on a hillside while hounds race across the open landscape.

The Chase

published 1787

Hand-colored print of hunters on horseback and hounds surrounding a fox beneath a large tree, one rider blowing a horn.

The Death of the Fox

published 1786

Hand-colored print of men in period coats raising wine glasses at a rowdy dinner, with armor statues and dogs in the room.

The Dinner

1787

Pencil sketch of cattle walking across a field, with a small herder figure raising an arm above the herd.

Cattle

Hand-colored etching of three men in naval-style coats studying charts in a ship's cabin.

Commanders Engaged at Sea

published November 30, 1785

Pen and brown wash drawing of carriage horses, grooms and a coach, with a standing couple and a dog at left.

Carriage Horses and Hostlers

n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of crowded riverside with boats, fishermen, and figures outside the Salutation Inn.

Outside the Salutation Inn, Greenwich

c. 1800

Hand-coloured caricature of a crowned man rising from flames as a mock phoenix, with two men tending the fire.

Napoleon als valse fenix, 1813

1813

Pen and wash drawing of women attending a seated figure soaking her feet in a tub beside a canopied bed.

The Foot Bath (Drying Out)

Hand-colored print of an auction of relics, with an auctioneer on a rostrum and a crowd of clergy and bidders in a hall.

Veiling van relieken te Avignon

1818

Hand-colored print of a carter whipping a horse as a cart overturns and figures fall into a river beside a cottage.

The Carter and the Gipsies

May 10, 1815

Hand-colored caricature of a man and woman struggling over a pitchfork amid seed sacks, with an owl flying overhead.

I Smell a Rat or a Rogue in Grain

published May 16, 1807

Hand-colored print of a wizard raising a devil from smoke while a startled man in pink and a woman watch.

Humbugging, or Raising the Devil

March 12, 1800