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Thomas Rowlandson

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Etched caricature of three men in period dress walking in procession past a stone wall, one holding a candle and one a lanter

The Procession, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of two men arguing in a library over books, with a third man watching from a doorway and coins scattered on the floor

The Contest at Auckinleck, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etched caricature of a journalist in period dress striding over rocky ground, holding a scroll and a book, with a ruined arch

The Journalist, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of a standing man with a book and a kneeling woman with clasped hands in a plain stone-walled interior.

The Reconciliation, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of a caricatured man in a wig gesturing among seated theatre patrons in a crowded Drury Lane pit.

Imitations and Drury-Lane Theatre, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of a kitchen scene: a man in a feathered hat and a woman with a knife at a table, with game birds and a lobster.

Wit and Wisdom, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of a dancing man in a wig among kilted Highlanders on a hilltop, with sea and a sailboat in the distance.

The Dance of the Dun-Can, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Pen and watercolor caricature of elderly women crowding an auctioneer holding a bowl, with curiosities on shelves above.

Old Maids at a Sale of Curiosities

c. 1776-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded auction room with an auctioneer on a rostrum and framed paintings covering the walls.

Christie's Auction Room, Pall Mall

ca. 1808-10

Hand-colored print of a gesturing man in yellow coat declaiming before a seated gentleman, with a servant carrying tea in an

Manager and Spouter

published July 1, 1809

Watercolor of soldiers loading a cart outside a village inn, with onlookers, dogs, thatched cottages and hills behind.

Soldaten an einem Wirtshaus

Watercolor sketch of moored sailing boats on a river beside trees, a thatched cottage, and a church tower in the distance.

Newport

n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a coach changing horses in a busy inn yard, with passengers, a horn player and dogs.

Coach Changing Horses

n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Cornish cottage with cattle, a horse, figures and trees along a rural road.

Launcetown Cornwall

c. 1789

Watercolor drawing of a village square with a church tower, a stone well, market figures, horses and thatched cottages.

St. Cullum's, Cornwall

n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of cattle driven past a village church, with a horseman, a drover, and cottages.

Stanley St. Leonard Church, Gloucestershire

n.d.

Watercolor street scene of a crowd at an auction of old houses near Westminster Abbey, with an auctioneer and lot-numbered bu

Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey

1800

Watercolor of a busy harbor with tall ships, rowboats with figures, and a town with a church spire behind.

Limehouse Reach

n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of an almshouse dated 1600 with figures gathered before it and a family in the foreground.

Alms House of Tottenham

n.d.

Pen and watercolor shipyard scene with workers beside an overturned boat, a family at right, and ships in the harbor.

Boat Builders

n.d.

Watercolor of a thatched village by a stream with trees, a footbridge, walkers, and sailing ships on the sea.

A Scene in Cornwall

n.d.

Hand-coloured print of an inn courtyard in chaos, with people fleeing a fire, horses rearing, and pigs scattering.

The Inn Yard on Fire

1791

Hand-colored print of a bedroom scene with a seated man, a woman pulling on a stocking, and a woman in bed.

Four o'Clock in Town

1788

Colored caricature of men at a dining table dismayed as a servant spills a dish across the floor beside a dog.

The Disappointed Epicures

1787

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 print of a terrified lawyer in wig fleeing skeletons on horseback past a Road to Hell signpost.

The Lawyers Last Circuit

published 1802