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Thomas Rowlandson

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Hand-colored print of a couple at a green door under a Lodgings for Single Men sign, with ships in the harbor behind.

Accommodation, or Lodgings to Let Portsmouth

1808

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly man in a red coat kissing a plump woman in a yellow bonnet in a countryside setting.

The Sweet Little Girl That I Love

published June 4, 1808

Watercolor of a tailor sitting cross-legged pressing cloth in a cluttered interior, with a woman carrying bread and a dog nea

The Tailor

1814

Pen and watercolor drawing of mounted cavalrymen raising curved sabres, one holding a pink standard, against a cloudy sky.

Unused study for a plate to "Hungarian and Highland Broadsword Exercise" Feb. 12, 1799

ca. 1799

Pen and wash drawing of a draped woman leaning toward a seated male nude viewed from behind.

Woman Talking to a Seated Male Nude

1775-1827

Ink and grey wash drawing of a blacksmith with tongs at an anvil while an assistant raises a hammer in a smoky forge.

A Blacksmith

18th-19th century

Hand-colored caricature of a man holding a skull, surrounded by onlookers, with shelves of skulls and busts behind.

Franz Josef Gall, Karikatur

1825

Hand-coloured caricature of Napoleon as the Polar Star, surrounded by serpents, with eagles and a map of Europe below.

Spotprent met Napoleon als de poolster, 1813

1813

Hand-colored caricature sheet with comic vignettes of exaggerated figures in domestic and social scenes, with verses.

Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms

published August 1799

Etched title page with an oval cartouche, laughing caricature face, crossed quill pens, and the title Le Brun Travested.

Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions

January-February 1800

Pen and gray wash drawing of a smiling young woman in a bonnet with pink ribbon seated on a mound.

A Young English Beauty

c. 1790

Pen and wash drawing of a veiled figure in a long robe gazing upward with clasped hands in prayer.

Antique Figure

1821

Pen and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet leaning on a ledge beside starched linen, a birdcage, and a vine.

Nancy Cock - Clear Starcher

c. 1815

Hand-coloured caricature of a weeping stout man in a tricorn hat and red coat holding a scroll.

Spotprent op de Bataafse schout-bij-nacht Samuel Story, 1799

1799

Engraved oval vignette of men gathered around a table in a club room, with a tankard, books and posters on the walls.

Boekenclub op het platteland

1788

A Portrait: Lord Pomfret

published February 26, 1812

Hand-colored print of a dandyish man in a brown tailcoat and yellow breeches with a cane, before a gatehouse and trees.

A Portrait: Lord Petersham

published January 10, 1812

Pen drawing of three caricatured Dutch merchants in long coats and hats, one smoking a pipe, in conversation.

Dutch Merchants Sketched at Amsterdam

published April 4, 1796

Pen sketch of an elderly woman in a bonnet leaning toward a younger woman in a street with Dutch shop signs.

A Dutch Abbess and Her Nymphs Sketched at Amsterdam

published April 4, 1796

Hand-colored print of a man with a telescope at a window watching a comet, beside a seated woman in yellow and a man in blue.

Looking at the Comet till You Get a Crick in the Neck

September 20, 1811

Hand-colored print of a woman with a green umbrella on pattens crossing a rainy street beside a basket seller.

Wet Under Foot

published February 10, 1812

Grey wash print of a woman in a plumed hat seated while a man kneels and gazes up at her beside a drape.

Courtship in High Life

December 15, 1785

Dark maroon folio cover with embossed Gothic corners and gold lettering reading Rowlandson's Caricature Etchings, Boswell's T

Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides: Folio Cover

1786

The military lover

Etching of two women with Fox badges embracing men beside hanging meat, satirizing a 1784 political canvass by Rowlandson.

The Two Patriotic Duchesses on Their Canvass

April 3, 1784

Etching of a woman, a dandy in a tricorn hat, and a scowling old man with a cane beside a wall marked Kings Place.

Which Way Shall I Turn Me? How Can I Decide?

ca. 1780

Hand-colored print of a crowded curving staircase with people falling and a classical statue in a niche.

The Exhibition "Stare-Case"

1811?

Hand-coloured caricature of an opera singer in gold armour before an exaggerated audience and orchestra.

John Bull at the Italian Opera

October 2, 1811

Public Characters

April 1, 1801

Watercolor and pen portrait of an older figure in a hat with a clay pipe, red garment and yellow neckerchief.

A Soldier's Widow

1815/1820

Pen and wash drawing of a nude figure falling from a chariot as rearing horses rise through clouds.

The Fall of Phaeton

Hand-colored print of an old sculptor carving a cherub beside a seated nude model in a cluttered classical studio.

The Sculptor [Preparations for the Academy, Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus]

ca. 1800