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Thomas Rowlandson

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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