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Thomas Rowlandson

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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

Pencil sketch of a seated woman drawing on a board while another woman leans over her shoulder.

The Drawing Lesson

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

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

Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms

published August 1799

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude women bathing in a stream beneath trees, with drapery on the bank.

Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing

1756

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

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

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

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

1756

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

1756

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

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)

1756

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

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 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

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 etching of a crowded barracks interior with soldiers, women, children, swords and a suit of armor on the wall.

French Barracks

published August 12, 1791

Hand-coloured print of two dancers on stage before a crowded tiered theatre audience in 18th-century dress.

The Prospect Before Us

1791

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

Four-panel hand-colored caricature titled The Four Seasons of Love, showing courting and married couples in period dress.

The Four Seasons of Love

published September 15, 1814

Hand-colored caricature of wigged doctors conferring over a large patient in a canopied bed in a period interior.

The Consultation or Last Hope

published May 12, 1808

Hand-colored print of a bookshop with an author and bookseller in conversation, shelves of books, a ladder and a writing desk

Bookseller and Author

published September 25, 1784

Hand-colored caricature print in three bands showing cricket, a donkey, acrobats, and kneeling figures in red robes.

Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls

published July 1799

Hand-colored satirical print of surgeons performing a leg amputation on a seated patient, with skeletons and a surgeons list

Amputation

published October 17, 1793

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

Hand-colored caricature of two wigged men playing cards across a small round table, one shouting and one scowling.

All Fours

first published March 14, 1783 [a later reissue?]

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

Watercolor of ostlers changing horses at a French post house as a carriage passenger waves from the coach.

Changing Horses at a Post House in France

c. 1790

Watercolor and pen drawing of a crowded inn with patrons drinking, a wall clock, a lottery notice, and dogs.

Interior of an Inn

n.d.

Hand-colored print of a crowded auction room with an auctioneer on a podium, framed paintings on green walls, and spectators

Schilderijenveiling bij Christie's Londen

1808

Hand-colored caricature of a magistrate questioning a woman with a book while a kneeling man pleads and a bystander leans on

Swearing a Bastard Child!

December 20, 1800

Watercolour drawing of a man with a whip and a boy holding a rope tied to a pig in a rural landscape.

Man and boy with a pig

The military lover

Hand-colored caricature of canvassers and voters crowding a cobbler's shop, with a feathered hat and a dog in the foreground.

Wit's Last Stake, or the Cobbling Voters and Abject Canvassers

April 22, 1784

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

Satirical pen and ink caricature of a row of fashionably dressed figures with feathered hats and speech bubbles, by Thomas Ro

Kings Place, or a View of M [Fox's] Best Friends

April 22, 1784

Hand-colored caricature of fashionable figures embracing, with a speech bubble reading Huzza for Ever, by Thomas Rowlandson,

The Devonshire, or Most Approved Method of Securing Votes

April 12, 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 caricature by Thomas Rowlandson with allegorical figures, scales, a crown, and speech bubbles around a pedestal.

A Touch on the Times

December 29, 1788

Sepia etching of two women on a striped sofa, one playing a lute and the other holding open sheet music, both in ruffled dres

The Syrens

April 10, 1787

Sepia print by Thomas Rowlandson, 1787: a woman in a plumed hat passes a gentleman and a beggar on a lamp-lit street.

Civility

1787

Hand-coloured print of a crowded Covent Garden Theatre interior with tiered galleries, boxes, audience and two performers on

Covent Garden Theatre

July 20, 1786

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

The Exhibition "Stare-Case"

1811?

Etching of a man in a wig offering an apple to a feathered-hat woman, with two other fashionable women watching.

The Golden Apple, or the Modern Paris

March 2, 1785

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

Satirical print of men in a drunken party around a long table, with bottles strewn on the floor and a ballot box on the mante

The Brilliants

January 15, 1801

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

Watercolor drawing of two drovers in hats wrestling a pair of rearing grey horses, one man raising a whip overhead.

Drovers with a Pair of Rearing Horses

1756

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

The Fall of Phaeton

1756

Pen and watercolor drawing of two cavalry soldiers clashing on rearing horses, with a fallen rider in the lower right.

Cavalry Skirmish

1756

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

Hand-colored print of the crowded Covent Garden Theatre interior, with tiered galleries, audience, and performers on stage.

Covent Garden Theatre

1792

Hand-colored print of a skeleton pouring wine for an old man beside a young woman on a sofa, with a soldier at the window.

The Honey Moon (The English Dance of Death, plate 13)

August 1, 1814

Hand-colored print of a skeleton wheeling a drunk man in a barrow past a woman with a cane and a thatched inn.

The Sot (The English Dance of Death, plate 12)

July 1814

A Jemmy

December 1, 1790