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Thomas Rowlandson

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Caricature of a soldier in a plumed hat embraced by two women, one on each side, with a humorous verse below.

How Happy Could I Be With Either, Were t'Other Dear Charmer Away

[1784]

Two-part etching of theatre audiences, one laughing at a comedy and one weeping at a tragedy, in 18th-century dress.

Comedy Spectators, Tragedy Spectators

October 8, 1789

Hand-colored 1781 satirical print of an officer at a door, a crutch-supported beggar, and women watching from a window on a s

Charity Covereth a Multitude of Sins

November 27, 1781

Hand-colored print of a cook drooling over a pot while a servant carries plates to diners at a tavern table, with a black cat

A French Ordinary

January 2, 1804

Hand-colored print of a tavern kitchen: a cook pours from a dish into a copper pot as a waiter passes diners and a black cat

A French Ordinary

July 20, 1802

Caricature engraving of a butcher with a knife in his teeth hoisting a carcass, while a kneeling man works in a shop.

A Butcher

January 1, 1790

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a nightshirt scratching his leg beside a yellow curtained bed, by Thomas Rowlandson

A Tit Bit for the Bugs

May 25, 1793

Etching of a man gesturing up at a woman leaning from a cottage window beneath a sign reading Probe Surgeon, Man Midwife.

The Village Doctor

June 8, 1774

Pen and ink caricature of an elderly man embracing a woman on a sofa while she holds up a poodle, with handwritten verse belo

Special Pleading

[March 1780]

Pen drawing of caricatured heads: a man with a trunk-like nose dining, and an old woman, a bull, and a man in a cap below.

Comparative Anatomy

1800-25

Hand-colored title page with an oval cartouche, a smiling caricature face at top, crossed quill pens below, and printed lette

Title Page: Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions

January 21, 1800

Etched caricature of a knit-capped man leaning in to listen to a spectacled reader holding a Gazette by candlelight.

Attention (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Pen and ink caricature of a hungry young man in a hat staring at a plum pudding in a shop window, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1800.

Desire (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 20, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a hungry boy in a green coat gazing at a plum pudding in a shop window.

Admiration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 20, 1800

Caricature of a rustic man in a hat gaping at a juggler with a card and candle on a table.

Admiration with Astonishment (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Caricature of an antiquarian with spectacles gesturing over a cracked cup held by a second man, pen and ink print, 1800.

Veneration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Caricature print of a singing ballad woman, a rapt old clothesman, and a child with a basket, drawn in brown ink.

Rapture (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Etching of a curly-haired man holding banknotes while a young boy looks up at him, a satirical print titled Joy with Tranquil

Joy with Tranquility (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Caricature of a laughing man pointing at a cat in a bonnet and cape seated on a table beside a candle.

Laughter (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly man in a pink cap crying out as a servant pours hot water from a kettle.

Acute Pain (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a shouting man and a scolding woman in a frilled cap, with a raised cudgel above.

Simple Bodily Pain (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Caricature of an elderly woman in a floral hat holding a small dog, beside a man with curly hair, both with downcast expressi

Sadness (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Pen drawing of a weeping man with tears on his cheeks, comforted by a young woman in a bonnet beside him.

Weeping (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a sharp-faced man in a blue coat reaching toward a bearded beggar holding a hat, titled Compassion

Compassion (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a haughty elderly woman in a feathered hat looking down her nose at a startled young man.

Scorn (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a startled elderly woman in a white cap recoiling as a boy holds up a small mouse.

Horror (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Caricature of a terrified countryman recoiling from a grinning ghost in a pointed cap, drawn in pen and ink.

Terrour or Fright (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Pen and ink caricature of an older mistress in a bonnet shouting and shaking a fist at a startled maid.

Anger (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a jealous man holding a candle over a sleeping woman behind a pink bed curtain.

Hatred or Jealousy (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

January 21, 1800

Etching of a caricatured old maid in a flowered bonnet and a grimacing bachelor in a ruffled wig, illustrating Despair.

Despair (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

February 21, 1800

Hand-colored print of four men in a room examining a painting of a reclining nude on an easel.

Four Men Looking at a Painting of Venus

1799

Hand-colored caricature of a stooped elderly officer in a cocked hat, pink coat and yellow breeches, leaning on a cane.

Anything Will Do For an Officer

January 1, 1796