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Thomas Rowlandson

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Pen and watercolor drawing of sailing boats and a crowded rowing boat on calm water, with ships and a distant shore.

Ships and Sailors

late 18th-early 19th century

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 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

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

Pen and watercolor drawing of fishermen and boats on a seashore, with a small cottage and sailing ships in the distance.

Figures by the Seashore

late 18th-early 19th century

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

The Tailor

1814

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

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

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

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

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