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Thomas Rowlandson

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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