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Thomas Rowlandson

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Engraved portrait of a seated man in spectacles holding a quill beside a desk with inkwells and papers.

Jeremiah Donovan. Engraving by J. Hopwood, senior, 1809, after T. Rowlandson

Hand-colored print of jockeys preparing horses at a racecourse, with crowds, tents, a watchtower and rolling hills behind.

Preparing to Start

1811

Watercolor of a horse at a trough under a tree, a carriage on the left, and figures and a dog before a timber inn.

Watering Horses

c. 1800-1810

Watercolor and pen drawing of villagers dancing outside thatched cottages beneath a large tree, with hills behind.

The Village Dance

c. 1815-25

Watercolor of children stealing preserves from jars in a kitchen while an older servant watches from the doorway.

Stealing the Preserves

1815/20

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman in a wide-brimmed hat and ruffled dress, gazing right against a cloudy sky.

Lady Elliott, Commonly Called Dolly The Tall

1775-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a sleeping man in an interior with a chained bear, a monkey, and a dog.

Comparative Anatomy Study

c. 1810-20

Pen and wash drawing of fashionably dressed figures crowding a lobby with panelled doors and a wall lamp.

Box-Lobby Loungers

1785

Pen and watercolor drawing of riders in red coats with hounds in a field, with a castle on a hill behind trees.

Landscape with Hunting Scene

1780s

Hand-colored print of passengers pushing a rowboat through surf on a stormy beach, with sailboats and dark clouds behind.

Embarking from Brighthelmstone to Dieppe

1787

Watercolor sketch of postboys with horses and a red coach outside an inn, a man carrying a trunk, and a dog.

Postboys and Posthorses at the White Hart Inn

1787

Hand-colored print of a picnic and fishing party on a wooded riverbank beside a pale rock, with a small dog in the foreground

View on Sir John Moreshead's Estate at Blisland near Bodmin, Cornwall

1805

Hand-colored etching of a sailing ship and small boats on a Cornish estuary under a dark, cloudy sky, with wooded hills.

Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature: Fowey, Cornwall

1809

Hand-colored print of a horse-drawn wagon on a country road beside a thatched cottage, with rolling hills beyond.

Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature: Taunton Vale, Somersetshire

1809

Hand-colored print of men in top hats gathered in a colonnaded courtyard, one figure in a purple cloak blowing a horn.

Doctor Syntax at Liverpool, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored caricature of a chaotic bookshop with flying books, a man on a ladder, and a seated woman reading by a window.

Doctor Syntax and the Book Seller, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of a domestic interior with a seated man in a wig, a woman in pink, and startled visitors at a doorway by

Doctor Syntax Returned from His Tour, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of a clergyman in a carriage with a crowd of villagers before a church and a country house.

Doctor Syntax Taking Possession of his Living, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of villagers dancing in a lane before a thatched cottage, with musicians and onlookers beneath a large tre

Doctor Syntax Rural Sport, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of a seated man in a plumed hat sketching farm animals under a tree while elegant onlookers stand nearby.

Doctor Syntax Drawing After Nature, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of men in top hats examining a white horse outside a thatched inn, with dogs and a rider nearby.

Doctor Syntax Sells Grizzle, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of red-coated cavalry at a review on rolling hills, with spectators on horseback and in a carriage in the

Doctor Syntax at a Review, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of a gentleman in black beside a churchyard with tombstones, a gravedigger, a white horse and hills.

Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tomb Stones, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Hand-colored print of a ruined castle on a rocky shore, with a man tumbling into the water below.

Doctor Syntax Tumbling in the Water, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

c. 1812

Watercolor and ink drawing of three men drinking wine at a table in a room with framed pictures, with a dog beside them.

Raising the Wind

1812

Etching of two walking men beside a cart carrying a seated, wigged man with a book, under a caption about Dalblair.

Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides: Frontispiece

1786

Ink caricature of two men walking arm in arm up a city street, one holding a walking stick and the other gesturing with his h

Walking up the High Street, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Pen and ink engraving of three caricatured men in tricorn hats walking past a woman in a bonnet, with a caption below.

Setting Out from Edinburgh, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etched caricature of two men in tricorn hats embracing in a stone passage, with a standing onlooker at left and a figure at r

The Embrace, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of two men conversing at a candlelit table in an interior, with a dog at their feet and a quoted caption below.

Chatting, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of a man pouring tea for a seated woman while another man sits at a table in an interior with a candle.

Tea, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of two men on a ship deck, one gesturing while the other clutches a rope tied to a mast, with rigging visible.

Sailing Among the Hebrides, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1786: a man feeds a fish to a seated companion while women with baskets watch on a shore.

Scottifiying the Palate, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of two seated men in a tavern interior, one gesturing and one looking up anxiously at a book on a table.

The Recovery, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Rowlandson caricature of an 1786 inn bedroom with a gown hung as a curtain between two beds, a spider and a worried sitter.

Lodging at M'Queen's, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of a breakfast scene with seated figures, a servant with a tray, an infant, and busts on the wall.

Veronica A Breakfast Conversation, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Pen and ink caricature of a man in a feathered hat beating a seated writer with a cane in a cluttered study.

Revising for the Second Edition, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etched caricature of three men in period dress walking in procession past a stone wall, one holding a candle and one a lanter

The Procession, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of two men arguing in a library over books, with a third man watching from a doorway and coins scattered on the floor

The Contest at Auckinleck, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etched caricature of a journalist in period dress striding over rocky ground, holding a scroll and a book, with a ruined arch

The Journalist, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of a standing man with a book and a kneeling woman with clasped hands in a plain stone-walled interior.

The Reconciliation, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of a caricatured man in a wig gesturing among seated theatre patrons in a crowded Drury Lane pit.

Imitations and Drury-Lane Theatre, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of a kitchen scene: a man in a feathered hat and a woman with a knife at a table, with game birds and a lobster.

Wit and Wisdom, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Etching of a dancing man in a wig among kilted Highlanders on a hilltop, with sea and a sailboat in the distance.

The Dance of the Dun-Can, from Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides

1786

Watercolor caricature of four exaggerated figures, including an elderly man with a cane and a heavyset man in a wheeled chair

Doctor

late 1800s or early 1900s

Pen and watercolor drawing of a prisoner climbing down a rope from a barred tower window as a guard aims a musket.

Escape of French Prisoners

c. 1776-1827

Pen and watercolor caricature of elderly women crowding an auctioneer holding a bowl, with curiosities on shelves above.

Old Maids at a Sale of Curiosities

c. 1776-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded auction room with an auctioneer on a rostrum and framed paintings covering the walls.

Christie's Auction Room, Pall Mall

ca. 1808-10

Hand-colored caricature of a melting pillar labeled Obstinacy, with two stout men in period dress beneath a sun and crown.

The Pillar of Salt

published April 11, 1805

Hand-colored print of a gesturing man in yellow coat declaiming before a seated gentleman, with a servant carrying tea in an

Manager and Spouter

published July 1, 1809

Watercolor of soldiers loading a cart outside a village inn, with onlookers, dogs, thatched cottages and hills behind.

Soldaten an einem Wirtshaus

Watercolor sketch of moored sailing boats on a river beside trees, a thatched cottage, and a church tower in the distance.

Newport

n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a coach changing horses in a busy inn yard, with passengers, a horn player and dogs.

Coach Changing Horses

n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Cornish cottage with cattle, a horse, figures and trees along a rural road.

Launcetown Cornwall

c. 1789

Watercolor drawing of a village square with a church tower, a stone well, market figures, horses and thatched cottages.

St. Cullum's, Cornwall

n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of cattle driven past a village church, with a horseman, a drover, and cottages.

Stanley St. Leonard Church, Gloucestershire

n.d.

Watercolor street scene of a crowd at an auction of old houses near Westminster Abbey, with an auctioneer and lot-numbered bu

Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey

1800

Watercolor of a busy harbor with tall ships, rowboats with figures, and a town with a church spire behind.

Limehouse Reach

n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of an almshouse dated 1600 with figures gathered before it and a family in the foreground.

Alms House of Tottenham

n.d.

Pen and watercolor shipyard scene with workers beside an overturned boat, a family at right, and ships in the harbor.

Boat Builders

n.d.

Watercolor of a thatched village by a stream with trees, a footbridge, walkers, and sailing ships on the sea.

A Scene in Cornwall

n.d.

Hand-coloured print of an inn courtyard in chaos, with people fleeing a fire, horses rearing, and pigs scattering.

The Inn Yard on Fire

1791

Hand-colored print of a bedroom scene with a seated man, a woman pulling on a stocking, and a woman in bed.

Four o'Clock in Town

1788

Colored caricature of men at a dining table dismayed as a servant spills a dish across the floor beside a dog.

The Disappointed Epicures

1787