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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

Hand-colored 1789 print of a vaulted tavern cellar with a woman in a white hat, men smoking and drinking, and a dog.

Grog on Board

1789

Hand-colored print of men brawling and gambling around a round table, with raised chairs, pistols, and scattered coins.

A Kick-up at a Hazard Table

published 1787

Hand-colored print of a busy market square with stepped-gable houses, horse carts, stalls and a tall column with a statue.

Place de Meir at Antwerp

1797

Hand-colored etching of spectators watching monkeys in a tower room with a fireplace, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1799.

The Monkey Room in the Tower

published 1799

Hand-colored print of a crowded street market with a mountebank on a stage, cooking vendors, a couple embracing, and a dog.

Dr. Botherum, the Mountebank

1800

Colored print of an alchemist and assistant at a furnace in a cluttered laboratory, with a couple embracing in the doorway.

Hocus Pocus, or Searching for the Philosopher's Stone

1800

Hand-colored caricature of a skeleton rider trampling merchants with food goods, beside a statue and a devil, 1800.

Downfall of Monopoly in 1800

published 1800

Hand-colored caricature print of a dense crowd of exaggerated faces in period hats and wigs behind a diagonal lattice.

Odd-Characters

published 1801

Hand-colored print of a terrified lawyer in wig fleeing skeletons on horseback past a Road to Hell signpost.

The Lawyers Last Circuit

published 1802

Hand-colored etching of people tumbling and scrambling down a grassy hill beneath a tree in Greenwich Park.

One Tree Hill, Greenwich Park

1802

Red leather book cover with gold border and crest, titled Caricatures, volume II.

Caricatures (volume II)

1756

Colored sketch of fashionable women and attendants in a dressing room, with a feathered headdress and a mirror.

Dressing for a Birthday

1788

Hand-colored drawing of a man in a blue coat and red hat pondering at a desk with a ledger, a woman seated by a window.

A Money Scrivener

1801

Colored print of a caricatured barber shop in 1789, with a barber woman, a shaved customer, and a wig maker at work.

A Penny Barber

1789

Colored sketch of carts racing down a village street, with figures thrown from overturned carts and onlookers at an inn.

A Cart Race

1788

Hand-colored sketch of a grey racehorse and jockeys racing past a crowd of spectators, carriages, and running dogs.

The High-mettled Racer

1789

Colored sketch of jockeys and grooms leading horses across a racecourse under a pale sky with clouds.

The Course

probably 1789

Colored print of a stampeding ox scattering a crowd on a bridge near a church tower and sailing ships.

The Overdrove Ox

1787

Hand-colored oval etching of an older man in a red coat holding a seated woman's hand, with a horse and tree behind them.

The Enamoured Sportsman

1756

Hand-colored print of four fashionable women at two windows of a brick building, with hats, curls and painted signage.

First and Second Floor

published 1791

Hand-colored print of dancers performing on a stage before a crowded tiered theatre filled with spectators in period dress.

The Prospect before us, No. 2

published 1791

Caricature of a woman in a corset and feathered hat, with a man in blue clutching her laces, drawn in 1791.

A Little Tighter

1791

Hand-colored 1791 caricature of two kneeling men aiming pistols at each other at close range in a sawpit.

Slugs in a Sawpit

1791

Hand-colored print of a crowd scattering in panic as a storm hits a street, with a carriage, horses, umbrellas and flying hat

A Squall in Hyde Park

1791

Hand-colored print of two seated women in 1790s bonnets and dresses, one holding a fan, by Thomas Rowlandson.

Beauties

published 1792

Hand-colored caricature of a crowded 18th-century dinner table with wigged diners, a servant, and a framed view of Versailles

La Table d'Hote

published 1792

Hand-colored caricature of bewigged lawyers in a cluttered court room, one gesturing while another reads a large document.

Botheration

1793

Hand-colored print of a London street jam with carriages, a white horse, scaffolding workers, and shouting crowds.

Miseries of London

published 1807

Print of a crowded circular cockpit with two fighting roosters surrounded by shouting men in top hats.

Royal Cock Pit

published 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a kneeling doctor in a blue coat pleading before a standing woman in a veil beside medicine bottle

Doctor Gallipot placing his Fortune at the feet of his Mistress

1808

Hand-colored etching of crowded theatre boxes and galleries with caricatured spectators, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1809.

The Boxes

published 1809

Hand-colored 1809 caricature of livestock facing men in top hats outside a cottage with a cattle life insurance sign.

Insurable Cattle

published 1809