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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

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

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

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 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 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

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

Dressing for a Birthday

1788

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 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

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

Insurable Cattle

published 1809

Hand-coloured print of a crowded boat of revelers waving handkerchiefs toward a large warship at sea.

Cattle Not Insurable

published 1809

Hand-colored caricature of a red-coated officer glancing at a girl at a casement, with townswomen, a dog and a cottage garden

Dying for Love, or Captain Careless shot flying by a Girl of Fifteen, who Unexpectedly Popped her Head out of a Casement

1810

Hand-colored caricature of a chaotic rural smock race with running women, jostling men, a dog and tents on a hillside.

Rural Sports. Smock Racing

published 1811

Hand-colored caricature of a comic cricket match with running players, cheering crowds, a tent, and a dog on an open field.

Rural Sports or a Cricket Match Extraordinary

1811

Hand-colored print of a crowded arena where two dogs fight as spectators in top hats shout and crowd the ring and rafters.

A Dog Fight

1811

Hand-colored print of three men fishing from a punt on a river, with a poling boatman, swans, a swimming dog and willow trees

Patience in a Punt

1811

Colored print of a crowded tavern with men arguing, smoking by a fireplace, a serving woman, dogs, and a wall clock.

Doctor Syntax, in the Middle of a Smoking HotPolitical Squabble, wishes to Wet his W histle

published 1813

Hand-colored print of a crowded hall where spectators view reindeer, a sledge and tent before a painted snowy mountain backdr

Mr. Bullock's Exhibition of Laplanders

1822

Hand-colored caricature of a courtroom where a judge sentences Napoleon as monarchs, bishops and a devil look on.

Boney's Trial, Sentence, and Dying Speech

published 1815

Hand-colored etching of a crowded Paris diligence coach with passengers and horses on a village street, with pigs in the road

Paris Diligence

1810

Hand-colored print of a horse race on a curving track, with jockeys, carriages, a crowd of spectators, and hills behind.

Racing

probably 1812

Hand-colored etching of a gouty man in an armchair attended by a woman, with servants and a sleeping dog in the room.

Comfort in the Gout

1785

Hand-colored print of a busy Amsterdam fish market by a canal, with boats, market stalls, townspeople, and gabled buildings.

Feyge Dam, with part of the Fish Market at Amsterdam

1797

Pen and watercolour drawing of a busy river harbour with sailing ships, rowing boats, workers, and a hull under construction

Fluß mit vielen Schiffen und einer Werft

Hand-colored print of a beach with pack horses, figures, cliffs and a sea rock under a cloudy sky.

Inham aan het strand omgeven door rotsen

1805

Hand-coloured print of a hilly landscape with sheep, a stream, thatched cottages and a rider on a ridge.

Heuvellandschap met schapen

1766

Pen and ink sheet of small caricature scenes: riders, a beggar, soldiers, a street musician and a carriage, by Thomas Rowland

[Szereg karykaturalnych scenek rodzajowych, m.in. jeźdźcy, żebrak, zdejmowanie butów, wojsko, grajek uliczny]

1790