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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

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

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

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

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

Odd-Characters

published 1801

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

Caricatures (volume II)

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

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

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

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 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 etching of a couple kissing among mummy cases, classical statues, masks and vases in a cluttered antiquities roo

Modern Antiques

probably 1811

Hand-colored print of a scolding woman lowered into water on a ducking stool while a jeering crowd watches from above.

Ducking a Scold

1809

Hand-colored caricature of an officer escorting a stout woman in green through a street, watched by two onlookers.

The Successful Fortune Hunter

1812

Watercolor of an elderly sculptor working on a small statue beside a seated nude model in a studio of classical sculptures.

Preparation for the Academy - Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus

1805

Satirical etching of a monkey in a tall hat and coat, smoking a pipe and writing with a quill at a table.

Frontispiece voor 'All the Talents' van 'Polypus' (E. S. Barrett), 1807

1807

Hand-colored satirical print of an older man in a academic cap embracing a woman by a fireplace, with onlookers at a window.

A Man of Feeling

published December 2, 1811

Watercolor drawing of a man on horseback with a plump woman in pink riding behind him, watched by two women near an archway.

Vicar of Wakefield

n.d.

Pen sketch sheet by Thomas Rowlandson showing genre scenes of street performers, a spinning woman, and a timber wagon in a la

[Szereg karykaturalnych scenek rodzajowych, m.in. tresura psów, kataryniarz, praczka, kobieta przy kądzieli u dołu wó…

1790

Pen and watercolor street scene of a brush vendor with a pole of wares talking to two women at a doorway.

Street Scene: Vendor of Brushes

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of two embracing nude women on a bed under a pink canopy, with a reclining nude man beside them.

Nude Couple Embracing

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a sailor embracing a woman in a kitchen while an elderly woman watches from the hearth.

The Sailor's Return from Active Service

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude Venus with a billowing cloth, Anchises seated beside her, and a cupid above.

Venus, Anchises and Cupid

1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a nude muscular man lifting an arm while supporting a draped figure bent at his side.

Standing Nude Man Supporting Fainting Female (Ludovisi Gaul in the Uffizi)

1780-1827

Hand-colored caricature of four elderly gentlemen in wigs peering at a reclining nude painting on an easel in a classical int

Connoisseurs

June 20, 1799

Pen and watercolor drawing of an old man setting a saw beside a woman and dog on a city street with music shop signs.

The Saw-Setter

1780-1827

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

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

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

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

Ink and grey wash drawing of a blacksmith with tongs at an anvil while an assistant raises a hammer in a smoky forge.

A Blacksmith

18th-19th century

Hand-colored caricature of a man holding a skull, surrounded by onlookers, with shelves of skulls and busts behind.

Franz Josef Gall, Karikatur

1825

Hand-coloured caricature of Napoleon as the Polar Star, surrounded by serpents, with eagles and a map of Europe below.

Spotprent met Napoleon als de poolster, 1813

1813

Hand-colored caricature sheet with comic vignettes of exaggerated figures in domestic and social scenes, with verses.

Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms

published August 1799

Etched title page with an oval cartouche, laughing caricature face, crossed quill pens, and the title Le Brun Travested.

Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions

January-February 1800

Pen and gray wash drawing of a smiling young woman in a bonnet with pink ribbon seated on a mound.

A Young English Beauty

c. 1790

Pen and wash drawing of a veiled figure in a long robe gazing upward with clasped hands in prayer.

Antique Figure

1821

Pen and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet leaning on a ledge beside starched linen, a birdcage, and a vine.

Nancy Cock - Clear Starcher

c. 1815

Hand-coloured caricature of a weeping stout man in a tricorn hat and red coat holding a scroll.

Spotprent op de Bataafse schout-bij-nacht Samuel Story, 1799

1799

Engraved oval vignette of men gathered around a table in a club room, with a tankard, books and posters on the walls.

Boekenclub op het platteland

1788

A Portrait: Lord Pomfret

published February 26, 1812

Hand-colored print of a dandyish man in a brown tailcoat and yellow breeches with a cane, before a gatehouse and trees.

A Portrait: Lord Petersham

published January 10, 1812

Pen drawing of three caricatured Dutch merchants in long coats and hats, one smoking a pipe, in conversation.

Dutch Merchants Sketched at Amsterdam

published April 4, 1796

Pen sketch of an elderly woman in a bonnet leaning toward a younger woman in a street with Dutch shop signs.

A Dutch Abbess and Her Nymphs Sketched at Amsterdam

published April 4, 1796

Hand-colored print of a man with a telescope at a window watching a comet, beside a seated woman in yellow and a man in blue.

Looking at the Comet till You Get a Crick in the Neck

September 20, 1811

Hand-colored print of a woman with a green umbrella on pattens crossing a rainy street beside a basket seller.

Wet Under Foot

published February 10, 1812

Grey wash print of a woman in a plumed hat seated while a man kneels and gazes up at her beside a drape.

Courtship in High Life

December 15, 1785

Dark maroon folio cover with embossed Gothic corners and gold lettering reading Rowlandson's Caricature Etchings, Boswell's T

Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides: Folio Cover

1786

The military lover

Etching of two women with Fox badges embracing men beside hanging meat, satirizing a 1784 political canvass by Rowlandson.

The Two Patriotic Duchesses on Their Canvass

April 3, 1784

Etching of a woman, a dandy in a tricorn hat, and a scowling old man with a cane beside a wall marked Kings Place.

Which Way Shall I Turn Me? How Can I Decide?

ca. 1780

Hand-colored print of a crowded curving staircase with people falling and a classical statue in a niche.

The Exhibition "Stare-Case"

1811?

Hand-coloured caricature of an opera singer in gold armour before an exaggerated audience and orchestra.

John Bull at the Italian Opera

October 2, 1811

Public Characters

April 1, 1801

Watercolor and pen portrait of an older figure in a hat with a clay pipe, red garment and yellow neckerchief.

A Soldier's Widow

1815/1820

Pen and wash drawing of a nude figure falling from a chariot as rearing horses rise through clouds.

The Fall of Phaeton

Hand-colored print of an old sculptor carving a cherub beside a seated nude model in a cluttered classical studio.

The Sculptor [Preparations for the Academy, Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus]

ca. 1800

A Jemmy

December 1, 1790

Caricature of a dandy in a tricorn hat raising a monocle, wearing striped stockings and holding a cane, with a Proverbs verse

A Jessamy

December 1, 1790

A Smart

December 1, 1790

Hand-colored satirical print of a mannered man in a blue coat beside a woman with a feathered hairstyle, by Thomas Rowlandson

Italian Affectation, Real Characters

1786-91

Satirical etching of an exaggerated man clutching his chest beside a woman in towering feathered hair among bushes.

Italian Affectation, Real Characters

September 1, 1780

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man holding a blue tankard beside a barrel, with pipe-smoking figures in the background.

Sr. Samuel House

[1780] reissued 1786-91

Engraving of Britannia lifting a caricatured man by the leg while another flees across clouds, with a shield and spear.

Britannia Roused, or the Coalition Monsters Destroyed

February 3, 1784

Hand-colored caricature of a woman parachuting over a crowd in a city square, with a balloon above and an obelisk below.

The Parachute or a Sage Lady's Second Experiment

September 1785

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly man in a wig and red coat with a young woman in a bonnet and grey cloak beside him.

Lust and Avarice

November 29, 1788

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in a dark coat whose buttons strain as a thin man in red tugs at his waistcoat.

A Little Bigger

May 18, 1819

Engraved caricature of a woman with a parasol and fur muff in exaggerated 1801 fashion, titled Light Summer Cloathing.

Light Summer Cloathing [sic]

September 10, 1801

Etched caricature of a grotesque bronze figure on a pedestal, with two men in period dress looking on and handwritten dialogu

Taste

April 2, 1801

Hand-colored print of a stout man drinking from a bowl as a skeleton looms behind him beside scattered bottles and jugs.

The Last Drop

April 5, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a green coat and yellow trousers with a huge wide-brimmed hat and a twisted walking stick

Light Summer Hat and Fashionable Walking Sticks for the Year 1801

July 10, 1801

Hand-colored caricature of a councillor in a white wig and blue cloak gesturing while holding papers, with a startled onlooke

A Counciller [sic]

January 1, 1801

Hand-colored 1802 caricature of an elderly man in a plumed hat leading a laughing woman in a white gown down a street.

The Successful Fortune Hunter, or Captain Shelalee Leading Miss Marrowfat to the Temple of Hymen

1802

Hand-colored caricature of a young man in a high collar, frilled shirt and yellow breeches holding a black hat.

The Monstrous Craw; or a New-Discovered Animal

March 1, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man in blue and a thin woman in pink facing each other, nose to nose, 1802.

Doctor Convex and Lady Concave

November 20, 1802

Hand-colored caricature of two elderly antiquarians in fashionable coats examining Egyptian sculptures, sarcophagi and hierog

Antiquarians à la Greque

July 14, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of an old man clinging to Sinbad's shoulders while wading through a muddy political swamp.

The Old Man of the Sea, Sticking to the Shoulders of Sinbad the Sailor

May 17, 1807

Hand-colored drawing of a man and a woman talking before a village house, with onlookers and a child with a basket nearby.

Man en vrouw in een dorp

1766

Hand-colored caricature of a spider with a human face in a bicorne hat at the center of a web, surrounded by labeled flies.

The Corsican Spider in His Web!

July 12, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a huge smiling head over uniformed men with speech bubbles, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1809.

The Head of the Family in Good Humour

January 15, 1809

Title page with hand-colored caricature faces crowding an oval border around lettering for The Caricature Magazine, 1808.

Title Page, The Caricature Magazine, or Mirror of Mirth

November 19, 1808

Satirical etching of a bishop in bed with a woman, a mitre and crozier nearby, and a list for promotion.

The Bishop and His Clarke, or, A Peep into Paradise

February 26, 1809

Hand-coloured caricature of a tall thin woman with a fan and a stout kneeling man in blue beside a mausoleum.

Dropsy Courting Consumption

October 25, 1810

Hand-colored etching of a couple kissing among Egyptian mummies, sphinx statues, and classical vases in a cluttered room.

Modern Antiquities

1811?

Hand-colored caricature of three men haggling in a crowded gallery of gilded framed paintings, one holding a monocle.

Italian Picture Dealers Humbugging My Lord Anglaise

May 30, 1812

Hand-colored caricature of a running uniformed man with a hare, scattering maps of European territories, by Thomas Rowlandson

Head Runner or Runaways from the Leipzic Fair

March 2, 1814

Satirical etching of an ecstatic, round-faced preacher with raised hands, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1825.

Pie-Us Ecstacy - or Godliness (the Itinerant Preachers) Great Gain

November 19, 1825

Hand-coloured caricature of a servant struggling to fasten the breeches of a very stout man in a powdered wig.

A Little Bigger

May 18, 1791

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a plumed hat riding a crowned white horse atop a globe, with labels reading Power and Lib

A Great Man on His Hobby Horse

1803