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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