Thomas Rowlandson (1757 London – 1827 London) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social and political satires, as well as large number of illustrations for novels, humorous books, and topographical works. Like other caricaturists of his age such as James Gillray, his caricatures are often robust or bawdy. Rowlandson also produced highly explicit erotica for a private clientele; this was never published publicly at the time and is now only found in a small number of collections. His caricatures included those of people in power such as the Duchess of Devonshire, William Pitt the Younger and Napoleon Bonaparte.
For more information about Thomas Rowlandson see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 & 2 also.
This is part 3 of a 19-part series on the works of Thomas Rowlandson:
1786 The Tithe Pig.
hand-coloured etching 23.7 x 29.5 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1786-91 Italian Affectation, Real Characters
hand-coloured etching 23.3 x 18.4 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 A Fisherman's Family (?)
etching and aquatint 16.6 x 23.3 cm (sheet)
© Royal Collection Trust, UK
1787 A Sailor's Family
etching 24.7 x 19.7 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 And now his lifted eyes the ceiling sought:
And now he whistled - not for want of thought.
etching 19 x 23.4 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 Boy Bringing Round a Citizen's Curricle
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 15 x 22 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 Civility.
etching and aquatint 24.8 x 34.6 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 Country Inn
etching and aquatint 14.7 x 22.3 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 Going Out in the Morning.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 17 x 24.8 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 Kick Up at a Hazard Table
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 40.9 x 54.4 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 Love in the East
etching 17.4 x 25 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 Prooemium (Preface) to "Ode Upon Ode"
etching 19.5 x 23,7 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 Showing, Off:
hand-coloured etching 31.1 x 44.1 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 The Feathers.
etching and aquatint 15.6 x 23.2 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 The Half-Way House.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 15.5 x 21.7 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1787 The Surprising Irish Giant of St. James's Street
Patrick O’Brien (1760-1806), born Patrick Cotter in Kinsale, Ireland in 1760, grew to the height of over eight foot and became known as the Irish Giant and the Bristol Giant. He was ‘discovered’ by an agent in Ireland who brought him to England to exhibit him in Bristol in 1782, and by about 1785 came to London where he exhibited himself very profitably at 30, St. James Street. ‘Giants’ bodies were of great interest to anatomists – something of which O’Brien was hugely fearful, and despite leaving enough money for a lead-lined casket and burial beneath rock, O’Brien’s body was still disinterred in 1972 for medical research.
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| 1787 The Surprising Irish Giant of St. James's Street. hand-coloured etching 23.9 x 32.7 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1787 The Syrens. etching aquatint and stipple 27.2 x 37.1 cm (sheet) |
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| 1787 The Triumph of Hypocrisy. hand-coloured stippled etching and aquatint 31.7 x 40.8 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1787 The Triumph of Sentiment. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 32.5 x 41.4 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Landscape with a figure carrying a bundle of branches etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint 30.2 x 37.8 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Landscape with a figure herding cattle etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint 30.2 x 37.8 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Landscape with figures binding a bundle of wood etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint 28.8 x 36.5 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Landscape with figures collecting wood etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint 29.5 x 37 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Agreeable Companions in a Post Chaise. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 16.6 x 22.4 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Ague and Fever. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 44.8 x 58.3 cm (sheet) © Royal Collection Trust, UK |
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| 1788 An Epicure. hand-coloured etching 34.9 x 24.6 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Blue and Buff Loyalty. hand-coloured etching 21.1 x 33.4 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Cornish Horses. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 13.8 x 17.6 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Entertainment for Man and Horse hand-coloured etching 25.3 x 34.7 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 False Courage. hand-coloured etching 24.4 x 35 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 John Bull in France. (after Henry Wigstead) hand-coloured etching and aquatint 18.3 x 24.7 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Liberality and Desire. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 37.5 x 27.2 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Lust and Avarice. hand-coloured etching 37.5 x 27.3 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Monsieur in England. (after Henry Wigstead) hand-coloured etching and aquatint 17.7 x 25 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Scavenger's Cart hand-coloured etching 15.8 x 23.2 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Stage Coach setting down at the Dolphin Inn etching and aquatint 15.7 x 22.7 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 Studious Gluttons. hand-coloured etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper 33.2 x 42.1 cm (image) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1788 The Prospect Before Us. hand-coloured etching 24.8 x 35 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1788 The Q.A. Loaded with the spoils of India and Britain. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 23.5 x 31.8 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 A Brace of Blackguards. 36.8 x 23.5 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 A Distressed Sailor. etching and aquatint 35.3 x 24.9 cm (sheet) © Royal Collection Trust, UK |
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| 1789 A Penny Barber. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 34.1 x 23.2 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Bay of Biscay 18.8 x 27.4 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Grog on Board hand-coloured etching 29.8 x 40.1 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Landscape with a figure herding cattle to water etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint 25.5 x 32.5 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Neddy's Black Box. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 23.1 x 33.1 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Pastoral Riverside Scene etching 30 x 37.7 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 State Butchers. hand-coloured etching 25.7 x 37.2 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Preparing for Supper hand-coloured etching and aquatint 20.6 x 25.2 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 Waiting for Dinner hand-coloured etching and aquatint 20.6 x 25.4 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 At Dinner hand-coloured etching and aquatint 20.4 x 25 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 After Dinner hand-coloured etching and aquatint 20.4 x 25 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
1789 The Life of a Racehourse:
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| 1789 (1799 reissue) Mounting. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 25.4 x 34 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 The Cart Horse (from The Life of a Racehourse, or The High-Mettled Racer) hand-coloured etching and aquatint 29.6 x 39.4 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1789 The Hunter (from The Life of a Racehourse, or The High-Mettled Racer) hand-coloured etching and aquatint 30 x 39.6 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1790 A Butcher. etching and aquatint 35.5 x 25.4 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1790 A Smart etching and aquatint 33.7 x 21.8 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| after 1790 Satan, Sin and Death (Paradise Lost, Book the 2nd) etching 32.7 x 37.8 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1790 Airing a Shift. hand-coloured etching with stipple 32.7 x 34.5 cm (sheet) © Royal Collection Trust, UK |
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