Thomas Rowlandson - part 15

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 - 14 also.

This is part 15 of a 19-part series on the works of Thomas Rowlandson:

1813 Business and Pleasure.
 hand-coloured etching 23.2 x 31.5 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Dutch Night-Mare or the Fraternal Hug Returned with a Dutch Squeeze
hand-coloured etching 34 x 24.5 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 How to Vault in the Saddle.
 hand-coloured etching 33.3 x 22.9 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Humours of Houndsditch, or Mrs. Shevi in a Longing Condition.
 hand-coloured etching 34.5 x 24.9 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 None But the Brave Deserve the Fair.
 hand-coloured etching 35 x 25 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Cobbler's Cure for a Scolding Wife (1)
hand-coloured etching 33 x 24.4 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Cobbler's Cure for a Scolding Wife (2)
hand-coloured etching 34.9 x 24.8 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Last Gasp, or Toadstools Mistaken for Mushrooms.
 hand-coloured etching 34 x 24.1 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Unloading A Wagon.
 hand-coloured etching 24.4 x 34.5 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c1813 Cracking a Joke!!
hand-coloured etching 23.4 x 23.8 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c1813 Giving Up the Ghost or One Too Many.
 hand-coloured etching 24.1 x 34.3 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1814 A Medical Inspection, or Miracles Will Never Cease.
 hand-coloured etching 34.6 x 24.6 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1814 A Tailors Wedding.
 hand-coloured etching 34.7 x 25.9 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1814 Crimping a Quaker
hand-coloured etching 35 x 25.3 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1814 Irish Jaunting Car(r).
 hand-coloured etching 24.1 x 34.3 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1814 Joanna Southcott the Prophetess Excommunicating the Bishops.
 hand-coloured etching 23.8 x 33.1 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1814 Madame Very Restauranteur, Palais Royal Paris.
La Belle Liminaudiere au Caffee De Mille Collone, Palais Royale Paris
hand-coloured etching 36.3 x 24.6 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1814 Peace and Plenty.
hand-coloured etching 34.5 x 25.7 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1814 Portsmouth Point.
 hand-coloured etching on ivory wove paper 23 x 33.5 cm (image)
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1814 Progress of Gallantry, or Stolen Kisses Sweetest.
 hand-coloured etching 35.1 x 24.9 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1814 Quarter Day, or Clearing the Premises without Consulting Your Landlord
 hand-coloured etching 32.8 x 22.9 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1814 Rural Sports, or a Pleasant Way of Making Hay.
 hand-coloured etching 34.8 x 24.7 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1815 Breaking Up of the Blue Stocking Club.
 hand-coloured etching 24.8 x 36 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1815 Defrauding the Customs, or Shipping the Goods Not Fairly Entered.
 hand-coloured etching 24.5 x 34.5 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1815 Hell Hounds Rallying Round the Idol of France.
 hand-coloured etching 27 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1815 Hodge's Explanation of a Hundred Magistrates.
hand-coloured etching 24.3 x 33.5 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1815 Neighbourly Refreshment.
 hand-coloured etching 34.4 x 24.7 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1815 Slap-Bang Shop
 hand-colured etching 32.7 x 24.3 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1815 Snips
hand-coloured etching 30.6 x 22.2 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Poetical Sketches of Scarborough

Twenty-one plates etched by Thomas Rowlandson after James Green. The aquatint was added by John Bluck and Joseph Stadler. The sketches by Green were made as souvenirs and not intended for publication, but were ultimately published due to popular demand.

Poetical Sketches of Scarborough
Title Page

1813 A Trip to Scarbro'
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 13.8 x 20.9 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Boot & Shoe Shop.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14 x 21 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Cornelian Bay.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 22 x 14 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Sea Bathing.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14 x 20.8 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Shower Bath.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.1 x 20.7 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Spa Terrace,
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14 x 20 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Terrace Steps.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 22.3 x 13.6 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Breakfast.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14 x 20.8 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Castle.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 13.7 x 20.7 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Church.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.3 x 20.6 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Departure.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 13.8 x 21.5 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Library.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 13.9 x 21.5 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Post Office.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14 x 20.6 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Sands.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14 x 21.1 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Spa.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.2 x 21 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Terrace.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.2 x 20.8 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Theatre.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14 x 20.7 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 The Warm Bath.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14 x 20 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Wet Quakers.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.3 x 21.4 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1813 Widow Ducker & Her Nymphs.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 21 x 13 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1815 Naples and the Campagna Felice: in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Friend in England in 1802:

Frontispiece
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 22 x 14.3 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Title Page
hand-coloured etching, engraving, and aquatint 22 x 14.3 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plate 3. Don Luigi's Baggage Seized by Four Lazzaroni.
 hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.5 x 23.5 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plate 8. Don Luigi Meets Donna Anna in the Museum.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.4 x 23.3 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plate 10. Sleeping Tête à Tête, at a First Visit of Don Luigi's.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.3 x 23.5 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plate 12. Don Michele Getting Up the Ship's Side.
 hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.5 x 23.2 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plate 13. Don Luigi's Ball.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.2 x 23 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plate 14. A Bacchanalian Scene at Don Luigi's Ball.
 hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.5 x23.3 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plate 16. Don Michele Preparing for his Triumphal Expedition.
 hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.4 x 22.7 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plate 17. The Letter Writer.
hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.5 x 23.3 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York