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 - 16 also.
This is part 17 of a 19-part series on the works of Thomas Rowlandson:
1816 World in Miniature, 40 plates (not all found):
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| 1816 Plate 2, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 7, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 24 x 16.9 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 10, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17 x 24.1 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 11, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 24.2 x 17.2 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 13, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 15, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.1 x 24.1 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 16, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 17, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 19, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.4 x 24.7 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 21, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 16.9 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 22, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 16.9 x 24 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 23, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 24, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 25, A Landing Place, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 26, A Flying Wagon, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17 x 13.7 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 27, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.4 x 23.8 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 28, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.5 x 24 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 30, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17 x 24.4 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 31, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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1816 Plate 32, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 33, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 34, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 35, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 35, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 38, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.4 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1816 Plate 40, from "World in Miniature" hand-coloured etching 17.3 x 24.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
1817 The Vicar of Wakefield:
The Vicar of Wakefield was written by Oliver Goldsmith between 1761–62, published in 1766, and later illustrated with twenty-four designs by Thomas Rowlandson in 1817.
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| Plate 1. Frontispiece: The Vicar of Wakefield. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 23.3 x 14.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 2. The Social Evening. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.6 x 23.2 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 3. The Departure from Wakefield. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.6 x 23.2 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 4. Sophia Rescued from the Water. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.5 x 23.7 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 5. The Welcome. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.5 x 22.9 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 6. The Esquire's Intrusion. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.4 x 23.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 7. Mr. Burchell's First Visit. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.5 x 23.4 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 8. The Dance. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.7 x 23.6 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 9. Fortune-Telling. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.4 x 23.2 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 10. The Vicar's Family on their Road to Church. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.3 x 23.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 11. Hunting the Slipper. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.2 x 23.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 12. The Gross of Green Spectacles. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.3 x 23.5 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 13. The Vicar Selling his Horse. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.6 x 23.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 14. The Family Picture. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.8 x 23.6 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 15. The Vicar in company with Strolling Players. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.5 x 23.6 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 16. The Surprise. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.6 x 23.3 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 17. The Stage. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.4 x 23.9 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 18. Attendance on a Nobleman. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.5 x 23.4 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 19. A Connoisseur. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.8 x 23.5 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 20. The Scold, with News of Olivia. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.2 x 23.4 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 21. The Fair Penitent. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.8 x 23.5 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 22. Domestic Arrangements in Prison. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.7 x 23.5 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 23. The Vicar Preaching to the Prisoners. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.3 x 23.5 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Plate 24. The Weddings. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 14.6 x 23.5 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1818 The Last Jig, or Adieu to Old England. hand-coloured etching 23.5 x 33.6 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1818 The Trout Fisher rising. pen and grey ink with watercolour The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum |
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| 1818 Wild Irish or Paddy from Cork, with his Coat Buttoned Behind. hand-coloured etching 25.3 x 35.2 cm (image) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1819 A Little Bigger. hand-coloured etching 39.4 x 31.4 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1819 Beadle and Barrow Women pen and brown ink with grey ink and watercolour The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum |
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| 1819 Dram-a-tic Demireps at their Morning Rehearsal. hand-coloured etching 24.7 x 35.2 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1819 Macasser Oil ink and watercolour on paper |
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| 1819 View of the Theatre, Printing House &c. Oxford. hand-coloured etching and aquatint 21.9 x 30.9 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1820 Past One O'Clock. hand-coloured etching 13.8 x 8.8 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| 1821 A Inn Yard. pen and brown and red ink with watercolour The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum |
