Thursday 2 September 2021

Thomas Rowlandson - part 19

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 - 18 also.

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

1821 Comet
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper 

1822-27 Lay Figure at Somerset House
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour over graphite, on ivory wove paper 18.4 x 28.3 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

c1822 An Old Maid's Delight.
 hand-coloured etching 32.5 x 22.2 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c1822 Solitude at Strawberry Hill
pen and brown ink, with brush and watercolour, on cream wove paper 12.3 x 19.9 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1823 An Old Poacher Caught in a Snare.
 hand-coloured etching 35.2 x 25 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1823 The Chance Seller of the Exchequer Putting an Extinguisher on Lotteries.
 hand-coloured etching 24.4 x 35 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1825 Pie-Us Ecstacy – or Godliness (the Itinerant Preachers) Great Gain.
 etching 28.5 x 22.3 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1827 Coach Changing Horses.
 pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper 15.6 x 24.1 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL


Note: The remainder of images found for this series are undated unlike the prints that have a publishing date. These original artworks however, do show what a good draughtsman Rowlandson was:

n.d. Portrait of a Lady
pen and grey ink with watercolour 19 x 15.3 cm
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. Kitchin Stuf or Cupboard Love
pen and ink and wash over graphite 11.6 x 18.8 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

n.d. A Blacksmith
pen and black ink and grey wash on paper 24.4 x 19.1 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. A Cavalry Review
pen and grey ink with watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. A Contre-Temps
pen and watercolour over pencil 19.5 x 25 cm (sheet)
© Royal Collection Trust, UK

n.d. A Girl feeding Pigs
watercolour

n.d. A Prize Fight
 pen and brown ink with watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. A View on the Thames
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper 25.3 x 41.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Ale House
pen and red and brown ink with brush and watercolour, on ivory wove paper 11.3 x 18 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. At an Old English Eating House
pen and red ink with brush and watercolour over graphite, on cream wove paper 15.1 x 26.4 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Bathers in a Landscape
watercolour 15.2 x 25.2 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Boat Builders
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper 14.6 x 23.6 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Boon Companions
pen and grey ink with grey and brown wash and watercolour

n.d. Captain Squander Bang Up to the Mark
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour, over graphite, on cream wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper 14.7 x 23.7 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Concerto Spirituale [with] Messengers Boch and Abel
pen and brush with brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper 19.4 x 16.4 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Country Inn
pen and grey and brown ink with watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. Country road with figures and a cottage
pen and brown ink with watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. Country Scene
pen and grey ink and watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. Dover Coach
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour, on ivory wove paper 28.5 x 44.4 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Downlands, Sussex
ink and watercolour on paper 17.1 x 26 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Figures by the Seashore
pen and ink and watercolour 16.2 x 15.6 cm (sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Four Women Bathers
pen and grey ink and watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. Head and Two Lions
pen and brush with brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper 19.3 x 14.9 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Hengar House, the seat of Matthw. Mitchell Esqr., Cornwall
watercolour and pen and ink over pencil 20.3 x 27.3 cm

n.d. Home
pen and ink and watercolour on paper

n.d. Interior of an Inn
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper 14.8 x 23.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Landscape with a Hunting Party
14.9 x 24.1 cm (image)
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Landscape with Wayside Cross and Cottages
pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash and watercolour, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper 24 x 37.5 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Les baigneuses
pencil and watercolour 22.3 x 31.1 cm

n.d. London Scene: Malefactors on Their Way to Tyburn
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour, on ivory wove paper 14.7 x 23.6 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Mrs. Samuel Howitt
pen and ink and watercolour on paper 28.9 x 18.4 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

n.d. Nine Human and Animal Heads
pen and brown ink with watercolour 21.8 x 17.1 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

n.d. Portrait of George Morland
graphite on paper, Artist
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. Portrait of George Morland, Artist
pen and grey ink with watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. Portrait of Robert Kennett, forger
pen and grey ink with grey wash and watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. Rider Thrown at a Hunt
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper 10.5 x 15.7 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Ships and Sailors
watercolour 12.9 x 21.7 cm (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Six Human and Animal Heads
pen and brown ink with watercolour 22 x 17.3 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

n.d. St. Cullum’s, Cornwall
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour, over graphite, on ivory wove paper 18.8 x 27.6 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Stag Hunting Scene in a Park
pen and ink with watercolour 23.8 x 33.5 cm (sheet)
© Royal Collection Trust, UK

n.d. The Basket Seller
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour, over graphite, on ivory wove paper 12.3 x 8.4 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. The Drunken Husband
pen and brown ink with grey wash and watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. The Extravagant Wife
pen and grey ink with watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. An extravagant Woman does not perceive her Circumstances decaying
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour, over graphite, on ivory wove paper 12.4 x 8.5 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. The Fox Hunter at fault or a scrambling breakfast
pen and brown ink with brown wash and watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. The Lover in Disguise
pen and brown ink with watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum

n.d. The Marriage Contract
pen and black and brown ink and watercolour over graphite 43.5 x 52.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

n.d. The Peep Show
pen and brown ink with watercolour over graphite on laid paper
Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. The Reception
ink and watercolour 24.1 x 38.1 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. The Ruffian
watercolour and red and grey ink on cream paper
 22.9 x 17.9 cm
Harvard Art Museums
© President and Fellows of Harvard College

n.d. The Shrimp Girl
pen with brown ink and watercolour 24.3 x 17.8 cm (sheet)
© Royal Collection Trust, UK

n.d. The Stage Coach
pen and grey ink with watercolour
The British Museum, London
© The Trustees of the British Museum