A keen-sighted politician warming his imagination, James Gillray
Grenville stands on a hearth-rug, his back to a blazing fire (right), holding up to his face an open book at which he looks sideways and near-sightedly. He raises his coat-tails to warm his bulky posteriors, hi... More
Comfort to the corns, Thomas Rowlandson, James Gillray
An old hag sits in a carved chair with a gothic back by a vast open fire-place (right), with sticks blazing on the hearth. She uses a large knife to slice at one of her distorted toes. Beside her are a tub and ... More
Admonition and gratitude, Thomas Rowlandson
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A cruise to Covent Garden, Thomas Rowlandson
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Public house politicians, Thomas Rowlandson
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A milling match : Between decks, Thomas Rowlandson
Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.
A cure for a smoky chimney!!, Thomas Rowlandson
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Judge Thumb : Or patent sticks for family correction; warranted lawful...
Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.
Irish bog trotters, Thomas Rowlandson
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The Yorkshire bumpkin's mistake, Thomas Rowlandson
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The conclusion of the first volume of the Caricature Magazine
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Smoking a parson, Thomas Rowlandson
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A white ghost in Ireland, Thomas Rowlandson
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The cheerful cobler, Thomas Rowlandson
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The discovery, or little faux pas, Thomas Rowlandson
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Nautical comfort, Thomas Rowlandson
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Title page of The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror by G. M. W...
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Sir John Barleycorn, Miss Hop, (and their only child) Master Porter
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Royal amusement or nature will prevail!!, Thomas Rowlandson
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The exciseman and the countryman, Thomas Rowlandson
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A riddle expounded or the dignity of a parson's horse
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Five wives at a time or an Irishman taken in!!
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The friend of the people and his petty-new-tax-gatherer paying John Bu...
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The road to London or the countryman and the Quakers
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A tour to the lakes, Thomas Rowlandson
A clerical traveller has arrived, late at night, at an hostel ; a pretty chamber-maid is showing the reverend visitor to his room, bearing a lighted candle, a warming pan, and the saddle-bags of the guest, who ... More
Comfort for an old maid, Thomas Rowlandson
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A nincompoop : Or hen peck'd husband, Thomas Rowlandson
It is supposed to be the day of rest and ease, and comfortable cits are taking their summer outings to suburban resorts. A buxom city wife is sailing along with an air like a tragedy queen, fanning herself as s... More
A bill of fare for Bond Street epicures
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The sweet little girl that I love
A long military gentleman, wearing spectacles, a pigtail, and a powdered wig and whiskers, in the course of his perambulations has come across a quaint round little body, as broad as she is long, and perched on... More
The head of the family in good humour
John Bull is surrounded by the heads of the different states, who are all hurling out threats against his chances of peace. Napoleon is thundering for Ships, Colonies, and Commerce, The Muscovite is denouncing ... More
A lump of innocence, Thomas Rowlandson
A florid beauty, of the fat, fair, forty, and full-blown type, is affecting a modesty, though she has it not ; her eyes are downcast, and a blush suffuses all over, her cheeks being about the colour of a bumper... More
A lump of impertinence!, Thomas Rowlandson
Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.
The old womans complaint or the Greek alphabet
An old country dame has called upon a pedagogue, with a fanciful grievance, to make respectful complaints against the dominie's scholars, who, cap in hand, and satchel on back, are making their entrance into th... More
A plan for general reform, Thomas Rowlandson
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A parody on Milton, Thomas Rowlandson
A slipshod and tailorlike-looking old scarecrow, with spectacles on nose, and wearing a scarlet nightcap, is viewing with idiotic rapture the advent of a fat, inebriated, and dishevelled bacchante of mature cha... More
A milk sop, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain drawing
A pretty milkmaid, with her yoke and cans, is passing the chambers of a gallant collegian at one of the Universities ; the shameless undergraduate, in cap and gown, has waited his opportunity, and as the buxom ... More
Rural sports. Balloon hunting, Thomas Rowlandson
The balloon is drifting before the wind beyond the control of the aeronaut; a fair voyager is making a terrific descent with a parachute in the midst of a flock of birds ; from the top of a tall tower a gentlem... More
A man of feeling, Thomas Rowlandson
Represents the college rooms of a Master of Arts and a Fellow of decidedly convivial tendencies, whose predilections appear to be the reverse of ascetic. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - E... More
Hiring a servant, Thomas Rowlandson
An elderly couple in a genteel station of life are seated at the breakfast-table ; to them enters a simple country maiden, with a pretty and innocent face, her arms modestly folded, as an applicant for a place.... More
Land stores, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain drawing
A dark beauty, of colossal proportions, is embraced by an officer whose figure is dwarfed in comparison. Companion print to "Sea Stores." Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English caricatur... More
A Spanish cloak, Thomas Rowlandson
A superior officer, going his midnight rounds of the sentries posted on a line of fortifications, is amused at discovering the phenomenon of two pairs of legs below one cloak. A trooper has taken advantage of h... More
Setting out for Margate, Thomas Rowlandson
A stout citizen, smartly clad, with his wife, whose apparel is still more festive, are setting out upon a holiday excursion. The heads of two geese are hanging over the coat-tails of the cockney traveller. Cour... More
The secret history of crim con., fig. 2
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Plucking a spoony, Thomas Rowlandson
A promising young 'spooney,' according to the artist's view, is entering on life's dangers represented pictorially in three subjects which are hanging over the head of the victim : 'the fair sex drinking and ga... More
Catching an elephant, Thomas Rowlandson
Two attractive and winsome damsels, standing outside a portal labelled 'Warm Baths,' have just succeeded in capturing an elderly colossus of a man, whose bulk should fairly entitle him to take his place amongst... More
The secret history of crim con., fig'r. 1
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The learned Scotchman or magistrates mistake, Thomas Rowlandson
A Scotchman is led before a country justice, charged with drunkenness ; the magistrate's wife is seated by the side of her lord, and is much shocked at the learned Caledonian's defence ; bowing low, bonnet in h... More
Working over the flats in troubled water
Sheridan in harlequin dress rows an open boat, over which large waves are breaking, towards a rock on the horizon inscribed 'Cape Clear', The others in the boat are (left to right) Moira, in the bows, Yarmouth ... More
Racing, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain image related to music prfor...
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Sea stores, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain drawing
A bevy of females consisting of a negress and other beauties from the purlieus of the port, 'waiting for Jack' are sportively accosted by a dapper young midshipman who has been sent on shore to procure supplies... More