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The high mettled racer, Thomas Rowlandson

The high mettled racer, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, kn... More

A field day in Hyde Park, Thomas Rowlandson

A field day in Hyde Park, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

The breakfast, Thomas Rowlandson

The breakfast, Thomas Rowlandson

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tavern, pub, or small restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, kno... More

Four o'clock in the country, Thomas Rowlandson

Four o'clock in the country, Thomas Rowlandson

The episode presented in this picture is the complete reverse of that shown in the companion plate, Four o'clock in Town. While the London rake is being assisted to his late bed the country Nimrod is rising wit... More

Four o'clock in town, Thomas Rowlandson

Four o'clock in town, Thomas Rowlandson

A young and well-favoured military buck has returned to his house at the advanced and disreputable hour of four o'clock in the morning, as indicated in the title; he has evidently been 'making a night of it,' a... More

A sudden squall in Hyde Park, Thomas Rowlandson

A sudden squall in Hyde Park, Thomas Rowlandson

The fashionable throngs which Rowlandson, with his marvellously faithful pencil, has so often drawn, disporting themselves in the paths of frivolity amidst the haunts of the ton, are viewed by him under a more ... More

A sudden squall in Hyde Park, Thomas Rowlandson

A sudden squall in Hyde Park, Thomas Rowlandson

The fashionable throngs which Rowlandson, with his marvellously faithful pencil, has so often drawn, disporting themselves in the paths of frivolity amidst the haunts of the ton, are viewed by him under a more ... More

A comfortable nap in a post chaise

A comfortable nap in a post chaise

A well-fed easy-going pair, reposing in a jogging post-chaise, are soothed into slumber by the motion, and are being rattled along oblivious of their surroundings. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowl... More

The Harmonic Society : The assemblies of women are too frequently marked by malice to each other, and slander of the absent ; the meetings of men by noise, inebriety, and wrangling

The Harmonic Society : The assemblies of women are too frequently mark...

The direst disorder, according to the plate, is proceeding around on all sides : the conflict of fists, aided by such aggressive articles as bottles, the fireirons, and any offensive weapon that may come to han... More

The English dance of death, second volume. Plate 12. Death's door

The English dance of death, second volume. Plate 12. Death's door

Death's bony person is half thrust through his portals which lead to the grave as he has been disturbed by a boisterous summons thundered at his gate. He seems quite shocked at the importunities of a crowd of u... More

The English dance of death, first volume, Plate 24: The masquerade

The English dance of death, first volume, Plate 24: The masquerade

A masked ball is represented at its height, gaily attended, and held in the Pantheon or some similar building. A dance is proceeding ; the most diversified scenes meet the eye on all sides, and Rowlandson has g... More