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Artists›Thomas Rowlandson, British

Thomas Rowlandson, British

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artworks (26)

Doctor

1880 · pen and brown ink with watercolor wash

Sheet: 19.7 x 15.5 cm (7 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Coach Changing Horses

1827 · Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board

15.6 × 24.1 cm (6 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tricks of the Turf, or, Settling how to Lose a Race

1821 · Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Portsmouth Point

1814 · etching, hand colored

Cleveland Museum of Art

Raising the Wind

1812 · Pen and brown ink and watercolor over graphite on off-white paper.

296 x 235 mm.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A French Dentist Shewing a Specimen of His Artificial Teeth and False Palates

1811 · Hand-colored etching

Plate: 9 11/16 × 13 3/4 in. (24.6 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 3/16 in. (26.7 × 38.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Village Dance

1810 · watercolor

Sheet: 35.5 x 48.1 cm (14 x 18 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Royal Circus from Ackermann's Repository

1809 · theater, print — aquatint with watercolor on paper

H x W: 26.9 × 27.1 cm (10 9/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Vauxhall Garden from Ackermann's Repository

1809 · print — aquatint in watercolor on paper

Platemark: 29.1 × 23.4 cm (11 7/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Sadlers Wells Theater from Ackermann's Repository

1809 · theater, print — aquatint with watercolor on paper

Platemark: 23.3 × 27.5 cm (9 3/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature: Taunton Vale, Somersetshire

1809 · etching, hand colored

Cleveland Museum of Art

Drury Lane Theater from Ackermann's Repository

1808 · theater, print — black ink with watercolor on paper

Platemark: 22.9 × 27.5 cm (9 in. × 10 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Christie's Auction Room, Pall Mall

1805 · Pen and brown ink and watercolor over traces of graphite on cream paper.

200 x 283 mm.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms

1799 · Hand-colored etching and stipple engraving on ivory wove paper

Image: 46 × 32.2 cm (18 1/8 × 12 11/16 in.); Plate: 49 × 35 cm (19 5/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 49 × 38 cm (19 5/16 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Watering Horses

1795 · Pen and brown ink and watercolor

Sheet: 19.2 x 26.3 cm (7 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Embarking from Brighthelmstone to Dieppe

1787 · etching, hand colored

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Sailor's Return from Active Service

1780 · Watercolor

Sheet: 6 11/16 x 5 1/4 in. (17 x 13.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Migrants

1780 · Watercolor

Sheet: 5 11/16 x 9 3/8 in. (14.5 x 23.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Going to Ivy Bridge

1780 · Watercolor

Sheet: 4 5/8 x 7 15/16 in. (11.8 x 20.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Interior of an Inn

1776 · Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper

14.8 × 23.8 cm (5 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

At an Old English Eating House

1776 · Pen and red ink with brush and watercolor over graphite, on cream wove paper

15.1 × 26.4 cm (6 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Doctor Syntax on the Road

1776 · Pen and gray ink with brush and gray wash and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on card

15.7 × 22.8 cm (6 3/16 × 9 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

St. Cullum's, Cornwall

1776 · Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board

18.8 × 27.6 cm (7 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Concerto Spirituale

1776 · Pen and brush with brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper

19.4 × 16.4 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

26 published of 26 catalogued · 26 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Cooper Hewitt
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Smithsonian
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Portsmouth Point
1814 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Embarking from Brighthelmstone to Dieppe
1787 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Village Dance
1810 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature: Taunton Vale, Somersetshire
1809 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Doctor
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Watering Horses
1795 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Escape of French Prisoners
1771 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Met Museum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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