The English painter Thomas Rowlandson became famous for his socially critical caricatures. His erotic, sometimes even pornographic pictures were strongly influenced by the paintings of the French Rococo.
The son of a respected merchant was born in London, where he later studied at the Royal Academy of Arts, followed by several courses of study in Paris. He started with portraits and landscapes, but the etcher James Gillray, as well as Henry William Bunbury inspired him to caricature painting, which finally brought him attention and success, so in 1784 the paintings of Vauxhall Gardens. The publisher Rudolph Ackermann published in his Poetical Magazine a large number of colored aquatint sheets by Rowlandson, which is based on a special process of artistic printmaking that uses surface etching. Books by Henry Fielding, Tobias Smolett, Laurence Sterne or Oliver Goldsmith were illustrated with drawings by Thomas Rowlandson. English journals distributed his caricatures.
Even as vicious as his pictures seemed to be his way of life. He had a great passion for betting and gambling, which repeatedly got him into financial difficulties. Nevertheless he reached the age of 71 years. He died in his birthplace London. Works like The Toss off, poem and illustrations or The Adulturers discovered still find lovers as well as outrage.
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.jpg "The Wonderful Pig, April 12, 1785 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Nap Buonaparte in a Fever on Receiving the Extraordinary Gazette of Nelson")
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.jpg "The Modern Hercules, Cleansing the Augean Stable by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Churchyard Debate by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Sunset over the Plain of Barbizon by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Cook by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Study for St. Stephen")
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.jpg "Interior View of the Sessions House, Old Bailey, with a Court in Session, City of London by Augustus Charles Pugin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1341050).jpg "An Artist Travelling in Wales by Henri Merke")
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.jpg "Patriotic Dinner in London, 1813 by R. Reeves")
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.jpg "Study for Royal Chapel, Whitehall, in Micocosm of London by Augustus Charles Pugin")
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.jpg "Study for Wedgwood and Byerly, York Street, St James")
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.jpg "Study for Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall, from Microcosm of London by Augustus Charles Pugin")
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.jpg "Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London by Joseph Constantine Stadler")
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.jpg "A Book Auction by Otto Limited")
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_-_Vauxhall_Gardens_in_LondenVaux-Hall_(title_on_object)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1358166).jpg "Vauxhall Gardens in London by Robert Pollard (I)")
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.jpg "Study for Stamp Office (from Microcosm of London) by Augustus Charles Pugin")
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.jpg "The Departure by Joseph Constantine Stadler")
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.jpg "Study for Whitehall Chapel, from Microcosm of London by Augustus Charles Pugin")
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.jpg "Philanthropic Society Institution Chapel, London Road, Southwark, London by Edward Blackburn")
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.jpg "Old Man Leafing Through a Print Album, Next to Him His Young Wife by T. Smith")
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.jpg "The Departure, from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, 1813 by Joseph Constantine Stadler")
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.jpg "Vive Le Roi! Vive L")
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.jpg "Every Man Has His Hobby Horse by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Wit and Wisdom Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Art of Ingeniously Tormenting by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Searched by the Douaniers on the French Frontiers, from Journal of Sentimental Travels by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Parody, or Mother Cole and Loader by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Preparing for Supper, 1790 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Procession of a Country Corporation, August 12, 1799 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Plate 10, Outlines of Figures, Landscapes and Cattle...for the Use of Learners, August 6, 1790 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Sweet Pea, August 29, 1812 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Recovery Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second, June 20, 1786 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Quae Genus at Oxford, from The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling, November 1, 1821 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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![Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls, [November 20, 1800], reprint by Thomas Rowlandson](/kunstwerke/300px/Thomas_Rowlandson_-_Grotesque_Borders_for_Rooms_Halls_November_20_1800_reprint_November_20_1800_rep_-_(MeisterDrucke-1150714).jpg "Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls, [November 20, 1800], reprint by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Chelsea Parade or a Croaking Member Surveying The Inside Outside and Backside of, March 4, 1809 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "A Cure for Lying and a Bad Memory, July 9, 1807 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Joseph Hastens to Rescue Fanny from Imminent Danger, from The Adventures of Joseph Andrew, 1792 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Luxury, October 7, 1780 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Spaniard, April 1808 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Richmond Bridge, London, c1780-c1820 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Plate 38, from World in Miniature, 1816 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "None But the Brave Deserve the Fair, 1813 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "A Master of the Ceremonies Introducing a Partner, November 24, 1795 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Funeralorum, Virginia, Hazardorum, August 15, 1800 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Sports of a Country Fair, October 5, 1810 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "View of Norwich From St. James Hill, 1799 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "A Little Tighter, 1791 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Domestic Shaving, August 21, 1786 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Symptoms of Restiveness, 1807 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Corsican Munchausen - Humming the Lads of Paris, December 4, 1813 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Rural Sports or a Cricket Match Extraordinary by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Parachute or a Sage Lady")
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.jpg "The French Admiral on Board the Euryalus by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Venus, Anchises and Cupid by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Plate 2, from World in Miniature by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Twopenny Cribbage, Reissued 1810 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Comforts of Bath, Plate 12, January 6, 1798 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Fast Day, March 20, 1799 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "A Sailor")
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.jpg "An Old Ewe Drest Lamb Fashion by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Inn Yard on Fire by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Bitter Fare or Sweeps Regaling by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Reception by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Odd-Characters by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Gig Hauling, or Gentlemanly Amusement for the Nineteenth Century by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Miseries of London by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Plate 20, from World in Miniature by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Incurable by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Baron arrives at Ceylon, combats and conquers two extraordinary opponents, reissued 1811 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Murphy Delaney by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls, reprint by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Business and Pleasure, reprint by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Lombard Street, London by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Barber")
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.jpg "A Counselor")
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.jpg "The Bailiff")
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.jpg "The Branded Bully, or the Ass Stripp")
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.jpg "Introduction, November 30, 1793 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Three Weeks After Marriage, or the Great Little Emperor Playing at Bo-Peep, May 15, 1810 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Fashion, April 2, 1801 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "A View of London from the Thames, November 1, 1809 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "A Visit to the Doctor, 1809-12 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Fiddler, Sailor, Two Women and a Pig by a Cottage, 1816 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "A Statuary")
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.jpg "Miseries of London: Entering upon any of the bridges of London or any of the passages, July 14, 1807 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "A Scene from The Tragedy of Cato by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "St James")
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.jpg "Dawdlers of the Rue Coq, Paris, ca. 1810 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Directions to Footmen, November 10, 1807 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Rural Sports: Balloon Hunting, October 25, 1811 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "Introduced to his Colonel, from The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, 1815 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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![Scene from the Tempest: Caliban, Prospero and Miranda, [1783-87] reissued 1801 by Thomas Rowlandson](/kunstwerke/300px/Thomas_Rowlandson_-_Scene_from_the_Tempest_Caliban_Prospero_and_Miranda_1783-87_reissued_1801_-_(MeisterDrucke-1150253).jpg "Scene from the Tempest: Caliban, Prospero and Miranda, [1783-87] reissued 1801 by Thomas Rowlandson")
![Scene from the Tempest: Caliban, Prospero and Miranda, [1783-87] reissued 1801 by Thomas Rowlandson](/kunstwerke/400w/Thomas_Rowlandson_-_Scene_from_the_Tempest_Caliban_Prospero_and_Miranda_1783-87_reissued_1801_-_(MeisterDrucke-1150253).jpg)
.jpg "Miseries of High Life, March 1, 1808 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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.jpg "The Sailor")
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![Life and Death of the Race Horse, [September 25, 1811], reprint by Thomas Rowlandson](/kunstwerke/300px/Thomas_Rowlandson_-_Life_and_Death_of_the_Race_Horse_September_25_1811_reprint_September_25_1811_rep_-_(MeisterDrucke-1150246).jpg "Life and Death of the Race Horse, [September 25, 1811], reprint by Thomas Rowlandson")
![Life and Death of the Race Horse, [September 25, 1811], reprint by Thomas Rowlandson](/kunstwerke/400w/Thomas_Rowlandson_-_Life_and_Death_of_the_Race_Horse_September_25_1811_reprint_September_25_1811_rep_-_(MeisterDrucke-1150246).jpg)
.jpg "Horse Accomplishments, Sketch 1: An Astronomer !!, August 1, 1799 by Thomas Rowlandson")
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