Thomas Rowlandson
English artist and caricaturist (1757-1827) · Artists · Died at 69
Thomas Rowlandson was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation.
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A Sermon in Exeter Cathedral, pencil, pen and ink on paper
Discomforts of an Epicure, a self-portrait from 1787, showed that he could aim his caricatures at himself.
Rowlandson at work in later life, drawn by John Thomas Smith
Vauxhall Gardens (1785). The two women in the centre are Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and her sister Lady Duncannon. The man seated at the table on the left is Samuel Johnson, with James Boswell to his left and Oliver Goldsmith to his right. To the right the actress and author Mary Darby Robinson stands next to the Prince of Wales, later George IV.
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A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social and political satires, as well as a 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. His caricatures included those of people in power such as the Duchess of Devonshire, William Pitt the Younger and Napoleon Bonaparte. Rowlandson also produced erotica for a private clientele; this was never published publicly at the time and is now only found in a small number of collections.
