Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson
One of the great names in the “golden age” of caricatures, which ran for fifty years from c.1780.
He entered the Royal Academy School at the age of sixteen, then spent two years in Paris and was exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1775 onwards.
A prolific artist, he worked for many of the leading print sellers, both from his own designs, and by the developing designs produced by others.
Social caricature was his main area, though some of his political satires showed political insights as well as great artistry.

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  T. Rowlandson. ALL THE TALENTS.
Published April 18th 1807 by 11 Stockdale Pall Mall.
4¾ x 7¾. Trimmed onto/within the plate mark with a small repaired tear one inch from the top left corner.
This was the frontispiece to a collection of satirical verses of the same title, which was attacking the late Ministry.
B. M. 10720.
£50.
T. Rowlandson. THE DUNGHILL COCK AND GAME PULLET or Boney Beat Out Of The Pitt.
Published April 27th by Thos. Tegg No111. Cheapside.
13½ x 9½. Original colour and trimmed onto/within the image. Some marks, mainly outside the image.
An exhausted Napoleon says, “Marblue I have discharged my whole Artillery to no purpose. I must give Orders to my Aide de Camp to renew the Attack and instruct how to Mannouvre from a distant hill.”
Not in the B. M. or Grego.
£190.
Rowlandson and Pugin.
This is an image from the series of ‘The Microcosm of London’, which was printed for
R. Ackermann, there were 104 images in the series. Originally published in parts, they were published in 1810 in three volumes.
The plates are dated 1808 and are in original colour all measure 11 x 8 ¾ and have good margins.
The catalogue, for the famous ‘Ipex’ exhibition of British Coloured Books, which was held in 1980 referred to this as one of the great books of the period and complemented Ackermann for combining the talents of the French refugee, Augustus Charles Pugin, who was responsible for the architectural details. With the figures being the responsibility of Thomas Rowlandson. In the introduction to the exhibition the mention of this series finishes with the words, “But the superbly accurate architectural drawings of Pugin are marvellously complemented by Rowlandson’s finely observed lords, ladies, fat ugly men, riff-raff and dandies.
EXHIBITION ROOM, SOMERSET HOUSE.
£225.
T. Rowlandson. (COOKS, SCULLIONS – HEAR ME EVERY MOTHER’S SON).
9¾ x 7½. Uncoloured on laid paper and trimmed onto/within the plate mark.
From the ‘Peter Pindar’ series. Above the image a description in ink in an early hand.
Not in the B. M. Grego Vol. 1. pp. 204
£45.
T. Rowlandson. Peter Plumb’s Diary.
(Published May 20th 1810 by Tegg).
13¾ x 9¾. Original colour on paper with a watermark of 1818 with small margins. A ne around the image resulting from an old mount.
The fat ‘cit’ and his wife asleep in large chairs in a comfortable and well equipped room. A young couple cuddle by the piano.
A plum or plumb means a fortune of £100,000.
B. M. 11623.
£175.
T. Rowlandson Weeping.
Published by R. Ackermann’s, 21st January 1800, at the Repository of Arts 101 Strand London. Numbered 13 top right.
10¾ x 8¾. Trimmed onto/within the plate mark to the right, plate mark visible on other three sides, and with original colour.
The text below the image reads,
As laughter is often excited by the most simple causes,
so frequently is Weeping, in this instance the hard & obdurate
features, that would be callous to real sufferings, melts at the
fancied sorrows of a Village love Ballad.
Not in the B. M.
£80.
Rowlandson and Pugin.
This is an image from the series of ‘The Microcosm of London’, which was printed for
R. Ackermann, there were 104 images in the series. Originally published in parts, they were published in 1810 in three volumes.
The plates are dated 1808 and are in original colour all measure 11 x 8 ¾ and have good margins.
The catalogue, for the famous ‘Ipex’ exhibition of British Coloured Books, which was held in 1980 referred to this as one of the great books of the period and complemented Ackermann for combining the talents of the French refugee, Augustus Charles Pugin, who was responsible for the architectural details. With the figures being the responsibility of Thomas Rowlandson. In the introduction to the exhibition the mention of this series finishes with the words, “But the superbly accurate architectural drawings of Pugin are marvellously complemented by Rowlandson’s finely observed lords, ladies, fat ugly men, riff-raff and dandies.
EXHIBITION OF WATER COLOURED DRAWINGS, OLD BOND STREET.
£200.
T. Rowlandson. (IS THIS YOUR LOUSE?).
10 x 7. Uncoloured on laid paper and with thread margins.
One of the illustrations for the ‘Peter Pindar’ series published in 1787.
Not in the B. M. Grego vol. 1. pp. 201.
£45.
T. Rowlandson. The Norwich Bull Feast or Glory and Gluttony.
Published November 22 1819 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
9¾.x 13¾. Original colour and small margins and some surface marks.
The cheering crowds were celebrating the victory at Leipzig. The effigy of Napoleon is prominent as the banner alongside reads “Downfall of the Tyrant.”
B. M. 13487.
£170.
T. Rowlandson. HODGES EXPLANATION OF A HUNDRED MAGISTRATES.
Published by Thos. Tegg March 1st 1815, No. 111 Cheapside, and numbered 345 top right.
13¾ x 9½. Original colour, trimmed onto/within the plate mark.
A yokel in a long smock stands before three elderly J.P.s. One of the justices sits on a chair with folded hands and a scowl on his face. The other two stare angrily at the yokel as one of them says, How dare you Fellow to say it is unfair to bring you before one hundred Magistrates when you see there are but three of us.
The yokel tugs at his hair and replies, Why please your Worship you mun know – when I went to school they taught I that a one and two O’s stood for a hundred – so do you see your Worship be One and the other two be Cyphers!
B. M. 12643.
£165.
T. Rowlandson. HUMBUGGING or RAISING THE DEVIL.
The publication line is missing on this print, but the B. M. says Published by R. Ackerman No 101 Strand. March 23rd 1800.
12½ x 10¼. Aquatint, original colour, trimmed to the image with only the title visible, this print is shown in a mount.
A bogus wizard stands raising his wand while a grotesque figure, in answer, snorting fire, emerges in clouds of smoke, from a rectangular aperture in the floor. The dupe, an ugly old man watches in terror, whilst a young woman picks his pocket.
B. M. 9611.
£190.
T. Rowlandson. VOLUNTEER WIT OR NOT ENOUGH FOR A PRIME.
The B. M. Copy has a publication line of May 21st 1808 by Thos Tegg No. 111 Cheapside.
This copy has a Tegg number of 227 top right, (as does the B. M. copy).
13¾ x 9¾. Original colour with small margins. Old fold mark to the left.
Thought to be a satire of the Lord Mayor (John Ainsley 1807-08).
Six elderly volunteers sit in their uniforms around a table. The host says, “Come Gentlemen Volunteers to the right and the left – Charge if you please to the King. One of the volunteers stands raising his glass and says, I should be happy to obey your Orders Colonel – but really your glasses are so small that d—m me if theres enough for a Prime!
B. M. 11136.
£150.
T. Rowlandson. NONE BUT THE BRAVE DESERVE THE FAIR.
Published by Tegg in 1813.
9 x 11¼. Original colour but trimmed inside the image and around the title also the publication line has been trimmed off. Faint old folds and a thinning of the paper at the top right.
A Hussar and a buxom wench, typical of Rowlandson.
B. M. 12149.
£70.
T. Rowlandson. WITCHES IN A HAY LOFT.
As with the above item apart from the number 226 there is no indication this is a Tegg publication, and the fact that there is a watermark of 1818 precludes the possibility that it is an early printing.
13¾ x 9¾. Original colour with reasonable margins and a watermark of 1818.
B. M. 12150.
£145.
T. Rowlandson. THE BULL AND MOUTH.
Published by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside. The B. M. copy has a publication date of December 24th 1808.
8¾ x 12¾. Original colour, trimmed to the image, with some staining to the chair.
An ugly and obese ‘cit’ is seated yawning with his eyes closed. His attractive wife holds up two fingers behind his head, to signify cuckolds-horns. As she does this, she is slipping a letter to a handsome office who, is lurking by a half-open door. As he receives the letter, he touches his nose with his finger.
B. M. 11145.
£120.
T. Rowlandson. The Incurables.
Published April 4th 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227. Strand.
12 x 10. Original colour, on wove c.1800/1810 paper. Trimmed onto the plate mark at the top, with good margins to the other three sides.
One of the satires on the fall of the Coalition. Here Fox is in a strait jacket with Dr Monroe, the physician, at Bedlam. Dr. Monroe is saying, “As I have not the least hope of his Recovery. Let him be removed amongst the Incurables”. Fox is saying, “My Lodging is on the Cold ground and very hard is my Case. But that which grieves me most is the Loosing of my Place”.
B. M. 6495.
£100.
T. Rowlandson. MADAME VERY RESTAURATEUR. PALAIS ROYAL PARIS.
On the image below, LA BELLE LIMINAUDIERE AU CAFFEE DE MILLE COLLONE.
No publication line, but with a Tegg No of 236 to right. The B. M. suggests a date of 1814.
9½ x 13½. Original colour, with reasonable margins. Some staining in the margins only.
Two smart women sit at a table, one is very large the other very thin. On the table are delicacies to eat. The Madam Very referred to in the title, headed the list of most renowned restaurateurs in Paris. The image beneath shows a fashionably dressed woman sitting at an ornate table in a café studying a menu.
Sometimes presented as two separate prints, which is why the B. M. has two numbers.
B. M. 12409 & 12410.
£220.
T. Rowlandson. A PORTRAIT.
Published January 10th 1812 by H. Humphrey. No 27 St James’s Street.
8½ x 10½. Original colour with reasonable margins.
A portrait of the fashionably dressed Lord Petersham.
B. M.11925.
£90.
T. Rowlandson. THE CORSICAN TOAD UNDER THE HARROW.
Published November 27th 1813 by R. Ackermann N 101 Strand.
13½ x 9½. Original colour and trimmed onto/within the plate mark with some slight marks.
Napoleon is trapped by the large Dutchman and representatives of the allies tug at the ropes.
B. M. 12104.
£130.
T. Rowlandson. THOMAS SIMMONS.
Etched and Published by T. Rowlandson November 9. 1807 No 1 James St. Adelphi.
6¼ x 9¾. Original colour with good margins. Old soft diagonal crease and slight staining on the left, which is mainly outside the image.
This is a portrait of the murderer who killed two people in Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire.
Not in the B. M.
£60.
T. Rowlandson. NAP IN THE COUNTRY. NAP IN THE TOWN.
Published by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place. Broad Street Soho.
9¾ x 13¾. Good margins and on wove paper c.1820. Dated on the plate, ‘Rowlandson 1785’.
Two designs on the same plate.
B. M. 6868 and 6869.
£50.
Rowlandson and Pugin.
This is an image from the series of ‘The Microcosm of London’, which was printed for
R. Ackermann, there were 104 images in the series. Originally published in parts, they were published in 1810 in three volumes.
The plates are dated 1808 and are in original colour all measure 11 x 8 ¾ and have good margins.
The catalogue, for the famous ‘Ipex’ exhibition of British Coloured Books, which was held in 1980 referred to this as one of the great books of the period and complemented Ackermann for combining the talents of the French refugee, Augustus Charles Pugin, who was responsible for the architectural details. With the figures being the responsibility of Thomas Rowlandson. In the introduction to the exhibition the mention of this series finishes with the words, “But the superbly accurate architectural drawings of Pugin are marvellously complemented by Rowlandson’s finely observed lords, ladies, fat ugly men, riff-raff and dandies.
BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL.
£180.
Rowlandson and Pugin.
This is an image from the series of ‘The Microcosm of London’, which was printed for
R. Ackermann, there were 104 images in the series. Originally published in parts, they were published in 1810 in three volumes.
The plates are dated 1808 and are in original colour all measure 11 x 8 ¾ and have good margins.
The catalogue, for the famous ‘Ipex’ exhibition of British Coloured Books, which was held in 1980 referred to this as one of the great books of the period and complemented Ackermann for combining the talents of the French refugee, Augustus Charles Pugin, who was responsible for the architectural details. With the figures being the responsibility of Thomas Rowlandson. In the introduction to the exhibition the mention of this series finishes with the words, “But the superbly accurate architectural drawings of Pugin are marvellously complemented by Rowlandson’s finely observed lords, ladies, fat ugly men, riff-raff and dandies.
COVENT GARDEN MARKET, WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
£175.
T. Rowlandson. A Bait for the Kiddies on the North Road. Or that’s your sort of Prime Bang Up To The Mark.
Published May 5th 1810 by Thos. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
9 x 12½. Original colour and trimmed to the engraved area. Slight marks
The coachman – perhaps an amateur, is chatting up the buxom landlady. The words on the swinging sign board read, “Widow Casey at the Sign of the Cock and Bottle.”
Partridge says that ‘Prime Bang Up To The Mark’ is coaching slang for ‘first rate’.
B. M. 11619.
£160.
T. Rowlandson. (THE MISER’S PRAYER).
Published February 10th 1801 by R. Ackermann N101 Strand.
10 x 7¾. Original colour. Trimmed just outside the image, thus no title or text.
One of a set of seventeen broadsides where the title and text is printed below the image. The B. M. has eleven recorded in volume 8 of their reference books.
The missing text has the miser explaining that although he has nine houses and speculations in London he is praying for an increase in his investments.
Not in B. M. Grego vol. 2. pp. 30.
£85.
T. Rowlandson. NONE BUT THE BRAVE DESERVE THE FAIR.
10 x 14. Original colours with thread margins and slight marks.
Although this has the Tegg number 231 present there are no other publication details, apart from the ‘Rowlandson 1813’ in the lower right corner.
B. M. 12149.
£200.
T. Rowlandson. A MISTAKE AT NEW MARKET. OR SPORT AND PIEITY.
Published October 5th by Thos. Tegg No 111 Cheapside.
13½ x 9¾. Original colour with a small margin at the top otherwise good margins. An old mount has left a line just outside the image. A watermark of 1805.
The elderly Methodist asks if there are any “meetings in this town.” The reply from a member of the racing fraternity is, “Yes Ma’am two a year. Spring and October.”
B. M. 10920.
£200.
T. Rowlandson. Miseries of Human Life.
First published by Tegg 3rd October.1807. This example with the Tegg publishing line, but without a date.
13½ x 9¾. Original colour with reasonable margins, some staining but outside the image.
Underneath the title is, “getting up early on a cold gloomy morning and on running down to the breakfast room for warmth and comfort, finding chairs, table, shovel, tongues, poker and fender huddled into the middle of the room. Carpet tossed backward – floor newly washed, windows wide open – bees was brush and rubber in one corner – brooms, mops and pails in another – and a dingy Drab on her knees before an empty grate.”
Not in the B. M. or Grego.
£150.
T. Rowlandson. The First Night Of My Wedding. Or Little Boney no Match For An Arch Dutchess.
Published April 25th 1810 by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside.
10 x 13¼. Original colour and trimmed onto/within the plate mark, but half an inch outside the image. Paper slightly browned, and marks in the corners where this has been fixed into an album,
The recently married Napoleon says, “Mort de ma Vie I must I must brush off to Compiegne and order separate Beds.” Marie Louis says, “Still says sly Old Hodge says he Great talkers do the least dare’sec Well Well there’s one hope left – I shall quickly carry him to his Journeys end.”
In the lower left corner these words are on a cushion, “The little Emperor done over.”
Not in the B. M. or Grego.
£150.
T. Rowlandson. A TAILORS WEDDING.
Rowlandson Del. 1814. There is a Tegg number 269 which means a printing of 1817 or later. First published by Tegg in 1814 with a number 315.
10 x 13½. Original colour and small margins. Some marks but mainly outside the image.
With one exception the women are young and pretty and the men somewhat ugly.
B. M. 12403.
£180.
T. Rowlandson. DIRECTIONS TO FOOTMAN.
Printed for Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside. (November 1807).
9½ x 13½. Original colour with a watermark of 1817. Marks but mainly outside the image.
The untidy footman spills the contents of the tureen, watched with horror by the young pretty women and the older ugly one. Below the title is an extract from Swift’s ‘Directions to Servants’.
B. M. 10918.
£165.
T. Rowlandson. (Two images after Woodward).
Published by T. Tegg, c.1812.
8¾ x 13. Original colour with large margins. Four images on one copper plate. The two signed by Rowlandson are the. ‘Horse’ ones and the other two with ‘Plate 1’ and ‘Plate 2’ at the top have no attributions. These last two have tears; the Rowlandsons ones are in good condition
Not found in the B. M.
£75.
T. Rowlandson. THE CORPORAL IN GOOD QUARTERS.
Published July 10th 1812. By S. Howitt, Panton Street, Haymarket.
9 x 11½. Original colour with large margins. On paper with a watermark of 1809.
The handsome young officer has been billeted in a house where the daughter is young and pretty, and they are gazing with affection at each other. Her father looks more than a little worried and in the doorway a young local man scratches his head in dismay.
Not in the B. M. but in Grego.
£135.
T. Rowlandson. FEMALE POLITICIANS.
Published by Thomas Tegg No. 111 Cheapside January 1st 1815.
12¾ x 9. Original colour. Some marks and light creasing.
Two ugly and three pretty women sit at the table. One of the former reads a paper, which says that Boney will ravish all the women. The attractive women all agree to take care of their property. A grinning butler comes in bearing wine.
B. M. 11465.
£90.
T. Rowlandson. A PEEP INTO FRIAR BACON’S STUDY.
Published March 3rd 1784 by W. Humphrey No 227. Strand.
13¾ x 9¾. Uncoloured, on laid paper and with the usual folds, and with some creasing.
Standing in a magicians room George III points his wands at three circular images; ‘Time is Past’; ‘Time Is’; ‘Time Was’. From the doorway on the left are Fox, North and Burke. On the right a demon leads members of the New Ministry. This is one of the few anti-Pitt satires of the period.
B. M. 6436.
£100.
T. Rowlandson. COMPASSION.
Published 21st January 1800 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of the Arts. 101 Strand.
9½ x 12. Original colour and trimmed onto the plate mark, though there is an inch of plain paper outside the image. On the left are three holes where this image has been sewn into an album, (or the set). There is a watermark of 1799.
This is number 14 from the series of twenty ‘Le Brun Travested’ pr ‘Caricatures of the Passions’ designed by Woodward and etched by Rowlandson. Under the image is “He whose misfortunes can draw two pence from the purse of a Miser, is certainly an object of Compassion, & the most capable of giving that passion full force”.
Not found in the B. M.
£135.
T. Rowlandson. DONCASTER FAIR OR THE INDUSTRIOUS YORKSHIREBITES.
Designed etched and Published by T. Rowlandson No 1 James St Adelphi.
13½ x 10. Original colour, on paper with a watermark of 1814. Small margins. The B. M. suggests a date of 1808 with a query for this date.
Set at a country fair the two locals are being tempted to part with their cash to attempt the game.
B. M. 11106.
£165.
Thomas Rowlandson. THE MOTHERS HOPE.
Published by Thos. Tegg N111 Cheapside. (c. 1808).
9¾ x 13¾. Original colour and trimmed onto/within the plate mark, but well outside the image. Creasing top left corner.
The young child is forcefully saying what he likes, what he won’t do and ends with saying “…I will have my own way in everything.” The mother says, “Bless the Baby – what an aspiring spirit – if he goes on in this way – he will be a second Buonaparte !!”
B. M. 11137.
£160.
Thomas Rowlandson. (THE PREACHER).
(One of the series after Rowlandson drawings published by Reeve and Jones, 7 Vere Street in 1808 and 1809 with a ‘Rowlandson’ signature.
13 x 15½. Aquatint with original colour and trimmed onto the margin at the lower edge, otherwise reasonable margins. Two tears on the left, one is just touching the border. Some creases. A watermark of 1808.
An early issue of this print, before the title and the signature was added and without a publication line.
Not in the B. M. Or Grego.
£200.
Thomas Rowlandson. A LONG PULL A STRONG PULL AND A PULL ALTOGETHER.
Published by T. Tegg 1813 November 25th No. 111 Cheapside.
13¾ x 10. Original colour with small margins on three sides and trimmed onto the margin at the top. Slight marks and a small repair on ‘Sunset of Tyranny’ in the centre.
The Allies, led by John Bull pull in seven Dutch war ships. Napoleon is on the far shore, dancing with rage and saying, “…..I cannot bear it. My ears are filled with Noise, my Eyes grow dim And feeble shakings seize every Limb.”
B. M. 12102.
£170.
T. Rowlandson. JOINT STOCK STREET.
Published by Thos. Tegg. (c.1809).
13¾ x 9¾. Original colour and thread margins. Some browning of the paper which can be seen in the margins, with a watermark of 1819.
Prospective investors, all waiting to be fleeced, gaze up at the placards inviting investments into unsound companies. One example is ‘MORE ADVANTAGES A new Cabbage and Potatoe Compy. Warrented Genuine no cooking required saves time and trouble 5s each Share.’
B. M. 11441.
£200.
Thomas Rowlandson. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.
Published (March 10th) 1811 by Thos. Tegg No.111 Cheapside.
13¾ x 9¾. Original colour with small margins. A tear lower left corner just touching the image, but no paper loss.
A pretty young woman is endeavouring to obtain the keys from the jailor to either visit, or get the release, of the young man seen behind the bars.
B. M. 11799.
£165.
Thomas Rowlandson. COMEDY IN THE COUNTRY
                                         TRAGEDY IN LONDON.
Published May 29th (1807) by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside.
9½ x 13¾. Original colour with small margins. A watermark of 1819.
Audiences register contrasting emotions. They were a popular subject for the caricaturists. Boyne and Dighton were among others to produce prints on this theme.
B. M.10910.
£280.
Thomas Rowlandson. A THEATRICAL CANDIDATE.
No publication line present on this item, (or on the B. M. example), although the B. M. has suggested a date of 1797. This example is on paper with a watermark of 1809.
9¾ x 13¾. Original colour with reasonable margins.
Sheridan sits, and is confronted by a gesticulating ragged actor asking for work. Under the title is “….. Sir you stutter” – “So did Mrs. Inchbald” – “You are lame of leg” – “So was Foote” – “you are knock kneed” – “So is Wroughton” – “you have a d—nd ugly face” – “So had Weston” – “You are very short” – “So was Garrick” – “You squint abominably” – “So does Lewis” – “You are a mere monotonous mannerist” – “So is Kemble” – “You are but a miserable copy of Kemble” – “So is Barrymore” -……..- “But you have all these defects combined” – “So much the more singular.”
B. M. 9086.
£240.
After Thomas Rowlandson. MONKEY MERCHANT.
No publication lines on the plate, only ‘Rowlandson 1806’ in the lower right hand corner.
9 x 11¾. Original colour and reasonable margins on paper with a watermark of 1805.
The two prospective customers seem enchanted by the monkeys on sale. In stock there is another example of this print with the date changed to 1812. The colours are the same and there is a watermark of 1809.
Not in the B. M. Grego Volume 2. Page 63.
£240.
After T. Rowlandson. DOCTOR GALLIPOT. Placing his Fortune at the feet of his Mistress. Thro’ Physic to the Dogs.
No publication lines on the plate, only ‘Rowlandson in the lower right hand corner. A Reeve and Jones published aquatint. November 1st 1808.
10¼ x 13¼. Aquatint with original colour and reasonable margins on three sides and trimmed to the plate mark on the left hand margin.
An ugly rather foppish apothecary kneels before a well-dressed handsome woman with his tools of his trade by his feet. The man looking through the open door looks rather amused.
B. M. 11114.
£200.
Thomas Rowlandson. AFTER SWEET MEAT COMES SOUR SAUCE. Or CORPORAL CASEY GOT INTO THE WRONG BOX.
Tegg’s Caricatures N. 24. (c.1810 but an impression of c.1818).
13¾ x 9¾. Original colour and small margins with some marks. A watermark of 1818.
The young soldier leans out of his hiding place, in a trunk, to embrace his young lover while the elderly husband glowers through the window.
B. M. 11642.
£220.
Thomas Rowlandson. EASTER MONDAY OR THE COCKNEY HUNT.
Designed etched and Published July 14th 1811 by T. Rowlandson N 1 James Street Adelphi.
9¾ x 14. Original colour with reasonable margins and a watermark of 1809.
The B. M. has a note that there was a re-issue with the 1811 date changed to 1814. In the lower left of the plate there is ‘Rowlandson 1807’ and in the B. M. example the date has been erased, Grego has the publication date as 1811.
B. M. 10813.
£225.
Thomas Rowlandson. DUCKING A SCOLD.
Published April 12th 1812 by T. Rowlandson N 1. James St. Adelphi.
9¾ x 13¾. Original colour with reasonable margins on paper with a watermark of 1809. Mark top left but outside the image and slight creasing lower right.
On the lower right is, ‘Rowlandson 1812’ but the 12 has been changed from 180? All the standard Rowlandson characters seem to be present, including the young boy on the right who is urinating in the direction of the scold.
Not in the B. M. or Grego.
£450.
Thomas Rowlandson. JUSTICE.
August 30th 1799 by R. Ackermann N 101 Strand).
7 x 8½. Original colour and trimmed around the image and title. Thinning at the corners.
The servant says “Mind you are before his worship – recollect you are upon your oath !” The reply is, “Well I know I am but what is that to thee. That’s my concern and not thine.” This comes from a set of twelve ‘Country Characters’ and the B. M. has some of them listed but not this one.
Not in the B. M. Grego Vol. 2. Page 13.
£95.
Thomas Rowlandson. DR. SYNTAX & BOOKSELLER.
Published August 1st 1813 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
8½ x 5½. Original colour.
This is one of the more desirable prints from the Dr. Sytax series, and is Plate 25. See Grego Vol. 2 pp247 and onwards for details of the Syntax series.
£35.