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Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
Available Works
Thomas Rowlandson was well recognized as one of the greatest figures in late 18th and early 19th century English caricature. Rowlandson's many comic illustrations offered humorous commentary on the political and social conventions of his day. Rowlandson is perhaps best known for his animated drawings of the mis-adventures of the infamous Dr. Syntax. The various escapades of the fictional English clergyman and schoolmaster, Dr. Syntax, are chronicled in three volumes or "Tours." The Tours of Dr. Syntax were satires on a then contemporary series of picturesque adventures to various parts of England with an emphasis on landscape illustration and poetic verse.
• Cultural and Political Satire links: Honoré Daumier, William Hogarth, British Caricature Prints
Untitled (Flower Market)
Watercolor. Signed in ink lower left. Ex-coll. of Abraham J. Rosenfeld, Philadelphia.
4 x 6 inches.
[25907]
$9500
Banks of the Thames
Ink and watercolor.
7-3/4 x 11-1/8 inches (image), 11-1/4 x 16-3/8 inches (sheet).
[27444]
$5800
Coventry
Pen and ink wash drawing. Pencil version on verso in reverse. Titled in ink. Bears signature(?) in pencil, bottom middle edge.
4-3/8 x 7-1/2 inches.
[27443]
$3400
Death of Punch
For The Third Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of a Wife, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1821. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s. Repository of Arts, London.
4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
[14760]
$100
Doctor Syntax in a Court of Justice
For The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1820. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
[14769]
$100
Tis Not the Time to Meet One’s Fate, Just Ent’ring on a Large Estate
For The English Dance of Death, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1816. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
[15678]
$100
Dr. Syntax and the Bees
For one of the three Tours of Dr. Syntax, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1812-22. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
[14734]
$100
Dr. Syntax in Danger
For The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1820. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
[14765]
$100
Dr. Syntax Present at a Coffe-house Quarrel at Bath
For The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. Hand colored etching and aquatint, 1820. Published by Rudolph Ackermann, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, London.
4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches.
[14736]
$100
