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Thomas Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced a wide variety of illustrations for novels, joke books, and topographical works. 

Popular works include: The Microcosm of London, 1808-1810; The English Dance of Death, 1814; Naples and the Campagna Felice, 1815; Characteristic Sketches of the Lower Orders, 1820; and various Dr. Syntax titles.

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  • First edition, early issue, of Ackermann's The Microcosm of London, with an autograph letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to Thomas Bury.
    First edition, early issue, of Ackermann's The Microcosm of London, with an autograph letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to Thomas Bury.

    ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher); PUGIN, Augustus Charles, and ROWLANDSON, Thomas (illustrators).
    The Microcosm of London; or, London in miniature. [1808-10].
    £5,750.00

  • Hand-coloured
    Hand-coloured

    ROWLANDSON, Thomas; PUGIN, Augustin.
    Covent Garden Market, taken from the Hummuns and Smithfield Market from the Bear and Ragged Staff. 1811.
    £3,000.00

  • An original watercolour sketch by Rowlandson of an aquatint illustration for 'The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax' by William Combe.
    An original watercolour sketch by Rowlandson of an aquatint illustration for 'The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax' by William Combe.

    ROWLANDSON, Thomas.
    [Quae Genus, in search of Service]. [c. 1821].
    £4,000.00

  • First edition of Horse Accomplishments by Thomas Rowlandson and George Woodward, containing 12 humorous hand-coloured aquatints of horses and riders.
    First edition of Horse Accomplishments by Thomas Rowlandson and George Woodward, containing 12 humorous hand-coloured aquatints of horses and riders.

    Rowlandson, Thomas (engraver); Woodward, George Moutard (illustrator).
    Horse Accomplishments. 1799.
    £5,750.00

  • The first and only issue of the 12 plates comprising Comforts of Bath by Thomas Rowlandson, one of his rarest sets.
    The first and only issue of the 12 plates comprising Comforts of Bath by Thomas Rowlandson, one of his rarest sets.

    ROWLANDSON, Thomas.
    Comforts of Bath. 1798.
    £4,500.00

  • Rowlandson's superb record of the street traders of London now long disappeared
    Rowlandson's superb record of the street traders of London now long disappeared

    ROWLANDSON, Thomas.
    Characteristic sketches of the lower orders, 1820.
    £2,500.00

  • An attractive morocco-bound set, containing some of Thomas Rowlandson's best-known images.
    An attractive morocco-bound set, containing some of Thomas Rowlandson's best-known images.

    ROWLANDSON, Thomas; COMBE, William (illustrator).
    Poetical Magazine; 1809-1811.
    £2,000.00

  • First edition, bound from the parts. The first tour of Doctor Syntax, republished as Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque.
    First edition, bound from the parts. The first tour of Doctor Syntax, republished as Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque.

    (ROWLANDSON, Thomas.) [COMBE, William.]
    The Schoolmaster's Tour. [in The Poetical Magazine.] 1809-11
    £2,500.00

  • A Bird's Eye View of Smithfield Market,

    ROWLANDSON, Thomas; PUGIN, Augustin.
    A Bird's Eye View of Smithfield Market, 1811.
    £2,500.00

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