Thomas Rowlandson (13 July 1757 – 21 April 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 both individual social and political satires, as well as 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. Rowlandson also produced highly explicit erotica for a private clientele; this was never published publicly at the time and is now only found in a small number of collections. His caricatures included those of people in power such as the Duchess of Devonshire, William Pitt the Younger and Napoleon Bonaparte.
Thomas Rowlandson
1. Time and Death.
Time and Death their Thoughts impart
On Works of Learning, and of Art.
On Works of Learning, and of Art.
2. The Antiquarian and Death.
Fungus, at length, contrives to get
Death's Dart into his Cabinet.
Death's Dart into his Cabinet.
3. The Last Chase.
Such mortal Sport the Chase attends:
At Break-Neck Hill, the Hunting ends.
At Break-Neck Hill, the Hunting ends.
4. The Statesman.
Not all the Statesman's power or Art
Can turn aside Death's certain Dart.
Can turn aside Death's certain Dart.
5. Tom Higgins.
His Blood is stopp'd in ev'ry Vein,
He ne'er will eat or drink again.
He ne'er will eat or drink again.
6. The Shipwreck.
Death wrecks the Sailors on the Shore.
7. The Virago.
Can only be perforra'd by you.
8. The Glutton
Be gone, and stay, till I invite you.
9. The Recruit.
One of my Regiment, under Ground.
10. The Maiden Ladies.
To choose a Wife, and light her Home.
11. The Quack Doctor.
Each Malady, which Men endure.
12. The Sot.
But dead and drunk, why : he is mine.
13. The Honey Moon.
And gone to rest—I will be thine.
14. The Hunter Unkennelled.
I have unkennell'd you, at last.
15. The Good Man, Death, and the Doctor.
As when the Man of Virtue dies.
16. Death and the Portrait.
Death draws his Pictures after Life.
17. The Genealogist.
Death waits to write your Lordship's Name.
18. The Catchpole.
The Undertaker is his Bail.
19. The Insurance Office.
You'll pay a good, round Sum, to-morrow.
20. The Schoolmaster.
Th' astonish'd, flogging Pedagogue.
21. The Coquette.
But your next Dress will be a Shroud.
22. Time and Death, and Goody Barton.
To bury this old Fool—alive.
23. The Undertaker and the Quack.
" Recipe Coffin," is the Dose.
24. The Masquerade.
That ends the Masquerade of Life.
25. The Death Blow.
For this Set-To will be your last.
26. The Vision of Skulls.
Each Skull is found to have a Tongue.
27. The Porter's Chair.
A Porter He, who never sleeps.
28. The Pantomime.
That bids you close your Pantomime.
29. The Horse Race.
And 'Squire Jockey you are beat.
30. The Dram Shop.
And some by Fluids, down the Gullet.
31. The Gaming Table.
He'll take each knowing Gamester in.
32. The Battle.
Of Blood and Wounds, of Death and Glory.
33. The Wedding.
Of doting Age, she yields her Charms.
34. The Skaiters.
Becomes an Instrument of Fate.
35. The Duel.
To Death consigns the weighty Load.
36. The Bishop and Death.
The Word of Life defies thee, Death.
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