Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)
Nationality: British
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Media: Printmaking,Drawing
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Biography:
Thomas Rowlandson was raised by his affluent aunt and uncle because of his textile merchant father’s financial hardships. In 1772, he enrolled in London’s Royal Academy Schools. Two years later, he traveled to Paris. Upon his return, he exhibited at the Royal Academy and won a silver medal in 1777. A year later, he left school in order to set up his own business. His prints were Rococo-like depictions of Georgian English life made mostly in ink and watercolor. Rowlandson inherited a large sum of money in 1789 after the death of his aunt. He lost much of it due to a gambling problem and was in poverty by 1793. Four years later, he began working for publisher Rudolph Ackermann and his fortunes increased. His work was published for most of the twenty remaining years of his life.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Thomas Rowlandson, Untitled (from series: "Rowlandson"s Outlines", 1790
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Thomas Rowlandson, Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, How Came You So!!!, 1815
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Thomas Rowlandson, Hug-Mug-Gin, 1815
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Thomas Rowlandson, A Civilian, 1799
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Thomas Rowlandson, Sorrow"s Dry, 1802
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Thomas Rowlandson, Outside Guard, 1798
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Thomas Rowlandson, The Social Day, 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, A Sailor"s Will, 1805
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Thomas Rowlandson, A Paviour, 1799
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Thomas Rowlandson, The Geneologist, 1814
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Thomas Rowlandson, Art of Scaling, 1785
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Thomas Rowlandson, An Astronomer, 1799
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Thomas Rowlandson, The Kill (?), 1787
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Thomas Rowlandson, A Vaulter, 1799
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Thomas Rowlandson, A Calculator, 1799
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Thomas Rowlandson, A Surveyor, 1799
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Thomas Rowlandson, A Whistler !!, 1799
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Thomas Rowlandson, A Sulky, 1800
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 15 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 16 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 17 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 18 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 19 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 20 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 21 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 22 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 23 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 37 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 14 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 13 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 1 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 2 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 3 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 4 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 5 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 6 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 7 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 8 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816
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Thomas Rowlandson, Plate 9 in the book Rowlandson"s World in Miniature (London: R. Ackermann, 1816), 1816

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Wilhelm-Busch-Museum: Thomas Rowlandson - Grace, Gallantry, Grotesque: English Visual Satire from Rococo to Romanticism
The exhibition runs from May 19 through July 29, and a fully illustrated catalogue is available at the museum shop (Schlütersche GmbH, 208 pp., DM 70 incl. shipping in Germany). ...
Tate Liverpool: Mark Wallinger: Credo
Wallinger came to prominence in Britain in the 1980s and has since earned an international reputation. He was nominated for the 1995 Turner Prize and recently completed a new piece of work, Ecce Homo, for Trafalgar Square, ...
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University: The Changing Garden: Four Centuries of European and American Art
The Changing Garden presents nearly 200 works—prints, drawings, paintings, and photographs—by more than 100 artists. The exhibition includes great names from art history, such as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Jean-Honoré Fr...
Christie's: The Forbes Collection of Victorian Pictures and Works of Art on View at Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh
The sale will also profile rare works by lesser-known artists of the Victoria period as the collection spans the key artists and the themes of the period to offer artworks to suit all levels of collecting. "The Forbes Collection of Victorian...

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