THOMAS ROWLANDSON
​1756-1827

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The Times – or a view of the Old House in Little Brittain

​W.Humphrey, 23 January 1784
Etching 248 x 352 mm in black on laid paper
watermark: fleur-de-lys in shield/gr
bm 6384
The house is inscribed:
The accursed 10 Years American War fomented by opposition and misconducted by a timid Minister
collections: Renier & Pettingell
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After ROWLANDSON
engraved by ROBERT POLLARD (c.1755-1838)
& aquatinted by FRANCIS JUKES (1745-1812)
Vaux-hall

Etching, engraving & aquatint 538 x 774 mm,
printed in dark sepia on wove paper, watermark: J WHATMAN
Published by J.R.Smith, 28 June 1785
BM 6853
Fine impression with small margins
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SAMUEL ALKEN  after  ROWLANDSON
An Italian Family   and   A French Family

Published by Alken & sold by W.Hinton,
December 1785 & March 1786
Etchings with engraving & aquatint printed in black
on double sheet laid paper
with watercolour, probably by Alken. Pen & wash
borders
The publication lines deleted and changed in ink to:
Octr.13.1792 by S.W.Fores No.3, Picadilly
BM 9670 & 9686
Collection: Folio Fine Art, their catalogue 1970
Some stains





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​Loose Principles

S.Fores, 21 January 1789
Etching 245 x 350 mm printed in black on laid paper, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 7492
collections: pencil D lower r. recto (unidentified); Renier; Pettingell
laid down on thin rag card
​SOLD

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A Fresh Breeze

S.W.Fores, 4 August 1789
Etching (273) x 377 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 7549
collections: pencil D lower r.recto; Minto-Wilson, his stamp verso
cut on just within the plate-mark on two sides, two tears top of sheet
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Expedition or Military Fly. Dedicated to the London & Westminster
Light Horse Volunteers.

Published at Ackermann’s Gallery, 16 May 1798
Etching, engraving & aquatint, with publisher’s watercolour
not in the BM
The ‘Expeditions’ were designed and built by Messrs.Godsal & Co.
ex Kinross House

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​J.R.SMITH  after  ROWLANDSON
The Lawyers Last Circuit.

Etching & engraving, largely stippled, 188 x 306 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
S.W.Fores, 1 July 1802 (first published by Smith, 25 April 1782)
BM 6128 (the earlier state)
uncut sheet with the original price of 1.6 in pencil
ex  Count von Starhemberg, Austrian Envoy to England
​SOLD

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The Political Hydra

S.W.Fores, 16 April 1806 [a re-issue, first published 26 December 1788]
Etching in black, with publisher’s watercolour
BM 10556
On laid paper, watermark: Arms of Strasburg/SL entwined
Fores’ lending stamp swf faintly lower r. corner recto
Collections: Renier; Pettingell

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Wednesday March the 8th. 1809. A scene from the tragedy of Cato

T.Tegg, 8 March 1809
Etching 250 x 350 mm, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 11245
Faint mount burn, green browning on back
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Friends & Foes – up he goes – Sending the Corsican Munchhausen to St.Cloud

R.Ackermann, 12 December 1813
Etching with engraved title, with publisher’s watercolour
bm 12117
very faint printing crease
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