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Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794 (w/c and pen and brown, grey, and red-brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper)

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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The skeleton of Death grabs a father by the collar, as his wife and children desperately try to save him. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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The skeleton of Death holds a handkerchief to his eye socket as a woman commits suicide off a cliff to join her drowned lover. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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The skeleton of Death rocks the cradle of a baby while the nanny sleeps and the distraught mother arrives home. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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The skeleton of Death smokes a pipe at the fireside with old Gaffer Goodman, while his young wife is seduced by a suitor at the window. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4690328

The skeleton of Death in a cape dances a final waltz with fragile Caelia, as her dance tutor looks aghast. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4690368

The skeleton of Death joins a group of suitors for fair heiress Belinda, and defeats the lawyer, doctor, parson, Quaker, colonel and baronet for the prize. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4690400

The skeleton of Death ladles punch into a glass of a Toastmaster with gout at a raucous Georgian drinking party. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4690452

The skeleton of Death and Father Time sprawl beneath the angel of Eternity. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4690485

The skeleton of Death comes for Miss Mustard, one of the old Maiden Ladies playing cards in a parlour. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4690512

The skeleton of Death takes away the drunken Sot in a wheelbarrow, while other drunks make merry in front of The Goat pub. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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The Sands: tourists in a barouche drawn by donkeys on the beach. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after a sketch by J. Green from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, Ackermann, London, 1813.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4690182

Calligraphic title and vignette of skeletons dancing with tambourines and horns in a graveyard near a ruined church. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4690582

Shower Bath: women taking a cold shower in a bathroom hiding their modesty from a male intruder, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson, aquatint by J.C. Stadler, after a sketch by J. Green from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, Ackermann, London, 1813.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4690632

Post Office: Tourists collecting mail at the post office in Scarborough, 1812. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson, aquatint by J.C. Stadler, after a sketch by J. Green from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, Ackermann, London, 1813.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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A Trip to Scarbro: A coach overladen with luggage and passengers drives into a pond. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson, aquatint by J. Bluck, after a sketch by J. Green from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, Ackermann, London, 1813.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4619012

Georgian artists including Benjamin West, Thomas Lawrence, Benjamin Haydon, Joseph Farrington, Richard Westall and Martin Archer Shee drawing a nude model, while classical busts look down. Royal Academicians of Genius reflecting on the true line of Beauty, at the Life Academy, Somerset House. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4619080

James Gordon, a notorious Cambridge drunk, leaving a baby as a prank in front of the house of a college dean. Jemmy Gordon's Frolic, or Cambridge Gambols at Peter House. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4666922

Woman paying and putting a letter in a bag carried by a British Royal Post Office employee. Wood engraving, based on a painting by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), published in The Cris of London: with six charming children and nearly 40 illustrations, by Andrew Tuer, Field and Tuer, in London in 1883.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4666939

Butcher itinerant cutting a piece of meat, said that dogs and cats attack the wheel of his wheelbarrow. Wood engraving, based on a painting by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), published in The Cris of London: with six charming children and nearly 40 illustrations, by Andrew Tuer, Field and Tuer, in London in 1883.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)

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ID: FLO4666956

Woman selling pitchers, teapots and bowls has a street corner. An elegant young woman looks at the goods. Wood engraving, based on a painting by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), published in The Cris of London: with six charming children and nearly 40 illustrations, by Andrew Tuer, Field and Tuer, in London in 1883.

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)