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Have your future travel plans been upset by certain current events? Here, from 1807, is a reminder by satirist Thomas Rowlandson that maybe you should count your blessings you’re not going (‘Miseries of Travelling’)

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2020-07-28

Illustration by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), for The English Dance of Death by William Combe (1815).

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2020-07-22

The skaters. Thomas Rowlandson, from The English Dance of Death, vol. 1 by William Combe, London, 1815 https://t.co/ZqSKramI9u

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2020-07-22

The antiquary’s last will and testament. Thomas Rowlandson, from The English Dance of Death, vol. 1 by William Combe, London, 1815 https://t.co/lznEV87SAw

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2020-07-21

MILITARY ADVENTURES JOHNNY NEWCOME 1816 ROWLANDSON Col Illustrated BINDING Peninsula War


https://t.co/pFAU1HmmHV

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2020-07-19

One of the most serene watercolours I’ve ever encountered by Thomas Rowlandson on the fabulous . Now part of collection.

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2020-07-16

Born Thomas Rowlandson English popular of social life John Bull Smollett Goldsmith Sterne Primarily employed by art publisher Rudolph Ackermann ‘The Schoolmaster's Tour’ (1809) most popular of Rowlandson’s works Tour of Dr…

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2020-07-14

Born 1757 Thomas Rowlandson, artist & caricaturist of Georgian

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2020-07-13

After plunging into life's dissipations, poverty overtook Thomas Rowlandson–born 1756–before caricature became a means of earning a living. The absurdities of fashion, the perils of love, political machinations & royal intrigue became his daily subject matter.

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2020-07-13

Love to go to the beach

(from Thomas Rowlandson's 1815 "The English Dance of Death")

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2020-07-06

Actual footage of stay safe! Deadly Lively by Thomas Rowlandson, via the British Museum.

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2020-07-04

Comparative Anatomy Study, Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1810-1820 https://t.co/llAu6ZwyWv

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2020-06-28

On a hot summer day, the let it all hang out... Intrepid bathers and dirty old men have been the stuff of seaside scenes for centuries! Summer amusement at Margate, or a peep at the mermaids, 1813, Thomas Rowlandson. Via the British Museum.

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2020-06-24

Illustration by Thomas Rowlandson (England, 1756-1827), for the frontispiece of 'The English Dance of Death' by William Combe (1815). To get you in a weekend mood.

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2020-06-20

Dolphins Inn: Greenwich and Woolwich Coaches, Thomas Rowlandson, 1816 https://t.co/ZOuUIX4ypG

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2020-06-10

tip: Mix the potions. Nothing can go wrong.

Art by Lauren Rowlands
https://t.co/kMBfEmV0VS

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2020-06-09

Fencing by Thomas Rowlandson 1788 alongside Fencing by Colin Firth 1995. Interesting to see how sports are depicted through time. Enjoying watching again

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2020-05-29

The Rev. Dr. Syntax Rural Sport, Thomas Rowlandson, 1813 https://t.co/0xLXNI2thl

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2020-05-28

"Oh, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!"
Othello, Act 2 Scene 3


Image: Alehouse Politicians by Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1785-90.

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