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Coloured drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, 1775, showing two grave robbers at work while Death, as a nightwatchman holding a lantern, grabs one of them from behind.

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2020-09-13

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

Born 1757 Thomas Rowlandson, artist & caricaturist of Georgian

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2020-07-13

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

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

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2020-06-10

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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2020-05-10

Hot-Cross Bunns. Artwork by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson, 1820

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2020-04-10

Although the Resurrection Men sold corpses, legally a body was not property. Bodies were often stripped; it was a felony to steal shrouds or silver coffin fittings. [Image-Thomas Rowlandson, 1775]
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2020-03-12

Richardson's Show: A Flying Wagon, Thomas Rowlandson, 1816 https://t.co/Fn6EaX0JfZ

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2020-02-15

“Lonesome Pleasures” by Thomas Rowlandson, c.1810.

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2020-02-09

Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature: Fowey, Cornwall, Thomas Rowlandson, 1809 https://t.co/Xgbo0E7swm

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2020-01-10