Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works, with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures and a sketch of his life, times, and contemporaries (1880)
164 ROWLANDSON THE CARICATURIST. September 5, ) 785. Aerostation out at Elbows, or the Itinerant Aeronaut. Vincent Lunardi. Behold a hero, comely, tall, and fair ! His only food is philogistic air ! Now on die wings of mighty winds he rides ! Now torn through hedges ! dash'd in ocean tides ! Now… … TOO MANY FOR A JEW. 1785. Going, a-going. — A handsome young huntsman has encountered, in the course of his sport, a pretty country maiden, neatly apparelled, and beaming with all the freshness of rustic simplicity and artlessness. Her budding charms are tempting the youth to court the maiden, to…
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · English wit and humor, Pictorial
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