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)
s seems to have had a charm for Rowlandson's pencil. It is true that the customs of the East were not repre- sented, at the caricaturist's day, with the strictest adherence to facts ; their salient points have since been made more familiar by the graphic pictures of our travelled artists, for whom… … MODISH. are concerned, the imaginative delineations of our artist will be found far more realistic and in accordance with our preconceived impressions than the actuality. November 5, 1 787. Reformation, or the Wonderful Effects of a Proclamation. — The Chapel Royal is apparently the scene of this…
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · English wit and humor, Pictorial
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