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)
t. — Colonel O'Kelly, the gouty veteran who figures throughout the Racing series, is again introduced ; this eminent patron of the turf is giving his parting injunctions to his jockey.1 1789. A Cci7-t Race. Published by William Holland, Oxford Street, 1789. — This plate bears Rowlandson's… … THE COURSE. able through the prodigious clouds of dust raised by the unruly eccentricities of a pleasure-party, represented as taking the air in three overladen and ramshackle carts, drawn by wretched horses barely one remove from the knacker's yard. The amusement of the moment is an extemporised…
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · English wit and humor, Pictorial
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