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| Thomas Rowlandson Herd of Deer under an Oak Tree before 1827 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Thomas Rowlandson Downlands, Sussex before 1827 watercolor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| attributed to Thomas Rowlandson Wooded Landscape with Ruins before 1827 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Thomas Rowlandson Landscape with rushing stream and a couple on the bank frightened by a snake before 1827 watercolor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
"It was said that the amount of copper Thomas Rowlandson etched would sheathe the British Navy – [it was also said that he produced enough work over the course of his career to paper the walls of China]. An inveterate gambler, for much of his life Rowlandson had to produce a flood of his comic prints to stay ahead of financial losses. A wealthy uncle and aunt raised Rowlandson after his textile-merchant father went bankrupt. His career developed quickly. He entered London's Royal Academy Schools in 1772, visited Paris in 1774, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1775, and won a silver medal in 1777. He left school in 1778 to set up in business. Rowlandson's depictions of Georgian England exposed human foibles and vanity with sympathy and rollicking humor. During the 1780s he consolidated the delicate style he used for his coarse subjects. He worked mainly in ink and watercolor, his rhythmic compositions, flowing line, and relaxed elegance inspired by French Rococo art. In 1789, at the height of critical and popular success, Rowlandson's aunt died, leaving him a large sum. He ran through the money quickly, traveling across Europe and gambling: by 1793 he was impoverished. His fortunes changed in 1797, when he began working for fine-art publisher Rudolph Ackermann, who published most of Rowlandson's finest work for twenty years."
– curator's notes from the Getty Museum
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| Thomas Rowlandson Hilly Landscape with Rocks before 1827 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Thomas Rowlandson The Inn at the Ford before 1827 watercolor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Thomas Rowlandson Wooded Hillside with Deer before 1827 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| attributed to Thomas Rowlandson Easterly Winds ca, 1810 watercolor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Thomas Rowlandson A Gaming Table at Devonshire House (portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire raising dice cup) 1791 watercolor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Thomas Rowlandson Copy after antique statue group in the Uffizi called the Ludovisi Gaul, also known as Paetus and Arria before 1827 watercolor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Thomas Rowlandson Nude Couple Embracing before 1827 watercolor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Thomas Rowlandson Nude Couple Embracing before 1827 watercolor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Thomas Rowlandson Venus, Anchises, and Cupid before 1827 watercolor Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith Portrait of Thomas Rowlandson, aged 70 1824 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |