ORIGINAL WORKS BY THOMAS ROWLANDSON IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. (COLLECTION OF WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL.)
- The Parish Vestry, 1784. Bequeathed by William Smith, Esq.
- Brook Green Fair (about 1800). Bequeathed by William Smith, Esq.
- The Elephant and Castle Inn, Newington. The gift of G. W. Atkinson, Esq.
DYCE COLLECTION, SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.
- Landscape. 11 × 8. A roadside inn, where three officers have stopped for refreshment; one is seated by his mistress and gives alms to a beggar woman; another, likewise seated, is absorbed by the bottle and wine; the third is standing at the door and using his eyeglass. Signed 'T. Rowlandson, 1784.' Engraved in this work. See Benevolence, vol. i. p. 316.
- View on the Thames off Deptford, with a large number of vessels near the Dockyard. 16 × 10. Men who have been bathing scramble into a boat on the left, very near the holiday parties which are passing to and fro.
- Hampton Bridge, on the left; boats on the river, two of which are pleasure ones; a stout old fellow is on the left, with his wife on his arm, and a long pipe in his mouth. 16 × 10.
- Hampton Court Palace. 16 × 10. View of the open space in front, with a carriage and four horses, and its military escort, leaving the gate; a carter with horses on the left, and, on the right, four idle fellows amusing themselves by teaching a dog to 'beg.' Signed 'Rowlandson,' and dated 1820.
- Landscape. 16 × 10. Timber waggon drawn by eight horses crossing a bridge, which spans a rapid stream struggling between high rocks; cottages are on the left, one by the roadside, and another on the hill.
- Portsmouth Harbour.[29] 13 × 8. Lord Howe's victory: the French prizes brought into the harbour. The people assembled on the ramparts cheering, a group in front scrambling to get possession of the top of a wall. Signed 'Rowlandson.'
- Portsmouth Harbour. 17 × 11. A repetition of the last, with numerous additional figures introduced, and more highly finished than the other. Signed 'Rowlandson,' and dated 1780.
- Exterior of Strawberry Hill. 14 × 9. A gouty old gentleman, his wife and dog, promenade near the walls; another old fellow either enraptured by a glance of the building or making love to two servant-girls who look over the wall. A donkey braying across the fence to the left.
- Landscape, with a large flock of sheep browsing on downs, and guarded by a young shepherd, whose wife is working at his side; a dog is looking at him. 9 × 5.
- Bridge at Knaresborough, Yorkshire. 13×9. 'The World's End' inn on the left, and the landlord directing persons in a cart, who have probably stopped for refreshments. Signed 'Rowlandson,' and dated, 1807.
- 'Sir Henry Morshead felling his timber to settle his play debts.' 9 × 5. Three men chop and fell trees, a fourth takes instructions from a soldier on guard; a parson stands near. Signed 'Rowlandson,' and dated 1816.
- St. Austell, Cornwall. 9 × 5. View, looking up the principal street, the church in the distance; groups of persons in the foreground are scrutinised by a hairdresser who stands at his door.
- Kew Palace. 16 × 11. Seen across the river; a boatman steadying his boat for three stout persons to enter it; two ladies already apparently occupy all the spare room; other pleasure boats are on the water, some with sails.
- Landscape. 15 × 11. An approach to a village across a bridge, a woman carrying a bundle; a horseman and other figures are in the foreground.
- Museum of Ancient Paintings in the Palace of Portici, near Naples. 8 × 5. Three gallants, including two military officers, attend a young lady; her father is behind, accompanied by the custodian. Vide 'Naples and the Campagna Felice,' 1815, ante, pp. 301–2.
- Glastonbury, Somersetshire. 9 × 5. View, up the principal street, with a church in the distance; a carriage, with post-horses at full gallop, frightening a woman riding on a donkey near; women gossiping while getting water at the conduit. The subject etched by the artist as plate 24 of 'Rowlandson's World in Miniature,' No. 2, 1816.
- 'Betting Post.' 8 × 5. View on a racecourse. A crowd of ruffians on horseback surround a man who is about to read a list of the names of the favourite horses, but is interrupted by the impatience of his companions, whom he endeavours to prevent riding over him; a gouty old fellow, also on horseback, carries his crutches with him. Engraved in this work. See description, vol. i. p. 257.
ILLUSTRATIONS TO 'THE TOUR OF DR. SYNTAX IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE.'[30]
- Dr. Syntax pursued by a bull. 7 × 4.
- Syntax, still trembling with affright, Clung to the tree with all his might. Vol. i. p. 40.
- Dr. Syntax drawing from Nature. 7 × 4.
- The Doctor now, with genius big, First drew a cow, and then a pig. Vol. i. p. 121.
- Dr. Syntax at a card party. 8 × 4.
- The comely pair by whom he sat, A lady cheerful in her chat.—Vol. iii. p. 163.
- The remainder of the series appear to have been designed for the work, but not etched nor used as suggestions to Mr. Combe, excepting those noted. It may not be generally known at the present time that the Tours were written to elucidate the designs, which the following introduction fully explains: 'This second tour is, like the former one, a work of suggestions from the plates by Mr. Rowlandson, though not with such entire reserve as the first. Some few of the subjects may have been influenced by hints from me; and I am willing to suppose that such are the least amusing of them.'—Introduction to the second volume, 1820.
- Dr. Syntax—unable to pull up at the Land's End—is fearful of being carried to the World's End. 10 × 7. View on the coast during a storm, with the vivid flashes of lightning frightening the people, and the heavy waves dashing on the shore.
- Dr. Syntax taking wine with a lady in a drawing-room, while the daughter of his hostess and her lover exchange caresses on a rustic seat under the verandah.
- Dr. Syntax thrown off his horse while hunting.
7×8.
- Your sport, my lord, I cannot take, For I must go and hunt a lake.—Vol. i. p. 108.
- Mr. Combe no doubt thought it as well, although availing himself of the hint that hunting was not suited to the Doctor's taste, to mention the fact of the Doctor being asked to join the sport, and his declining the invitation, as he was about to make some drawings on the lake.
- Dr. Syntax leading a lady to the entrance of a
grand mansion: most probably giving the
idea of the Doctor escorting Lady Bounty
from the garden to her mansion on their
first interview. 9×5.
- For while he sojourns he will be The object of all courtesy.—Vol. ii. p. 217.
- Dr. Syntax gazing at some ruins; a man and
boy in attendance. 8×4. One plate was
probably thought sufficient to illustrate
'Sketching the Ruins, and Tumbling into
the Water,' through his seat giving way, the
latter one being used.
- But now, alas! no more remains Than will reward the painter's pains. Vol. i. p. 71.
- Dr. Syntax in the Jail; a young fellow and three dogs on the left. 7×4.
- Boarding a Man-of-war. 8×5. A boatload of people awaiting their turn to ascend a rope ladder, on which a gentleman of the party is fixed in rather an uncomfortable position. Vide 'Naples and the Campagna Felice,' 1815, ante, pp. 301–2.
- Dr. Syntax frightened by the appearance of a large fish having a form resembling that of a whale; his companion and some fishwives are also greatly alarmed, and a few of them lie sprawling on the ground. 8×4.
- Dr. Syntax drawing the waterfall at Ambleside,
while his man Patrick is eating voraciously.
8×5.
- Bold sketches from the very scene Where, with his neighbours, he had been. Vol. ii. p. 64.
- A Lady repulsing with the poker her guests, consisting of eight gentlemen, among whom is the Doctor; her dog by her side appears to be equally pugnacious. 8×5.
- Dr. Syntax riding and chatting with a lady, under an avenue of trees; a footman behind them. 8×5.
- Dr. Syntax playing at cards with a young lady; an old wooden-legged officer seated near, apparently not in the best of tempers; three other young ladies seated on the sofa take much interest in the game. 8×5.
- Dr. Syntax gently opens the door of a garret, and is horrified to find a woman of the pavé reclining back in her chair dead; a dog is seen on the left playing with her wig. 8×4.
- Dr. Syntax skating and saluting three ladies who stand on the bank of the frozen river. 8×5.
The following drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, with several engravings of his London views, already described under the accounts of his prints in this work, were exhibited (1879) in the western portion of the Exhibition Galleries, South Kensington, in the valuable and interesting series of