Characature Collection

Front cover of The Cinque Ports Gazette, May 1916
A monthly journal of the 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, in France Royal Sussex Regiment Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: RSR MS 5/87

The Westminster Pitt, 1798 (pen and ink and watercolour)
651804 The Westminster Pitt, 1798 (pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 22x32 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Westminster Pitt. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

The Butchers Stall, Leadenhall Market, (pencil, pen and ink on mount)
824097 The Butchers Stall, Leadenhall Market, (pencil, pen and ink on mount) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 22.9x29.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Butchers Stall, Leadenhall Market)

The Woolpack Inn: Arrival of The Flying Waggon, (pencil
652083 The Woolpack Inn: Arrival of The Flying Waggon, (pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 24.4x38.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Woolpack Inn)

Street Musicians, 1823 (pen and ink and watercolour)
651936 Street Musicians, 1823 (pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 15.2x25.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Street Musicians. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

Age and Youth, (pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour)
651922 Age and Youth, (pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 12.3x19.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Age and Youth. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

A New Form of Prayer, (pencil, pen and watercolour)
651846 A New Form of Prayer, (pencil, pen and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 32.4x25.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A New Form of Prayer. Thomas Rowlandson (b)

Writing the Will, 1786 (pen and grey ink and watercolour)
651829 Writing the Will, 1786 (pen and grey ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 23x32 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Writing the Will. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

The Breedwell Family, 1807 (pen, ink and watercolour)
1765022 The Breedwell Family, 1807 (pen, ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 9, 8x17, 7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Breedwell Family. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

Cartoon for Parson Weems Fable, 1939 (charcoal, oen and chalk on paper)
1195535 Cartoon for Parson Weems Fable, 1939 (charcoal, oen and chalk on paper) by Wood, Grant (1891-1942); 97x127 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; American, out of copyright

A Dutch Academy, (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour)
651935 A Dutch Academy, (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 18.7x28.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dutch Academy. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

St. Marys Church and Radclivian Library, 1809-1811 (hand-coloured aquatint)
986312 St. Marys Church and Radclivian Library, 1809-1811 (hand-coloured aquatint) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); approx. 27x47.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: St)

Captain Cook at the Island of Otaheite, from the Voyages of Captain Cook
1767265 Captain Cook at the Island of Otaheite, from the Voyages of Captain Cook (watercolour) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856); 96x14.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Balloon Hunting Near Lady Jamess Folly, (pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour)
651981 Balloon Hunting Near Lady Jamess Folly, (pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 25.4x34.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A Regatta on the Thames below Westminster, (pen and ink and watercolour)
651938 A Regatta on the Thames below Westminster, (pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 12 1/8x19in cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Honiton, Devon: Shoes and Hats for Sale Outside The Lion Inn, (pencil
651924 Honiton, Devon: Shoes and Hats for Sale Outside The Lion Inn, (pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson

A Village Green: a Carriage Halted Beneath a Tree, with a Man in the Stocks
651920 A Village Green: a Carriage Halted Beneath a Tree, with a Man in the Stocks and a Group of Onlookers, (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson

Broadstairs (pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour)
651902 Broadstairs (pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 24.5x37.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Broadstairs. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

A Set of Twelve Illustrations to Tristram Shandy, (pen and grey ink and watercolour)
651811 A Set of Twelve Illustrations to Tristram Shandy, (pen and grey ink and watercolour) by Nixon, John (1760-1818); 18.4x9.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The European Race: An Allegorical Caricature on the State of Political Europe in 1738-9
651788 The European Race: An Allegorical Caricature on the State of Political Europe in 1738-9, (pencil, pen and brown ink, brown chalk, brown wash) by Mosley

The Old Swan Inn, with a View of Putney bridge beyond, (pen and ink and watercolour)
824124 The Old Swan Inn, with a View of Putney bridge beyond, (pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 25.4x43.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Old Swan Inn)

A Coaching Scene, (pen and grey ink and watercolour)
824083 A Coaching Scene, (pen and grey ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 22.9x33.6. cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Coaching Scene. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

Two Men, Bust Length, Looking Down: a Cartoon for a Tapestry, (black chalk
827611 Two Men, Bust Length, Looking Down: a Cartoon for a Tapestry, (black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour) by Romano

In the Study; En el Estudio, (oil on canvas)
651315 In the Study; En el Estudio, (oil on canvas) by Madrazo y Garreta, Raimundo de (1841-1920); 95.2x66 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: In the Study; En el Estudio)

Place Victoire a Paris, 1784 (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour)
651948 Place Victoire a Paris, 1784 (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 38.2x54 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Place Victoire a Paris)

A Cornish Wrestling Match, (pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour)
651923 A Cornish Wrestling Match, (pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 23.4x32.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Cornish Wrestling Match)

The Coach Booking Office: Thomas Rowlandson and Henry Wigstead Booking Their Passage
651921 The Coach Booking Office: Thomas Rowlandson and Henry Wigstead Booking Their Passage, (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson

The Bishop and Death (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour)
651903 The Bishop and Death (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 14x20.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bishop and Death. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

The Gaming Table, (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour)
651828 The Gaming Table, (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 27.3x37.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Gaming Table. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

Cartoon for An Idyll, (pencil and black chalk on paper)
1199533 Cartoon for An Idyll, (pencil and black chalk on paper) by Moore, Albert Joseph (1841-93); 80.7x72.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Brighton, showing Miss Widgetts circulating Library, Marlborough House
824082 Brighton, showing Miss Widgetts circulating Library, Marlborough House, the Castle Inn and Assembly Rooms and the Marine Pavilion, 1792 (pen and brown ink and watercolour) by Nixon

A Full-colour Cartoon of Tapestry, Silk or Wallpaper, c. 1830-40 (pencil and watercolour)
824049 A Full-colour Cartoon of Tapestry, Silk or Wallpaper, c.1830-40 (pencil and watercolour) by English School, (19th century); 71x53.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Napoleons coach being viewed by fashionable London
986213 Napoleons coach being viewed by fashionable London, from An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, 1817 (watercolour) by Rowlandson

Men of the Day no, 1871 (colour lithograph)
991222 Men of the Day no, 1871 (colour lithograph) by Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) (1851-1922); 35.6x32 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Men of the Day no.33)

Greenwich Hospital, 1822 (w / c, brown ink and pencil on paper)
1197611 Greenwich Hospital, 1822 (w/c, brown ink and pencil on paper) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 30.5x48.3 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Temptation, (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour)
824131 Temptation, (pencil, pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 38.1x32 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Temptation. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

The Boxing Match, (pen and ink and watercolour)
824123 The Boxing Match, (pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 18.2x27 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Boxing Match. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

You are a Fiddle, You are a Lyre, after 1864 (pencil, watercolour)
985869 You are a Fiddle, You are a Lyre, after 1864 (pencil, watercolour) by Leech, John (1817-64); Private Collection; (add.info.: You are a Fiddle, You are a Lyre)

Captain Cook Landing n Owyhee, from the Voyages of Captain Cook (watercolour)
1767266 Captain Cook Landing n Owyhee, from the Voyages of Captain Cook (watercolour) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856); 96x14.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Oatehite, from the Voyages of Captain Cook (watercolour)
1767264 Oatehite, from the Voyages of Captain Cook (watercolour) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856); 96x14.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Oatehite, from the Voyages of Captain Cook)

Magdalen College, Oxford, 1809-1811 (hand-coloured aquatint)
986313 Magdalen College, Oxford, 1809-1811 (hand-coloured aquatint) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); approx. 27x47.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Magdalen College, Oxford)

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"Capturing Life's Essence: A Glimpse into the World of Characature" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the captivating world of characature. From the front cover of The Cinque Ports Gazette, May 1916, to the intriguing watercolour depiction of Captain Burney Discovering his Murdered Shipmates from the Voyages of Captain Cook, these artistic masterpieces transport us to different eras. The Westminster Pitt, 1798, rendered with pen and ink and watercolour, offers a satirical commentary on political events. Meanwhile, The Butchers Stall at Leadenhall Market showcases meticulous details through pencil sketches combined with pen and ink on mount. Witness history unfold at The Woolpack Inn as The Flying Waggon arrives in this charming pencil illustration. Street Musicians from 1823 come alive through skillful strokes of pen and ink merged with vibrant watercolours that evoke a sense of melody drifting through bustling streets. Age and Youth beautifully intertwine in an enchanting piece created using pencil, pen, brown ink, and watercolour. A New Form of Prayer captures a moment frozen in time with its intricate blend of pencil work alongside delicate touches of pen and watercolour. Writing the Will takes us back to 1786 when pens dipped in grey ink brought emotions onto paper while Orient Cruises entices viewers with its vivid lithograph colours depicting exotic destinations waiting to be explored. Delve into family dynamics within The Breedwell Family portrayed by skilled hands wielding pens, ink, and watercolours. Lastly but not leastly is Cartoon for Parson Weems Fable where charcoal meets chalk on paper to create whimsical characters that bring stories to life before our eyes. Characature artistry invites us to appreciate both its technical brilliance and storytelling prowess. These glimpses into history remind us how art can transcend time itself – capturing moments forever etched within their frames.