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Broad Grins or a Black Joke

1812

Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

Thomas Rowlandson

Attributed to

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1945.5.1196
Catalogue Raisonné

Grego 1880, Vol. II, no. 230

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Caricatures (volume VI)

Thomas Rowlandson

1756

The Social Day

Thomas Rowlandson

1817

L'Usine

Jacques Villon

1935

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1880

Grego, Joseph. Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures. 2 vols. London: Chattoand Windus, 1880. Reprint. New York: Collector's Editions, 1970.

Wikidata ID

Q65086426

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