{"title":"Rowlandson, Thomas (1757–1827)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) was a prolific draughtsman and printmaker whose distinctive social satire has come to define the popular vision of late Georgian Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRowlandson was born in London in 1757 and lived in central London throughout his life. In 1772 he became a student at the Royal Academy, studying for a period of six years, some of which time was spent in Paris. Preferring paper and print to oils, he began making satires in the vein of his close friend and contemporary James Gillray (1756–1815). His subjects included politicians and royals, such as William Pitt and the future George IV, but he was less fierce than Gillray, and, unlike Gillray, he was also adept at more lyrical subjects such as landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRowlandson's most important employer was Rudolph Ackermann, who kept Rowlandson in almost continual employment from 1798 onwards. His drawings and watercolours were also collected by many wealthy patrons, including Matthew Michell, who amassed hundreds of his paintings at his country residence, Grove House in Enfield, Middlesex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRowlandson was healthy and industrious up until the last two years of his life. He died in 1827 and was buried in the church of St Paul’s, Covent Garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/fr-eu\/collections\/rowlandson-thomas-1757-1827.oembed","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}