The Medical Caricatures of Thomas Rowlandson

Abstract

Thomas Rowlandson, the eighteenth century artist, has always had a reputation for capturing the spirit of his time. In his scenes of city and country life, gamblers play at cards, maidens elope, soldiers drink, actors perform, and crowds gather in the parks. He was one of the finest draftsmen in the English school, yet the people in his pictures are depicted in caricature form, much as were the people in Daumier's work. Like the French artist, Rowlandson also found physicians to be easy prey for his pen. At least a hundred caricatures with medical themes can be attributed to Rowlandson. Despite his extreme popularity during his lifetime, little is known of his personal life. He was born in London on July 14, 1757. After his father, who was in the business of merchandising textiles, went bankrupt in 1759, young Thomas was raised by an aunt and uncle. Since the boy

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