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Title:     Thomas Rowlandson

Description:     Abstract: Born in London in 1756 he learnt to draw before he could write and by the time he was ten he was spending all his free time drawing. After attending Eton he became a student at the Royal Academy. At sixteen he left for France where he spent two years at a drawing school in Paris. In 1777 he opened a studio in Wardour Street where he established himself as a portrait painter. Rowlandson also travelled a great deal in Europe where he drew pictures of his experiences. Like many people in England, he was horrified by the way the authorities treated the people who attended the meeting at St. Peter's Field, to hear Henry 'Orator' Hunt speak on parliamentary reform. As a result of the Peterloo Massacre, he drew one of his most overtly political drawings. Thomas Rowlandson died on 22nd April 1827.

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