Sketchbook Containing Figural Drawings; Man Grabbing Maiden, 1811

seven pen and ink drawings and two ink and watercolour drawings
12.1 cms x 19.1 cms (4.76 ins x 7.5 ins)
SKETCHBOOK:inside front cover inscribed: inRowlandson in in pencilsome on folded sheets and double-sided, some detached or mounted on pages of the book, three with annotations in pen and ink including: inGoliath/David in — inGibbon in (Edward Gibbon, English historian, writer, and member of parliament.)?, La Danse ( inBoswell in). Contained in the hardcover sketchbook with marbled coversSketchbook overall 7.7 ins x 6.1 ins — 19.5 cms x 15.6 cmsMAN GRABBING MAIDEN, 1811Watercolour and ink drawing on paper, signed inRowlandson in and dated 1811 lower rightSheet 6.25 ins x 7.5 ins — 15.9 cms x 19.1 cmsMAN AND WOMAN ON A STROLL IN TOWN, 1799Watercolour and ink on laid paper
drawn in 1799