The caricaturist and printmaker's bawdy satirical images and political cartoons captured the popular imagination of Georgian Britain, and along with fellow artist James Gillray, he ushered in the golden age of British caricature art at the turn of the 19th century. Rowlandson produced sardonic illustrations in ink and watercolor that skewered powerful political figures such as William Pitt and Napoleon Bonaparte and depicted contemporary events in a humorous style. He achieved success working for publishers like Rudolph Ackermann —who commissioned him to create drawings for a wide range of titles —and sold prints and watercolors to wealthy collectors. Rowlandson also produced explicit erotica for select private clients.