Smithfield Sharpers, or the Countryman Defrauded

After Thomas Rowlandson British
Publisher Thomas Palser British
[April 10, 1787], reissued 1809–16
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Smithfield Sharpers, or the Countryman Defrauded
  • Artist: John Keyse Sherwin (British, East Dean, Sussex 1751–1790 London)
  • Artist: After Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: Thomas Palser (British, active 1803–43)
  • Date: [April 10, 1787], reissued 1809–16
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 14 1/8 × 17 5/16 in. (35.8 × 44 cm)
    Sheet: 14 15/16 × 17 15/16 in. (38 × 45.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.2042
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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