Smithfield Sharpers, or the Countryman Defrauded
Artwork Details
- 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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