Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Smithfield sharpers or rhe countrymen defrauded.
Call Number
C South 02/Drawer 06/GC112/Half Folio/Prints GA 2014.00822
Identifier
ark:/88435/6395wg19r
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1787/04/10.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1787
Extent
1 item ; sheet 36.8 x 46 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego reproduces and fully describes in vol. I, p. 46, etc.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Inscribed in plate, lower margin: "Old Trusty with his Town made Friends To gentle Sleep himself commends With Tray upon his knees, Whilst Tom, his Son, all eager, gaping Expects each moment, he'll be scraping The Treasure up he sees. Meantime the Harpy Tribe are plotting By forcing liquor, winking, nodding To cheat the Youth unlearn'd. Who to his cost will quickly find Nor Watch nor Money left behind And Friends to Sharpers turn'd."
Signed in plate, lower left: "Painted by T. Rowlandson.".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Etch'd by I. K. Sherwin.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Gamblers—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Swindlers and swindling—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Taverns (Inns)—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Drinking—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/abedd377-8042-484d-88c7-7d0108545e2e/manifest