Sold for:
$250
$250
Smithfield Sharpers, or The Countrymen Defrauded. London: painted by T. Rowlington, etched by I. K. Sherwin and published by T. Palser, Surry Side, ca. 1787. Depicting a card game in tavern, the caption reading in part, ”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.” Framed to an overall size of 18 x 15”. Very good. Not examined out of frame.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
