John Keyse Sherwin after Thomas Rowlandson: Smithfield Sharpers

John Keyse Sherwin after Thomas Rowlandson: Smithfield Sharpers
John Keyse Sherwin (British, 1751-1790)after Thomas Rowlandson(British, 1757-1827): Smithfield Sharpers or The Countrymen Defrauded. ca. 1788. Etching on paper on linen support, framed.

The lower margin reads: "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. Mean time 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.
Publish'd by T. Palser, Surry Side, Westminster Bridge."