Sujet

Smithfield sharpers, or the countrymen defrauded', c1787. Artist: John Keyse Sherwin

Légende

'Smithfield sharpers, or the countrymen defrauded', c1787. Seven men round a card table in a Smithfield tavern include two countrymen, one old and sleeping, the other young and innocent inspecting his cards. The townsmen, including the young man's opponent, look on with crafty expressions while a barmaid chalks up a score in the background.

Date

1787

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A99_126

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

19,4Mo (1,3Mo) / 24,5cm x 19,8cm / 2895 x 2337 (300dpi)

Mots clés

leisure building buildings England people male interior indoors job man men country pub game guy occupation British public house English innocence card game inn location century city of london Britain profession inside naive innocent playing cards concept pastime B&W tavern cheating MONOCHROME naivety unaware Rogue black & white black and white Card Player B W 18th century barmaid card sharp Eighteenth Century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Smithfield TGN satire engraving Thomas Thomas Rowlandson;Rowlandson John Keyse Sherwin Sherwin John Keyse