Waggoners Frocks or No Bodys of 1795
August 4, 1795
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
sheet: 14 9/16 x 11 3/16 in. (37 x 28.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.888-239
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
S. W. Fores|Anonymous, British, 18th century · 1785–1825
**Samuel William Fores (1761–1838), often credited simply as S. W. Fores, was a leading English publisher and printseller whose Piccadilly shop became a landmark during the Golden Age of Georgian caricature.** Born on 8 March 1761, Fores was the son of a cloth merchant and stationer-bookseller. He was apprenticed to his father in 1775 and completed his training in 1782. The following year he esta...