Artist Edward Smith, English
Artist after David Wilkie, English, 1785-1841
Title
  • The Village Politicians
Date 19th century
Medium etching and engraving in ink on wove paper
Dimensions Image: 9 3/4 × 13 inches (24.8 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 13 3/4 inches (29.2 × 34.9 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
Accession Number 09.1S1113
Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View
Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower left: SIR DAVID WILKIE.
Inscribed, lower right: EDWARD SMITH
Inscribed, center bottom margin: THE VILLAGE POLITICIANS. | Engravings after the Best Pictures of the Great Masters
March 1887, Crawcour sale.
Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.];
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)