[William Anderson.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Pen & ink sketch, sheet 225 x 185mm. 9 x 7¼". Soiled and stained. Glued to album page.
A rustic character, a shepherd with his crook, enjoying a glass. Apparently a satire on the English love of alcohol, with a quotation from Daniel Defoe (c.1659-1661 - 1731) below: 'Slaves to their liquor, drudges to their pots,/ The mob are statesman and the statesmen sots.'
From an album titled 'Scraps and Sketches of the Late William Anderson Esqr/ collected by his Schoolfellow & Friend William Naylor.'
[Ref: 12300]  £95.00