No. 2: Sailor
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Delineations of Nautical Characters
Artist: Henri Merke|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson
Artist bio: Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760–after 1820|British, active 1794–1829|British, London 1757–1827 London
Artist role: Etcher|Publisher|Artist
Artist nationality: Swiss|British|British
Date: February 15, 1799
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed and inset): 9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in. (25.2 × 19.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Men|Sailors