Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Edward Calvert 1799–1883
- Medium
- Wood engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 89 × 51 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by S. Calvert 1912
- Reference
- A00165
Display caption
Welby Sherman (fl.1827-1836) is one of the more obscure members of the Ancients. Little is known about him other than that he was primarily an engraver. Palmer, Calvert and probably also George Richmond allowed him to engrave their designs. This image, for example, is based on a wood-engraving by Calvert, although the figure is reversed.
Sherman was perpetually short of money. Some ten years after he made this engraving, he swindled Palmer's brother William out of ¿500 in wagers on games of billiards, and fled abroad.
Gallery label, August 2004
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