SMUGGLING OUT or Starting for Gretna Green.

Date1810, originally published August 8, 1798

After work by Thomas Rowlandson

Engraver Schutz

Publisher Rudolph Ackermann

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white etching with aquatint and period hand color

DimensionsOH: 13" x OW: 10 1/2"

Credit LineGift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object number1939-296

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "SMUGGLING OUT/ or/ Starting for Gretna Green./ Rowlandson Delin./ Schutz Sculp./ London Pub. Aug.t 8, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand."ProvenanceBefore 1932, Frederick Keppel & Co. [1868-1940] (New York, NY);1932, purchased by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller [1874-1948] (New York, NY); 1939-given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).