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Thomas Rowlandson

The Saw-Setter

1780–1827
Watercolor, pen and ink, brush and wash
20.6 × 16.5 cm (8.1 × 6.5 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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