William Baillie (aka Captain
William Baillie) (1723–1810)
“Ein Bauer” (Meyer’s title) (A Farmer), c1780 ([BM
attrib.] 1750–1810), unlettered proof after Adriaen
van Ostade (1610–1685) possibly published in 1792 in John Boydell’s
(1719-1804)
edition of Baillie’s prints.
Etching and drypoint with small margins around
the platemark, backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 18.5 x 15 cm; (plate) 15.3 x
11.6 cm; (image borderline) 13 x 11 cm.
Meyer 66 (Julius Meyer 1878, “Allgemeines
Künstler-Lexikon” [2nd revised edition of Nagler's Artist
Lexicon], Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, p. 554, cat. no. 66 [see https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_0TMDAAAAQAAJ/page/554/mode/2up}).
The British Museum offers the following
description of this print: “Bust of a peasant, laughing and looking down to
right, wearing a dark cloak and soft cap, in a rectangular frame, positioned in
the lower right corner; after Ostade; unlettered proof. Etching with drypoint”
(https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1870-0813-644).
Condition: a strong and well-printed (near
faultless) impression laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality)
washi paper. The sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling.
I am selling this small and curiously
wonderful etching of a peasant framed in a window, for AU$254 in total (currently
US$180.85/EUR159.62/GBP133.55 at the time of posting this listing) including
postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import
duties/taxes imposed by some countries.
If you are interested in purchasing this jewel
of an etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will
send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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