Antique Master Print-FARMER-FARMER’S WIFE-VILLAGE-TALKING-TREE-Deuchar-1780

This print shows a view on two famers and a farmer’s wife talking to each other. A village in the background.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Etching on thin oriental paper.

Sheet size: 7.6 x 9.7 cm (2.99 x 3.82 inch). Image size: 7.6 x 9.7 cm. (2.99 x 3.82 inch).

Condition: good, given age. No margins. Thin paper. Remain of paper tape on reverse. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FARMER-FARMER’S WIFE-VILLAGE-TALKING-TREE | RBOS-A11-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in ca. 1780.

Biography engraver: David Deuchar (1743-1808) was a goldsmith, seal engraver, and an amateur etcher. Born in Angus, Scotland, he followed in his father Alexander’s footsteps, who was originally a farmer but became a lapidary in Edinburgh. David Deuchar gained renown as a seal engraver and was one of the first to recognize the talent of the future portrait painter, Henry Raeburn.