Print Description
Medium: Stipple engraving on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 20.4 x 28.2 cm (8.03 x 11.1 inch). Image size: 20.4 x 28.2 cm. (8.03 x 11.1 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FRANS VAN MIERIS, CAPTAIN WILLIAM BAILLIE, EARL OF BUTE COLLECTION, 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE PAINTER, PUBLISHED 1777, SCOTTISH PRINT, REPRODUCTIVE PRINT | PCO-E15-2-47
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published January 1777; after a drawing in the collection of the Earl of Bute.
Reference: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, accession no. UP M 186.
Provenance: Ex. Coll. Newton Free Library.
Biography engraver: Captain William Baillie (1723-1810) was a Scottish soldier and amateur printmaker known for his engravings after Old Master drawings and paintings. He produced a number of reproductive prints in the later 18th century, often after works in British collections.
Biography artist: Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635-1681) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Leiden, renowned for his finely executed genre scenes and portraits. A pupil of Gerrit Dou, he became one of the leading fijnschilders (fine painters) of the 17th century.
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