Name: Antique Master Print-BAILLIE-FAMILY-PORTRAIT-MEZZOTINT-Gainsborough-1784-1850
SKU: PICTURA-11744
Availability: InStock

Antique Master Print-BAILLIE-FAMILY-PORTRAIT-MEZZOTINT-Gainsborough-1784-1850

€395.00

Full-length family portrait of the James Baillie (1737-1793), merchant of Ealing Grove, his wife Mrs. Colin Campbell Baillie, and their children. The father stands at right; the mother is seated with their infant on her lap; their daughters stand at left; a son interacts with the infant. Trees and red curtain in background.

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint withh a-la-poupee / plate and hand colouring on wove (vellin) paper. Watermark: W KING.

Sheet size: 50.5 x 55 cm (19.88 x 21.65 inch). Image size: 44.3 x 49.8 cm. (17.44 x 19.61 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soiling and creasing. Small tears in paper edges. Some tears and acidification at the lower dress, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FAMILY PORTRAIT, GAINSBOROUGH, BAILLIE FAMILY, BRITISH MEZZOTINT, 18TH CENTURY, HAND-COLOURED PRINT | PCO-EXPO-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

After a painting by Gainsborough, held in the Tate Collection.

Reference: British Museum 1928,0630.1.

Biography artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the most important British portrait and landscape painters of the 18th century. A founding member of the Royal Academy, his elegant and romantic portraiture remains iconic within British art history.