Name: Antique Master Print-MAID-GENRE-GIRL-INTERIOR-BADMINTON-Smith-1791
SKU: PICTURA-12149
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Antique Master Print-MAID-GENRE-GIRL-INTERIOR-BADMINTON-Smith-1791

€125.00

‘BRITISH STIPPLE PRINT; PART OF A KNOWN SET OF FOUR PRINTS (D?OENCH 309?312). COMPARABLE EXAMPLES IN BRITISH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS.’

– A young girl with loose, curly hair stands in a classical interior with a chequered floor and a sweeping staircase in the background. She holds a shuttlecock and an oval battledore (BATMINTON) while smiling toward the viewer. A small dog at her feet watches attentively.

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Description

Medium: Stipple engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 34 x 45.3 cm (13.39 x 17.83 inch). Image size: 34 x 45.3 cm. (13.39 x 17.83 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling.Trimmed to image. Thing paper spor in middle, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MAID, YOUNG GIRL, GENRE SCENE, DOMESTIC INTERIOR, DOG, CHILDHOOD, 18TH CENTURY, BRITISH PRINT | PCO-E30-29

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by John Raphael Smith, London.

Reference: D’Oench, Copper into Gold, no. 309; Frankau, John Raphael Smith, no. 227.

Biography engraver: John Raphael Smith (1751?1812) was a leading British engraver and publisher, renowned for his refined stipple engravings after paintings and his own designs. He played a major role in popularizing the stipple technique in late 18th-century Britain, particularly for portraits and genre subjects.